“Meu Santo é Forte” brings the experiences of Afro-Brazilian religions through funk: “It is a contemporary deployment of points terreiro”
What MC Tha described as “a big party” took place on Thursday 30th, the launch show for her EP My saint is strong. The singer’s work was released on June 28 and has five compositions already sung by Alcione’s voice.
In work, Tha presents a deep immersion in research and experience with the Afro-Brazilian religionsmixing aesthetics and rhythms in an original, current and genuine way, through the funkdrums and sung points.
In an interview with Estadiothe artist explained that this publication is a continuation of the veteran’s work: “She has incredible work in this afro-religious approach that few people might know today. Contemporary funk thinking must continue.”
“We thought of their continuity through MC Tha, who is this figure who, at times, I joke saying that she is my ancestor of the future. The work was produced by Mahal Pita and perhaps the greatest counterpoint was understanding time. and the limit of these songs, to understand that it was a double encounter and not just an update “, he says.
The compositions selected to guide such proposals were St. George, Guinea fig, closed bodyOh, free (manufactured by MU540) e agolonãoriginally released between the 1970s and 2000s – the first three, respectively, got a special chorus from in the new version Community of Jongo Dito Ribeiro.
ancestral knowledge
It is not the first time that MC Tha brings his knowledge of the terreiro to the stage. In 2019 he released the album Rite of Passa which, currently, the artist says “get wet” for the new EP.
“The album is important because it brings together all my facets that are there (there are others). It’s nice to understand that it will always guide me towards new musical paths. THE EP My saint is strongfor example, it occurred from the interval Rite of Passa, as if Mahal and I had zoomed in on that universe to explore it. Rite of Passa it’s a guide, a ritual that I will always immerse myself in, “he says.
Tha explains that her relationship with religion began within the church, because she needed to be with her grandmother while her mother worked and that, in the neighborhood where she grew up, Cidade Tiradentes, in São Paulo, the religions of origin africana were highly stigmatized.
“I started dating a terreiro de umbanda about 6 years ago. I went there because from an early age I felt sensitive to some spiritual phenomena and I remember that even inside the church, when I was little, I understood that there would be no place that would help me, I thought about it and asked Jesus for forgiveness. Today I am the go-between for this terreiro and I work with my guides providing spiritual support to those who need it for free “, he says.
Funk like an offshoot
Precisely to combat this stigma, the artist states that the purpose of his work is to share the experience within a terreiro “to demystify the various discourses that society still uses as a weapon against these Afro communities”.
In this context, the singer reiterates that funk is part of the Afro songs and, according to her, this is the basis of most of the songs considered “Brazilian songs”. “I understand funk as a contemporary unfolding of these touches, melodies and even energy that passes through traditional terreiro points or touches. Although one thing is so sacred and another so profane,” she explains.
“But funk is also sacred, somewhere it manages to change life within the favelas and the suburbs and, although the context of the lyrics, in the ideology of being funkeiro, values such as God, family, partners and the abundances are quite strong, all we see even within the terreiro “, he concludes.
Hot weather show
In addition to the EP, MC Tha presents the program Hot weather show, under the direction of Rodrigo de Carvalho and Vitor Nunes. In it, the singer welcomes emerging artists in the current Brazilian music scene and presents the songs of My saint is strong.
In a fictitious way and with a relaxed script developed by the singer, the visual work creates a reality in which time mixes and results in the possibility of imagining an Alcione from the moment of the program. General Notice – where it received personalities and sambists on open TV – nowadays.
“My work is very linked to audiovisual, practically all songs have clips. For this project I realized that it didn’t make sense to have a clip, but that it would be more interesting to create a space where I could present the songs and make known a little to the people of the project. And in my research, I saw that Alcione had a monthly schedule in the 70s and that’s how it all happened, “he says.
Source: Terra
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