Concert
RODRIGO AMARANTE - NAIMA BOCK
- Orangerie
Timing
19:00 doors open (Orangerie)
19:30 Naima Bock
20:30 Rodrigo Amarante
Extra information
— TIMING19:00 doors open (Orangerie)
19:30 Naima Bock
20:30 Rodrigo Amarante
When
Thu. 5 May, 2022Where
- Orangerie
Doors
19:00Organiser
Botanique

"Rodrigo Amarante’s gorgeous debut pulls from previous stints with Los Hermanos, Little Joy, and Devendra Banhart for its smoky sonic breadth, but there’s no question that each song that makes up Cavalo remains firmly his own."
You may know Rodrigo Amarante already. You may have heard “Tuyo,” his theme tune to the Netflix drama Narcos, or the Little Joy album, recorded with Fab Moretti and Binki Shapiro, you might have noted his name among the credits on songs by Gal Costa, Norah Jones and Gilberto Gil; or perhaps you saw him play live with Brazilian samba big band Orquestra Imperial, or with Rio rockers Los Hermanos; you really should have heard his debut album, Cavalo, released in 2014. You may think you know Rodrigo Amarante already, but Drama, his second solo album, is going to introduce a whole new level of confusion to the mix.
Drama is purposefully caricatural, cinematic; “As biased as memory”. It flows as an arch, playfully deceiving, like a tale. The ominous opening number gives you a hint that things might not be what they appear, and clues are hiding in plain sight. “Projection, attachment, deception: that is Drama.”. The sunny upbeat start of “Maré”, with a nearly childish opening melody, echoes something less naïf: “The tide will fetch what the ebb brings”. The beat helps you move past. “Tango” sounds like falling in love on the dance floor, warm and tropical, it celebrates companionship, while perhaps pleading for it, yearning. “Tara,” meanwhile, feels like something Astrud Gilberto might have sung at the height of bossa nova’s global popularity, with the twist of the big-band-era muted horns on the chorus, nearly self-deprecating, as if mocking such idealized infatuation.
Drama closes with the piano on “The End.” To live is to fall. After all the emotional upheavals the singer has put his cast through, is this some kind of farewell to this mortal coil? “Everything Furthers.” says Amarante. “Whispering, you get louder like that, people respond better to an invitation”, and adds: “Staring at the absurd while remaining kind, being open to the gifts of confusion; that’s why we create these tools that are stories and songs, to help us see each other.”

NAIMA BOCK
Au carrefour des cultures brésiliennes, grecques et anglaises, Naima Bock délivre une musique atypique et chaleureuse. Dès ses premiers morceaux, « 30 Degrees » et une reprise du classique brésilien « Berimbau » la jeune artiste se fait remarquer pour ses talents de compositrice et de chanteuse hors pair. Sa voix grave et mélodieuse nous transporte dans des paysages surréalistes, loin du quotidien. En s'associant avec le producteur Joel Burton pour son dernier single « Every Morning », sorti chez Sub Pop Records, elle mêle son héritage brésilien et une touche post-punk pour donner jour à une musique aussi puissante qu’enivrante.
Timing
19:00 doors open (Orangerie)
19:30 Naima Bock
20:30 Rodrigo Amarante
Extra information
— TIMING19:00 doors open (Orangerie)
19:30 Naima Bock
20:30 Rodrigo Amarante