Abaporu Gui Boratto
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Includes high-quality Mp3 download
Returning to the full-length format after a couple of years well spent in the 12" singles circuit, Brazilian groove architect GUI BORATTO follows up his 2011 offering "III" (KOMPAKT 242 CD 90) with new masterpiece ABAPORU - an exotic and colorful journey into sound, spread over 13 richly orchestrated club tracks that display the same penchant for ridiculously catchy melodies and infectious rhythms that already informed his revered 2007 album debut CHROMOPHOBIA (KOMPAKT 152 CD 56).
In what may be his best work to date, GUI BORATTO strings together various contemporary strands of pop-infused techno and house and translates them into his very own stream of groove consciousness - also an act of cultural appropriation, as both ABAPORU's cover artwork and title suggest: putting an inspired twist on Brazil's most famous modernist painting "Abaporu" from early 20th century artist Tarsilo Do Amaral, they draw from the rich history of Brazilian modern art, where European and indigenous influences would collide in the most exciting manner.
Elegantly swinging album opener ANTROPOFAGIA elaborates on this by directly referencing the "Manifesto Antropógafo" (translated as "Cannibal Manifesto") from Oswald De Andrade in its title: Tarsila's husband was also a main proponent of the so-called Anthropophagic Movement that intended to literally devour European culture and turn it into something genuinely Brazilian. In a dazzling display of sonic depth and subtextual ingenuity, GUI BORATTO arranges his lush synthscapes accordingly, painting in broad, neo-primitivist strokes and bright colors that - at a closer look - reveal an immense wealth of retro-modernist touches and textural detail.
Besides showing off its beautifully crafted melodic flourishes, the album's extended sound palette also flexes its dance muscles on a regular basis - as eponymous minimal bouncer ABAPORU or prime time piano banger JOKER prove with ease: a well-versed dance producer and engineer like Gui knows perfectly well how to lay out a narrative arc for utmost floor impact. Meanwhile, cuts like PLEASE DON'T TAKE ME HOME, GET THE PARTY STARTED or 22 illustrate Gui's growing preoccupation with expertly tailored vocals or finely tuned guitar interludes - updates to his sonic vocabulary that already lead to the fantastic summer singles TAKE CONTROL (KOMPAKT 302) and TOO LATE (285).
The extent of Gui's muscial bravura becomes abundantly clear with INDIGO's masterfully directed ascension from a deceptively simple, laid-back glockenspiel melody to full-blown string drama in just a handful of bars - an engrossing listening experience that primes the canvas for introspective, wistful groover MANIFESTO taking the album's emotional trajectory full circle. One of the Brazilian mastermind's most satisfying full-length efforts to date, ABAPORU finds Gui at the top of his game, rewiring the electronic circuits that connect European and US dance music to his own - and our - liking.
In what may be his best work to date, GUI BORATTO strings together various contemporary strands of pop-infused techno and house and translates them into his very own stream of groove consciousness - also an act of cultural appropriation, as both ABAPORU's cover artwork and title suggest: putting an inspired twist on Brazil's most famous modernist painting "Abaporu" from early 20th century artist Tarsilo Do Amaral, they draw from the rich history of Brazilian modern art, where European and indigenous influences would collide in the most exciting manner.
Elegantly swinging album opener ANTROPOFAGIA elaborates on this by directly referencing the "Manifesto Antropógafo" (translated as "Cannibal Manifesto") from Oswald De Andrade in its title: Tarsila's husband was also a main proponent of the so-called Anthropophagic Movement that intended to literally devour European culture and turn it into something genuinely Brazilian. In a dazzling display of sonic depth and subtextual ingenuity, GUI BORATTO arranges his lush synthscapes accordingly, painting in broad, neo-primitivist strokes and bright colors that - at a closer look - reveal an immense wealth of retro-modernist touches and textural detail.
Besides showing off its beautifully crafted melodic flourishes, the album's extended sound palette also flexes its dance muscles on a regular basis - as eponymous minimal bouncer ABAPORU or prime time piano banger JOKER prove with ease: a well-versed dance producer and engineer like Gui knows perfectly well how to lay out a narrative arc for utmost floor impact. Meanwhile, cuts like PLEASE DON'T TAKE ME HOME, GET THE PARTY STARTED or 22 illustrate Gui's growing preoccupation with expertly tailored vocals or finely tuned guitar interludes - updates to his sonic vocabulary that already lead to the fantastic summer singles TAKE CONTROL (KOMPAKT 302) and TOO LATE (285).
