Fabiano do Nascimento // Das Nuvens TAPE

Contains 7 ambient jazz/hip-hop songs with 10-string guitar, 11-string guitar, baritone guitar, and upright bass. Comes with DL code. 

Below is a commentary by the label.

"LA-based Fabiano do Nascimento is a multi-string guitarist who fuses the traditional idioms of his native Brazil (samba, choro, etc.) with contemporary experimental elements of jazz, pop and electronic music. Out July 2023, 7 on Leaving Records, Das Nuvens ("The Clouds") is a crisp, often blissful, deceptive groove from an impeccable musician. It is a showcase of aspirations.

Raised in Rio and São Paulo and moved to Southern California in his teens, Nascimento's approach to guitar and songwriting is influenced by his youth in the highly fertile musical environment of Brazil.His entry into this lineage was organic.With the encouragement and care of a musical family, young Nascimento read sheet music, played the piano, and even dabbled in the flute, picking up the guitar at the age of ten.His affinity for the guitar was instantly defined and defined.This instrument accelerated his ten-year journey into the history of Brazilian classical music.

Das Nuvens is a free and exploratory work in which a musician with a well-defined musical language seeks to apply that skill to a broader and more experimental range of expression.Constructed around a meditative, pointillist refrain, Track 1 is titled "Babel", a reference to the legend of humans trying to build a tower to heaven.A grim parable on the surface, this myth expresses the bewildering array of languages ​​(modes of existence) of our world and the beauty of the ensuing cultural exchanges through the arts.In this regard, not only contemporary and classical Brazilian and pop idioms are collapsed and collaged, but also the diverse indigenous music that Nascimento has encountered and studied during his travels as a touring musician. These are the words that fit the opening of this album.

Recorded at his home studio in Nascimento with long-time friend and collaborator Daniel Santiago (who also did the album's art design), Das Nuvens is set against the windswept wilderness (the wistful "Thrdwrld" is inspired by Morricone's music). and the lush Latin American forests of Nascimento's youth (especially "Aurora"), while at the same time immeasurably universal, healing and inspiring music. It pushes the senses to the front. "

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Includes DL code. Cassette in norelco case. 

Tracklist:

1. Babel 04:00
2. Thrdwrld 04:06
3. Train to Imagination 02:52
4. Das Nuvens 03:08 video
5. Yûgen 02:34
6. Aurora 06:12
7. Eterno 03:29
8. Stranger Nights 03:04
9. Blu's Dream 02:16
10. 3 Pontas 04:37
11. Amoroso 02:59

Leaving Records:

"Los Angeles-based Fabiano Do Nascimento is a multi-string guitarist and songwriter who melds the traditional idioms of his native Brazil (ie, samba, choro) with the more contemporary and experimental strains of jazz, pop, and electronic music. Das Nuvens ( “From The Clouds”), out July 21, 2023 on Leaving Records, is a crisp, frequently blissful, and deceptively groove-oriented showcase from a consummate musician — a rich and varied collection of songs, all of which seem to prioritize, and thrive in, the soft and intentional spaces between notes.

Raised in Rio and São Paulo before eventually relocating to Southern California as a teenager, Nascimento's approach to guitar and songcraft is informed by an adolescence enmeshed in Brazil's exceptionally fertile musical environs. musical family, a young Nascimento learned to read music, play the piano, and dabbled with the flute before picking up guitar at age 10. His affinity for the guitar was immediate, decisive, and clear. into the annals of Brazilian classical music.

Das Nuvens constitutes the free-form, exploratory work of a musician who, having mastered a distinct musical language, seeks to apply his skill towards broader, more experimental modes of expression. Fittingly, track one — built around a contemplative, pointillistic refrain— is titled "Babel," a reference to the legend of man's attempt to build a tower to heaven, and how God thwarted this alleged act of hubris by shattering man's shared language, sowing chaos and confusion. Though a stern parable on its face, it is a myth that enshrines our world's dizzying array of languages ​​(of modes of being), and the subsequent beauty of cultural exchange through art. In this regard, it is a fitting opening statement for an album that collapses and collages not only contemporary and classical Brazilian and pop idioms, but also the diverse range of indigenous music that Nascimento has encountered and studied in his travels as a touring musician.

Recorded in Nascimento's home studio with his longtime friend and collaborator, Daniel Santiago, Das Nuvens evokes windswept vistas (the plaintive “Thrdwrld” lands like Morricone gently flirting with trap), and the lush Latin American forests of Nascimento's youth (“Aurora” in particular ), while simultaneously foregrounding music's ineffable and universally-felt capacity to sooth and inspire."

Artist : Fabiano do Nascimento

Label: Leaving Records