"Key to Bixiga 70’s style is how the group both breaks ground and can sling a universally appealing tune...balancing a sense of modernity with retro brass and hand percussion that draws on the centuries-old West African-Caribbean connection still so crucial to Brazilian musical aesthetics today." -- Pop Matters
São Paulo's Afro-Brazilian groove visionaries Bixiga 70 return with an ecstatic 5th album - Vapor - their first in four years. The sound is joyful, a series of potent horn driven melodies and infectious polyrhythms. More than a return, Vapor is a rebirth. An exuberant, full-tilt party.
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“We knew we needed to make a new album. But could we do it?’
That was the question Daniel Nogueira and other members of Brazil’s Bixiga 70 asked themselves as they gathered to record Vapor. An entire age had passed since their last album in 2018; the whole world had changed. The Covid pandemic had hit Brazil especially hard, leaving the entire country shuttered for far too long. On top of that, after more than a decade together, some old members of the ten-piece instrumental band had left and new ones arrived. It was time to take a deep breath and see if they could still... more
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released October 13, 2023
Daniel Verano - Trumpet
Douglas Antunes - Trombone
Daniel Nogueira - Tenor Saxophone
Cuca Ferreira - Baritone Saxophone
Cristiano Scabello - Guitar
Pedro Regada - Keyboards
Marcelo Dworecki - Bass
Valentina Facury - Percussion
Amanda Teles – Percussion
Bixiga 70
