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I guess this is what would be called electric Brazilian music. It's beautiful, mysterious, at times reminds one of all kinds of different musical genres and at other times is slightly disconcerting. It would probably take a professional music critic to describe this album, but I can only say I like it very much for certain moods.
This is one of the best CDs of Brazilian music that I've heard. The music world truly lost a musical genius with Suba's untimely death. RIP.
A lot of Brazilian - electro compilations have been released; i know because i've listened to most of them, and i can assure you that anyone has yet to make an album remotely as good as Sao Paolo Confessions. It's been quite a few years since Suba passed away and Sao Paolo Confessions was released. Since then a lot of artists have followed in its ground-breaking musical path. It takes a lot more than some Brazilian percussion tracks, a female vocalist and some keyboards to do what Suba did on this album, it takes passion and something that most current artists doing Brazilian-electro music lack: The huge Songwriting talent Suba had.Very few artists are in the same song-writing skills class as Suba: Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation.We can only speculate where would Suba be if he was still alive.Was Suba a musical genius. was this album a lucky musical accident or just a sign of things to come.We will never know.All we can do is to sit down and marvel at the magical music on this CD.
The first time I listened to this album I was not entirely sold on it. After more than a year I still feel the same way about it. Suba truly had foresight and great aspirations for the Brazilian music world as well as all the electronic music world.Now the review. His production work and composition talent make all the albums he has been a part of sound brilliant. After listening to the songs of this album for 100's of times, I finally felt I should write a review of Suba's masterpiece. I highly recommend this album for it has changed the way I look at music. It was hypnotic. He fused so many different types of music together and it blended seamlessly.
There are not many words to describe the experience of this album. So, I listened to it again and found 1 or 2 songs that I liked. It's hard to imagine a person could make such a difference in the international music scene in such a short time. It is almost like a musical history looking into the future but also looking back. It was a little weird and didn't settle right with me. This process kept repeating and soon I found myself mesmerized by everything going on in the songs. I cannot thank Suba and those around him enough for the music they have made. Even 5 years after its original release I can hear his influence in others music.
Maybe the musical capital of Brazil isn't Rio de Janeiro or Ipanema,but Sao Paulo.It's the hometown of Ana Rita Simonka ("Bossa Nova Delhi")&Chico Cesar ("Chico Cesar"),innovators in the Brazilian music scene.It was also home to the late,great Suba.Bebel Gilberto's "Tanto Tempo" had Suba's brilliant techno touches;in her latest self-titled CD,his magic touch is missing.It's a different album.Not bad,just different.Suba's "Sao Paulo Confessions" is hardly techno music for beginners.It's great Brazilian trip-hop,from a Yugoslav emigre to the Land of Samba.Highlights-1)Tantos Desejos-This was used in CBS' awful new drama "The Unit." Luckily,it's a fun piece.2)Voce Gosta-The singer seductively knows what you like.3)Antropofagos-A strange tune about cannibals.Why wasn't this used in "Sin City" as Kevin's theme.(I didn't see the movie,but soundtracks need to be different)4)Um dia comum (em SP)-Interesting use of a public service announcement in this tune.A typical day in Sao Paulo.Hear for yourself.5)Sereia-A seductive ode to a mermaid.6)Samba do gringo Paulista-This uses samba school samples.7)A noite sem fim-Uses acoustic guitar.Had Suba lived,who knows what he could've accomplished.This album shows his too early vanquished potential.It's a tragedy he wasn't able to develop his talents.
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