The extent of Gui's muscial bravura becomes abundantly clear with INDIGO's masterfully directed ascension from a deceptively simple, laid-back glockenspiel melody to full-blown string drama in just a handful of bars - an engrossing listening experience that primes the canvas for introspective, wistful groover MANIFESTO taking the album's emotional trajectory full circle. One of the Brazilian mastermind's most satisfying full-length efforts to date, ABAPORU finds Gui at the top of his game, rewiring the electronic circuits that connect European and US dance music to his own - and our - liking.
Nach ein paar bestens genutzten Jahren an der 12"-Single-Front kehrt der brasilianische Groove-Architekt GUI BORATTO zum Langspielformat zurück und schließt mit dem neuen Meisterwerk ABAPORU an sein 2011er Album "III" (KOMPAKT 242 CD 90) an - eine exotische und farbenprächtige Klangreise, verteilt über 13 üppig orchestrierte Tracks die die gleiche Neigung zu unglaublich eingängigen Melodien und ansteckenden Rhythmen aufweisen wie sein gefeiertes 2007er Albumdebüt CHROMOPHOBIA (KOMPAKT 152 CD 56). In seiner bislang vielleicht besten Arbeit vertaut GUI BORATTO verschiedene zeitgenössische Stränge Pop-getränkten Technos miteinander und übersetzt sie in seinen ganz eigenen Groove-Bewußtseinsstrom - auch eine Technik der kulturellen Aneignung, wie Titel und Cover-Artwork von ABAPORU andeuten: mit der Referenz auf das berühmteste modernistische Gemälde Brasiliens, "Abaporu" von der im frühen 20. Jahrhundert agierenden Künstlerin Tarsilo Do Amaral, bedienen sie sich bei der reichen Geschichte moderner brasilianischer Kunst, wo europäische und indigene Einflüsse auf spannendste Weise kollidieren. Der elegant schwingende Album-Opener ANTROPOFAGIA baut den Subtext weiter aus mit seiner Titel-Hommage an das "Anthropophagische Manifest" ("Menschenfressermanifest") von Oswald De Andrade: der Ehemann von Tarsila diente auch als ein Hauptprotagonist der sogenannten Anthropophagischen Bewegung; deren Ziel war das wortwörtliche "Verschlingen" europäischer Kultur und ihre Verwandlung in etwas genuin Brasilianisches. In einer Art klanglichem Geistesblitz arrangiert GUI BORATTO seine luxuriösen Synthesizer-Welten dementsprechend, malt in breiten, neo- primitivistischen Strichen und hellen Farben, die bei näherer Betrachtung eine Fülle an retro-modernistischen Anklängen und texturellem Detail preisgeben, Neben den wunderschön geformten Melodien präsentiert die erweiterte Soundpalette auch regelmäßig ihre angespannten Tanzmuskel - wie der titelgebende Minimal-Bouncer ABAPORU oder der Piano-beseelte Prime-Time-Favorit JOKER locker vorführen: ein erfahrener Tanzmusik-Produzent und Toningenieur wie Gui weiß ganz genau wie er seinen Spannungsbogen aufziehen muß für größtmögliche Flurwirkung. Derweil illustrieren Stücke wie PLEASE DON'T TAKE ME HOME, GET THE PARTY STARTED oder 22 Guis wachsendes Interesse an fachmännisch zugeschnittenen Vocals und fein abgestimmten Gitarren-Einwürfen - Updates seines Klangvokabulars, die bereits in den fantastischen Sommer-Singles TAKE CONTROL (KOMPAKT 302) und TOO LATE (285) zum Tragen kamen. Das Ausmaß von Guis musikalischer Expertise könnte kaum deutlicher werden als mit INDIGOs meisterhaft inszeniertem Aufstieg von entspannter Glockenspielerei zu ausgewachsenem Streicher-Drama in nur einer Handvoll von Takten - eine fesselnde Hörerfahrung, die den Boden bereitet für das in sich gekehrte, wehmütige MANIFESTO, welches die emotionale Umlaufbahn des Albums abrundet. Als eines der überzeugendsten Albumprojekte aus dem Portfolio des brasilianischen Meisters zeigt ABAPORU uns Gui an der Spitze seiner Kreativität, eifrig damit beschäftigt die elektronischen Schaltkreise zwischen europäischer und US-amerikanischer Tanzmusik nach eigenem - und unserem - Belieben neu zu verdrahten.
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