discography

RED HOT + RIO

Various Artists | Co-Producer | Verve Records | Universal Music

“One of the benefit series’ finest albums to date.” Billboard (October 19, 1996)

“#2 Compilation of the Year” The Village Voice 1996 Jazz & Pop Critics Poll

“Inspiring and modern-sounding tribute… eclectic mix of artists.” EW (October 10, 1996)

“A Standout single CD that is hard to beat.” The Beat Magazine (January 1997)

“Taking a stroll on World Music’s wild side in bedroom slippers rather than
mountaineering boots.” Interview (October 1996)

“Offers an entertaining glimpse into the future of a genre that seemed nostalgic
even when it was new.” San Francisco Chronicle

“An Inspired, modern sounding tribute”. Entertainment Weekly, Oct. 10, 1996

ONDA SONORA: RED HOT + LISBON

Various Artists | Co-Producer | Movieplay Discos

Album of The Week – The New York Times July 1999 “A strikingly intelligent record.”
The New York Times (July 23, 1999)

“A Challenging Album.” Time Magazine (August 30, 1999)

“A rhythm nation whose citizens are encouraged to jump borders.” “A”
Entertainment Weekly

“Music that conveys the sense that art – and unfortunately AIDS –
knows no ethnic boundaries.” Billboard Magazine

“Gorgeous companion piece to Red Hot + Rio.” Interview

BEBEL GILBERTO | Tanto Tempo

Co-Producer | A&R | Ziriguiboom | Crammed

Two Latin Grammy Nominations (World Music, Best Brazilian Album) 2001

“Accurately perceived by retailers as a certified hit (on a wholly independent label)…Tanto Tempo has proved to be pop music’s little engine that could.” Billboard (January 27, 2001)

#3 Top World Music Albums / Billboard Magazine (February 24, 2001)

“The Biggest-selling album by a Brazilian artist in North America possibly since
Sergio Mendes in the 1960’s.” The New York Times (November 5, 2000)

“…A Sultry set of 60′s Bossa Nova serenades with slow, spiked come-hither
electronic dance beats.” Fortune Magazine

“Tanto Tempo is a gorgeous 11-song collection that sounds like Sade
singing in Portuguese.” Playboy

“The epitome of cool.” Mojo Magazine, UK Albums of the Month

“Deliciously good.” The Independent, UK

“An intoxicating summer swoon. Gentle, sensual and gorgeous. *****” Esquire

“Tanto Tempo is a Modern Masterpiece” Keyboard Magazine (March 2002)

Bebel brings a wonderfully accessible, cosmopolitan approach to this lilting music.
The self-penned title track on her debut teleports us back to bossa nova’s golden age, while her take on Marcos Valle’s “So Nice” makes that classic sound brand new.”
New Yorker Magazine

BEBEL GILBERTO | Tanto Tempo Remixes

A&R | Co-Producer | Ziriguiboom | Crammed

“If you already own Tanto Tempo, consider Remixes an essential companion piece.
If you don’t – well, get off your skinny ass, hit the record store, and make a
much-needed investment in your aural health”. Flaunt

“A great album made even better.” 9 out of 10 stars! Mixer

“Tanto Tempo Remixes stands as a great example of integrating a classic sound
with tomorrow’s technology and creative minds.” BPM Culture

“The result is a consistency of style rare in the remix world, making this less
an overhaul than a most satisfying alternative version.” NY Newsday

BEBEL GILBERTO | Bebel Gilberto

A&R | Executive Producer | Ziriguiboom | Crammed

“The summer’s sexiest CD.” Glamour (2004)

“Gilberto is an organic princess in a digital world.” www.afropop.com

“Gilberto at her most assured and distinct.” Entertainment Weekly

“… one of the most emotionally charged albums of the year.” New York Post

“She has truly arrived as an artist.” San Francisco Bay Guardian

“Bebel Gilberto is a latterday Sade who makes seductive records.” CNN Money

“…a collection of gorgeous Brazilian pop, tinged with her trademark
silky vocals and classic sun-baked rhythms.” O – The Oprah Magazine

“Bebel Gilberto affirms that this Gilberto is more than just a bossa Lisa Marie Presley.” Rolling Stone

“Bebel Gilberto… is taking Brazilian music on a trip worthy of her birthright.” Remix

