Cibelle

by Cibelle

Overview

The debut album from the Brazilian singer made semi-famous as the voice on Yugoslavian/Brazilian pianist Suba's hit album. The lyrics and songs are essentially all written by Cibelle over the course of a few months surrounding the creation of the album, and the sound was engineered by Cibelle along with Apollo 9, an up-and-coming Brazilian producer. To add to the pot, a couple of the musical minds behind Morcheeba lent a hand in the process. The songs are in large part ballads, capitalizing on Cibelle's outstanding voice. There is a stray samba involved (as must be done in any proper Brazilian album), "So Vei Viver No Samba." There's a bit of clumsy rapping involved too, clumsy more from lack of experience than from a lack of rapping ability. It's when she gets into a basic, groove-thick ballad that Cibelle really shines here. Equally capable in Portuguese and English, she can move the tracks forward almost entirely by her voice, with some decent, if not shining, backing sounds ranging from the basic string arrangements to bits of birdcalls and city sounds. Overall, it's not a bad album at all, with a thoroughly laid-back sensibility. For something that lays somewhere between samba and progressive MPB, this isn't a bad way to go. ~ Adam Greenberg

Product Details

Release Date:	04/29/2016
Label:	Crammed Discs / Ziriguiboom
UPC:	0876623006619
Rank:	243199

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Cibelle   Primary Artist,Cuica,Vocals,Ambience,Clapping,Percussion,Turntables,Drum Machine,Vocals (Background)
Ross Godfrey   Fender Rhodes,Guitar (Acoustic)
Apollo   Vocals (Background)
Richard Harrison   Bass,Guitar
A9   Percussion,Turntables,Synthesizer,Guitar (Acoustic),Multi Instruments,Bass,Elka,Guitar,Clapping,Clavinet,Melodica,Sampling,Drum Loop,Keyboards,Mellotron,Orchestra
Eder Rocha   Shaker
Serginho Carvalho   Bass,Bass (Electric)
Xis   Rap
Thiago de Jesus   Cuica
Robinho   Bass
Bocato   Trombone
Joao Parahyba   Drums,Timba,Shaker,Pandeiro
David Walters   Bass,Percussion,Guitar (Acoustic)
Pepe Cisneros   Wurlitzer,Fender Rhodes

Technical Credits

Peter Norris   Engineer,Mixing,Producer
Marc Hollander   A&R,Mixing,Post Production
Apollo 9   Arranger,Engineer,Producer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Vincent Kenis   Mixing,Mastering,Post Production
A9   Treatments,Programming,Vocal Arrangement,Beats,Critic,Effects
Alan Ward   Mastering
Hallam Udell   Design
Maria Dawlat   Picture,Cover Photo
Andy Summers   Composer
Chris Harrison   Beats,Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Cibelle   Picture,Producer,Vocal Arrangement
Aloysio de Oliveira   Composer
David Walters   Beats,Effects,Engineer,Drum Programming