Vanessa da Mata’s tenth album, ‘Vem Doce’, is a melting pot of rhythms

Vanessa da Mata’s tenth album, ‘Vem Doce’, is a melting pot of rhythms


Produced by herself, the album contains reggae, pop, trap and samba, and will be released on a tour scheduled for May

The discourse of the relationship Stadium with the songwriter Vanessa da Mataat her home one late afternoon, she was interrupted by a pair of turtle doves looking for a tree in the artist’s yard in west São Paulo.

“It’s a good sign,” the singer said. At that moment, Vanessa was talking about the song Foice, one of the twelve new songs on the album come sweet, recently published by her – the seventh studio and tenth career. The album will be released on a tour scheduled to start on May 26 in São Paulo.

the texts of Sickle, signed only by Vanessa, speaks of religious syncretism. Also, you sing, in an afrobeat rhythm, about social injustices, corruption rooted in politics, the greed of agribusiness, as well as shouting against the racism.

Vanessa knows what she means by that. She learned from an early age, with her grandmother and Catholic healer – who saw spirits and was terrified of the judgment of the Church – that diversity exists and must be respected. At that time, her father brought him the records of Robert AND Erasmus Charlesof Brazilian rock and sertanejo. He wanted Vanessa to be a country singer. The “black side” of the family, that of the mother, offered him several Brazilian qualities.

cauldron

In the album come sweetthis multiple appears in the cauldron of rhythms that Vanessa – she was in charge of the production of the album – was looking for in her work: reggae, pop, trap and samba.

“I wanted to be close to news and literature (she says, about the lyrics), but also bring the movement of the rhythms. I think we still have – and even male composers – a certain difficulty in showing rhythmic vastness combined with coherent lyrics, to discuss and provoke reactions,” he explains.

An artist with a history of great success, Vanessa talks about the different roles of music: dancing, listening at home or playing the background of a conversation in a bar. Reflect or enjoy. “My intention was general,” she said.

come sweet it’s a R&B abrasileirado, which talks about love and sensuality, made in collaboration with the producer and beatmaker from Rio de Janeiro Papa. He and Vanessa met in the studio and, according to her, made 41 songs in an hour. As soon as come sweet – or “comes with everything”, as Vanessa explains about the intention of the expression – has entered this album.

Young talents

the rapper L7nnon, a student of music producer Papatinho, is one of the guests on the album. The musician is always among the most listened to artists on streaming platforms, with every song he releases. Together, L7nnon and Vanessa wrote the track Stay here. She confesses that she wanted something more commercial.

Only re-recording of the album, the song Comment to JohnIn Belchiorre AND Jose Luiz Pennait is shared with the singer João Gomesa young man from Pernambuco and leader of the so-called piseiro, a derivative of forró with funk elements.

João, 20, says Vanessa, is a fan of hers. And also from Belchior, as well as from Louis Gonzaga. “He has an enviable musical culture. His voice is that of an old man, in a serious sense. It is rare to have a boy of that age who knows what the aboio is or sing a Gonzaga song from the 50s?, Praise the singer. “His voice has northeastern origins,” he adds.

The song, which repeats the maxim of Beatles that “happiness is a hot weapon”, fits the album both in terms of rhythmic diversity and what Vanessa wanted to say or “write for the walls of the country”.

Influences

The look for the new one doesn’t stop Vanessa from showing that she keeps up with her early musical influences. samba rock HEYinaugural partnership with Marcello Camelohas a “jorgebenjorian” accent, especially in the guitar played by Maurício Pacheco.

Vanessa resumes the partnership with Anna Carolineafter more than 20 years. I would repeat it has romantic verses, also samba theme He calls me.

Among the passages with a literary vocation there is Girl (God judge you)collaboration with Ilan Adar, about a girl torn between worldly temptations and the protection of her godmother’s prayers. the music was for Mary Bethany disco, but the Bahian singer’s album was already ready.

Another old acquaintance of Vanessa is the musician Jacques Morelenbaum. Play the cello front and reverse, which concludes the album. A trace of strong political and social discourse, accentuated by Morelenbaum’s unmistakable touch.

Source: Terra

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