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Thievery Corporation, one of the most influential and respected names
on the electronic/dance music scene, are pleased to announce their
seventh studio album, 'Saudade,' their first record devoted entirely to
the Brazilian-born genre that first connected the duo. The album will
be released on April 1st via their own ESL Music label.
'Saudade'
borrows its title from a Portuguese word meaning “a longing for
something or someone that is lost, a contented melancholy, or, simply,
the presence of absence.” Drawing influence from classic Brazilian
performers like Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gal Costa, and Luis Bonfá—along
with Serge Gainsbourg, Ennio Morricone, and more modern artists like
electro-samba pioneer Isabelle Antena—Saudade achieves its delicate yet
deeply sensuous sound with the help of more than a dozen guest
musicians. With each track sung by one of five female vocalists
(including longtime Thievery cohort LouLou Ghelichkhani, newcomer Elin
Melgarejo, Nouvelle Vague singer Karina Zeviani, Argentine chanteuse
Natalia Clavier, and former Bitter:Sweet singer/songwriter Shana
Halligan), the endlessly mesmerizing album also features such guests as
U.N.K.L.E. drummer Michael Lowery, Argentine singer/songwriter Federico
Aubele, and master Brazilian percussionist Roberto Santos.
“We
always try to progress into something different and stretch our musical
chops, and taking a whole album to dive into this one sound seemed like a
really great way to do that,” says Eric Hilton. Adds Rob Garza: “It’s a
bit of a departure for us, but at the same time these are our roots,
this is what brought us together. It’s us coming full circle from
electronic music back to something organic before we move on to our next
chapter.” (
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