Suba “São Paulo Confessions” (1999)
Before I even get into the music, this artist was really interesting to
read about. Suba (Mitar Subotić) was a Serbian musician who studied
accordion, and played keyboards in a few bands. He studied
orchestration and composition at a music academy where he became
interested in and studied electronic music.
Suba released electronic recordings under the moniker Rex Ilusivii. His
recording “The Dreambird, in the Mooncage” combining traditional
Serbian lullabies and electronic arrangements earned him an award from
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(UNESCO) and got a scholarship to relocate to São Paulo, Brazil. Suba
fell in love with his new home immersed himself in the music scene.
Alongside scoring work for radio and TV, he rose to
prominence as a producer, mixing traditional styles of Brazilian music
like Bossa Nova with electronic production. An approach he used on the
brilliant “Tanto Tempo” album he worked on with singer Bebel Gilberto.
Suba released “São Paulo Confessions” taking his meshing of the old
styles with electronic elements. The album met with favourable reviews,
but Suba himself succumbed to smoke inhalation and died when his studio
caught fire and he rushed in to try and save some recordings.
The above should actually give you kind of an idea of what the music is
like. Sounds, rhythms, instruments and vivre common to bossa nova and
latin jazz that are used as the palette to create some nice chilled
electronica. Like on opener "Tantos Desejos" that has singer Cibelle delivering a nice bossa vocal over swirling soundscapes with busy percussion in the background.
It's possibly slightly long, but works nicely as a background loop to drift in and out of while doing other things
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