Tanto Tempo Remixes

Performer: Bebel Gilberto
Artist: Joao Donato
Distributor: Fontana Distribution

Notes: This is a collection of remixes from the TANTO TEMPO album. Remixers include Peter Kruder, Truby Trio, Rae & Christian, King Britt. Personnel includes: Bebel Gilberto, Nina Miranda (vocals); Joao Donato (arranger, Fender Rhodes piano); Celso Fonseca (acoustic guitar); Christian Franck (guitar, bass, percussion); Luis Do Monte (guitar); Ivan Hussey, Larry Gold (cello); Stuart Wylen (flute, piano, celeste, organ); Ricardo Pontes (alto saxophone); Henrique Band (baritone saxophone); Jesse Sadock (trumpet); Vittor Santos (trombone); Myabi Sudo (Fender Rhodes piano); Mike Lindup (keyboards); David Corcos (synthesizer, bass, percussion); Jorge Helder (bass); Roberthino Silva (drums, percussion); Joao Parahyba (percussion); Jack D, Sin Plomo (programming); Nina Rocha Miranda (background vocals). Producers include: Rae & Christian, Truby Trio, Chateau Flight, Peter Kruder, Mario C. Engineers include: Jeff Chestik, Tori Economides, Fabiano Franca. Recorded at Grand Central, Manchester, England; Fauna Flash, Munich, Germany; Mono Aural, Rio De Janiero, Brazil; The Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Science Foundation Studios, Tokyo, Japan. Issued the same year as Bebel Gilberto's first full-length solo album TANTO TEMPO, TANTO TEMPO REMIXES is, as the name implies, a series of remixed tracks from that debut. Bebel is the daughter of Joao Gilberto (the man who almost single-handedly popularized bossa nova), and has been singing and performing since an early age. Her ease with bossa nova and flair for translating it into a contemporary context is abundantly clear. For good measure, REMIXES features the work of top-notch DJs and producers, including Rae & Christian, Peter Kruder (of Kruder & Dorfmeister fame), and King Britt. Breezy bossa grooves dominate the set, buttressed by jazzy club beats and washes of colorful synthesizer. "August Day Song," remixed by Chateau Flight, has an almost techno/new wave feel, as does Kruder's treatment of the mesmerizing title track. Monoaural's downtempo, trip-hop take on the beautiful "Mais Feliz" recalls Portishead, while the samba-touched "Sem Conencao, re-worked by Sin Plomo, blends Gilberto's light, airy melodies with insistent, thudding beats. Gilberto's voice glides through these productions, losing none its charm for all the fancy dressing. Appropriate for lounging or dancing, TANTO TEMPO REMIXES is one of the finer Brazilian remix albums available.

As the daughter of Joao Gilberto, one of the chief architects of the bossa nova sound, and the step-daughter of singer Astrud Gilberto, perhaps the genre's most recognizable voice, Bebel Gilberto is at the fore of the second generation of bossa nova talent. While Gilberto's music is firmly rooted in Brazil's proud musical tradition, it is also marked by tasteful electronica and club music flourishes. Her breezy, sophisticated, and critically lauded 2000 debut, TANTO TEMPO, was given the remix treatment by a host of dancefloor heavyweights in 2003.

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