Optic Yellow Felt
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Brazilian band Optic Yellow Felt is as strangely unique and cool as its name. The trippy, atmospheric sonic scape of Pink Floyd melds with the catchy frat rock stylings of Dave Matthews Band in the English-language band’s arrangements, which are some of the most original "rock tunes to hit the scene since perhaps Ozomatli or R.E.M. But you just know that any progressive rock band bold enough to include a sax player in the mix is gonna sound pretty damn spectacular, and these guys deliver ten-fold" - Nuvo TV
Brazilian band Optic Yellow Felt is as strangely unique and cool as its name. The trippy, atmospheric sonic scape of Pink Floyd melds with the catchy frat rock stylings of Dave Matthews Band in the English-language band’s arrangements, which are some of the most original "rock tunes to hit the scene since perhaps Ozomatli or R.E.M. But you just know that any progressive rock band bold enough to include a sax player in the mix is gonna sound pretty damn spectacular, and these guys deliver ten-fold" - Nuvo TV
"Don’t be surprised if Optic Yellow Felt becomes something of a phenomenon down the line" - Wildy`s World
"Don’t be surprised if Optic Yellow Felt becomes something of a phenomenon down the line" - Wildy`s World
"Optic Yellow Felt is what would happen if Dave Matthews Band teamed up with Radiohead to release an alternative jazz album" - Middle Tennessee Music
"Optic Yellow Felt is what would happen if Dave Matthews Band teamed up with Radiohead to release an alternative jazz album" - Middle Tennessee Music
"If it sounds, at times, a little like late-period to solo-era Beatles" - Something Else Review
"If it sounds, at times, a little like late-period to solo-era Beatles" - Something Else Review
Discography
The Album
From the fusion of alternative styles such as folk, jazz and progressive rock, OYF was born. With the immersion of multiples instruments in harmony, its not just the rhythm that drags the attention.
The alternation of sounds surprises every minute, resulting in an art rock genre, pleasant to hear and original by its self.
Much of the music reached in the eponymous album launched may 2011, it is responsibility of the Roy Cicala, producer and sound engineer who also worked with John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Aerosmith and many others.
The 12 songs recorded in the album was chosen out of over 400 compositions.
Today, other than Brazil, the band is represented in many countries of Europe and North America by Jan Cooper Publishing, Canada.
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Debut Album`s name: OPTIC YELLOW FELT
Released: In South America 2011
Recorded by: Roy Cicala
Studio: Record Plant South, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Mixed by: Roy Cicala and Mauricio Ruiz.
Mastered by: Michael White, Los Angeles, CA.
All musical arrangements by: Optic Yellow Felt.
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Bio
Born in Brazil but raised in the U.S., the Nader brothers were Influenced by the American alternative rock scene and songwriting became part of their lives.
After a couple of years developing their music skills, they met Tiago B. a local and very talented drummer and officially formed OYF. Solo guitarist Ed Marson joined the band months after an occasional conversation in a bus terminal in Sao Paulo. The band was getting shaped.
The band realized that they needed horns and keys, so Ricardo Pires (sax) and Nando Morsani (piano) were asked to join the team by Ed Marson, who was studying at Berkeley and personally new both, and introduced them to the rest of the band. From that point on it became a professional project.
On stage, the band sticks faithfully to the recorded material, but since its a jazz influenced group, the open solo sections brings the live act to a different atmosphere so well performed that it could easily be part of the studio recordings.
The random use uncommon instruments in a rock band such as clarinet, accordion, mandolins, banjos and piano, together with the classical formation of drums, bass, and electric guitars, drags the listeners to a new multiple instrumental proposal.
In 2011 OYF played in important venues in sao paulo like Na Mata Cafe, Beco 203 and cultural centers like Vergueiro and Rio Verde. Always with great feedback from press and audience.
With the recorded album, the band begins its next challenge, expand and expose, nationally and internationally.
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