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- Date Released: January 28, 2008
- Genre: International
- Label: Movas / IODA
The sixth album from one of Brazilian music's shining stars, this time with a little help from Robert Wyatt.
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We Say...
Raised in the Brazilian metropolis of São Paolo, where she became steeped in Bossa Nova and MPB (Música Popular Brasileira) Mônica Vasconcelos moved to London in 1992. It’s there that she really made her name, and Hih is the sixth album she has recorded since, with her group Nóis. Returning the favour that Vasconcelos did by appearing on his recent Comicopera album, Robert Wyatt is the unmistakeable backing singer shadowing her light, sensuous Portuguese/English vocals on the soaring “Out of the Doldrums” and “Still in the Dark.”
The other material includes a couple of confidently handled Brazilian classics (most notably Martinho da Vila’s “Disritmia”) with original material, much of it co-written with her long term keyboardist Steve Lodder. His fluid runs emphasize the jazzier aspect of MPB, and Adriano Adewale’s percussion shows an agreeable lightness of touch throughout. It’s a warm, subtle and slow-growing affair, which fans of Vasconcelos’ compatriot Joyce should enjoy. -
They Say...
Because she was based in the U.K. for 15 years prior to this 2008 release, Monica Vasconcelos is probably better known to the English-speaking audience than most Brazilian pop singers. Also, because she'd collaborated on a few recordings with Robert Wyatt -- singing on the title track of his Just So You Are album, with Wyatt returning the favor by singing backup on and co-writing a couple of tracks on this CD -- at least a little cred will spill over from the hip rock audience. But while Hih, her sixth album, is a consistently accomplished piece of Brazilian music, it's more a competent representation of that style than it is a groundbreaking one, or even one showcasing a very distinctive vocalist. Amiable might be too mild an adjective for her singing, given how romantically inclined this form of music is, but that's the kind of quality projected -- smooth and sensual without getting fiery or personal. It is a somewhat varied program, a feature that's almost essential for a disc that lasts 72 minutes, with occasional vocals in English, though the predominant tone is easygoing jazzy numbers with a touch of lounge. Predictably, the most unusual tracks are the ones on which Wyatt participates, both because his singing is far more idiosyncratic than Vasconcelos', and because of the lyrics, to which Wyatt's partner Alfreda Benge contributed. "Lagrimas Negras" also adds a welcome touch of serious gravity in what's more often than not a lightweight presentation.
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| 01. |  |
Nega Deleite |
4:51 |
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| 02. | |
Arquitetura |
6:19 |
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| 03. | |
Coisa De Fome |
6:24 |
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| 04. | |
Out Of The Doldrums
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6:16 |
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| 05. | |
Fogo E Sal |
6:02 |
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| 06. | |
Hih |
7:40 |
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| 07. | |
Lágrimas Negras |
6:35 |
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| 08. | |
Disritmia |
4:38 |
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| 09. |
Sunshine Vignette |
0:36 |
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| 10. | |
Still In The Dark (You Are Not My Sunshine)
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5:49 |
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| 11. | |
Pedro |
5:13 |
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| 12. | |
Oração |
6:31 |
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| 13. | |
Salt Meets Fire (Fogo E Sal) |
4:51 |
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| 14. |
Hih Vignette |
0:33 |
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14 Total Tracks, 72:18 Total Length
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