Artist: Fernanda Porto
Genre(s):
Latin
Discography:
Ao Vivo
Year: 2006
Tracks: 19
No Clima Da
Year: 2005
Tracks: 14
Fernanda Porto
Year: 2002
Tracks: 14
On her first eponymous album from 2002, Fernanda Porto elegantly interracial electronica (for the most part drum'n'bass) with more traditional Brazilian popular music styles such as bossa nova, maracatu, and samba. The fact that she put much thought and exertion into the lyrics (she likewise adjust poems to music) strengthened the already sophisticated airwave of her strange firebrand of drum'n'bass. The album was wide lauded by the critics and was as well a commercial success in Brazil. This prompted the Trama record book label to acquittance the album internationally about a year later, and Porto also went on a promotional tour through Europe, the U.S., and Japan.
Having her first album released when she was already well over 30 long time old made it seem like Porto's musical talent sprung up virtually from nowhere. That isn't quite the case, though. When in her twenties, Porto studied music at the University of São Paulo, specializing in pianoforte, and during the '90s she composed songs and performed regularly on diverse stages about São Paulo and Brazil. She also composed the soundtracks of a duo of movies.
Porto's second album, Giramundo, was released in December 2004 and confirmed her condition as one of the most talented artists of the Brazilian pop scene. Giramundo had a less electronic and more organic sound, which Porto herself described as "acoustic drum'n'bass," and which as well corporate elements of rock and roll. Working with her on this album were bassist Doug Wimbish and drummer Will Calhoun from the American rock ring Living Colour. The most prominent guest artist on the album, however, was Chico Buarque, world Health Organization lent his voice to "Roda Viva" (one of his possess compositions), which Porto had turned in to a quite phrenetic drum'n'bass tune. That version of "Roda Viva," asset deuce other interpretations of Buarque songs, would also appear on Porto's soundtrack to the film Cabra Cega by Toni Venturi.
