MUSICAFELIPE El prepares album in honor of Moraes Moreira; Learn more

Singer, composer and instrumentalist rooted in Brazilian popular music, Felipe El Launches on July 8 I’m Carnivala tribute to MORAES MOREIRA. Influenced early on the work of New Bahiansthe artist’s work hits the audio platforms also in order to preserve the cultural legacy and history of Brazilian music.

The launch of I’m Carnival is loaded with symbolism, as it happens on the date on which the anniversary of MORAES MOREIRA. With production of Miguel Freitas and the Felipe Elthe album will be released by DOXMR/YBMUSIC (PRE-SAVE IN THIS LINK).

In the album, the musician dives into the carnival work of one of the greatest composers of Brazilian music. The work aims to present, especially to the new generations, the dimension of the influence of Moraes beyond New Bahiansfocusing on its seminal role in the formatting of the modern Bahian revelry.

I’m Carnival It is an album I produced in order to refresh my memory about the carnival MORAES MOREIRA. I realize that, especially outside the Bahia-Pernambuco axis, many Brazilians are not so clear the role he had, “explains El.

The album arrives with 11 songs, three of them already released by composer Paulista. They are “Call people”which has the participation of the Bahian composer and multi-instrumentalist, Luiz Caldas; “Pleasure Block”with the vocals of Clara Buarquecarioca singer, granddaughter of Chico Buarque; and “Floor of the Square”song of the year 1979, which has the participation of David Moraesson of MORAES MOREIRA.

El sought to build a narrative that runs through the trajectory of Moraes at Carnival, its interaction with Dodo, Osmar and Weaponand his gaze to popular manifestations such as Afro blocks and afoxés. Songs like “Electric Vassour” and “Call people” Examples of this curatorship are illustrating the fusion of the Pernambuco frevo with the Bahian energy and the aggregating spirit of the party.

The sound of the album reflects this historical and cultural immersion, establishing a bridge between the frevo transformed in Bahia and the contemporary levadas of little, deaf and timbais, all from the perspective of El. “I tried to make the story and the songs of Moraes Find the contemporary leads, “he comments.

A striking influence is Afro-Latin music, whose rhythms and instruments such as Bongôs, Congas and Timbales were absorbed by North and Northeast Brazilian music. The title track is an example of this synthesis, combining Cuban Rumba, Ijexá and the “Tamanquinho” of Candeal.

The motivation of Felipe El For this project it is deeply personal and artistic, born of a longtime admiration. “Since a long boy, I was raptured by the work of New Bahians. Moraes It has always been striking to me, also for identifying myself as a seresteiro, “reveals. The experience of interpreting Moreira in the musical New Bahians – The Musical It narrowed this connection even more. The death of Moraes During the Covid-19 pandemic lit the “artistic need to honor this great composer and seek to tell and retell about it and his trajectory.”

To Elit is about keeping alive the magic history of the Bahian and Brazilian Carnival and the importance of “recognizing, greeting, extolling those who came before us”.

The album also arrives at a moment of reflection for the artist, whose first album completed 10 years in 2024, marking the closure of a cycle and the maturity of his musical identity. “MORAES MOREIRACarnival, Frevo, Ijexá, Afro-Latin music, all this together represents a lot of what I bring to my life and my music, “he says.

I feel completely represented when I produce an album as I’m Carnivaland I find it vital to us, beyond music, to recognize and know exactly about the story so that they can tell those who do not yet know or those who come later, “concludes the artist.

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