“…the Norah Jones of her genre. On her mostly self-written follow-up, [Bebel] once again shows that her voice is the embodiment of breathy Brazilian cool.” Entertainment Weekly

“Gilberto’s gift is her ability to distill that June-afternoon feeling into whatever she does.” Time Out NY

“…hypnotic atmospheres as light as a beach breeze, with rhythms that move at a serpentine slither and melodies that hover after Gilberto has moved on.”
Philadelphia Inquirer

“…what’s most satisfying about Gilberto’s new self-titled CD, the follow-up to 2000’s hipster-wooing Tanto Tempo, is its departure from bossa [nova] formula…snaps to Gilberto for not simply feasting on the legacy handed to her on a sandy platter.” LA Weekly

BEBEL GILBERTO | Bebel Gilberto Remixed

A&R | Ziriguiboom | Crammed

Debut at #2 Billboard World Music Chards (June 7, 2005)

CELSO FONSECA | Natural

Co-Producer | Ziriguiboom | Crammed

“Intoxicating chill-out set that revels in lounge-jazz’s feel-good-grandeur.”
Boston Herald (04, 2003)

“Smooth, smart and casually sensual.” – The Washington Post (April 20, 2003)

“Celebrating the legacy of Bossa Nova in a debonair set.”
The London Times (March 18, 2003)

“Hugely likeable.” The Observer, UK (May 5, 2003)

“Brilliant” – The Guardian, UK (March 7, 2003)

“Brazilian beauty without the merest hint of cheese.” Time Out London (March 2003)

“ * * * * Stars” – Mojo Magazine, UK (March 2003)

“If (Oscar) Niemeyer made music, it would sound like this.”
London Telegraph (March 15, 2003)

“The songs unfold with elegant logic.” DownBeat Magazine (June 2003)

“… Fonseca has made an album that sounds familiar, comfortable and completely contemporary. It’s the now sound of now.” The Guardian UK

ANGELIQUE KIDJO | Black Ivory Soul

Music Consultant | Sony Music

World Music Grammy Nominated Album (2002)

“This is Kidjo’s best work to date, a fine affirmation for an artist who has stayed the course, bucked the trends, and come out exactly where she belongs: on top.” –
Afropop Worlwide (2002)

“Her varied cultural influences come together in a beautiful ethnic tapestry called
“Black Ivory Soul.” – New York Post (March 19, 2002)

“The album explores the musical connection and kinship between Africa and Brazil, specifically her home country of Benin and the Brazilian city of Bahia.”
– CNN.com (June 2002)

“Black Ivory Soul might just be her most consistent and satisfying effort to date”
– Allmusic.com (2002)

SUBA | São Paulo Confessions

A&R | Ziriguiboom | Crammed

“A further example of the emergent style that is fast becoming recognized as the shiny new soundtrack to Latin American life in the 90’s”. – The London Times (February 1999)

“The perfect fusion of past, present and future.” – Paper Magazine

SUBA | Tributo

A&R | Producer | Ziriguiboom | Crammed

“ * * * 1/2 stars” – Rolling Stone

“Music that could make the world fall in love all over again with the idea of high-rise chic”. – Daily Telegraph UK (June 2002)

“ * * * * “ – Vibe Magazine (May 2002)

“ * * * * – Another Breakthrough for Brazilian Electronica”. – Pulse (June 2002)

THE BEST OF OS MUTANTES

Music Compiler with David Byrne | Luaka Bop Records

“ **** 1/2 Stars” – Rolling Stone Magazine (June 24, 1999)

“Os Mutantes’ music is as original and beautiful as anything being made anywhere… and yet it’s always pop… and pop at its very best and most innovative.” Spin Magazine

NEXT STOP WONDERLAND Film Soundtrack

Music Supervisor | Miramax Films | Verve Records

# 5 Top Jazz Albums / Billboard Magazine (October 3, 1998)

SAMBASOUL 70! | Various Artists

Compiler | Ziriguiboom | Crammed

“In the 16 songs on this album, the results are nothing short of euphoric, as Carnaval revs up the sex machine and Superfly does the samba. Instrumentals take action-movie soundtracks on location to Rio , where the wah-wah meets the tambourine; songs mesh smooth Brazilian melody with pinpoint riffs.” The New York Times

“This is the Album of the Summer.” – Time Out London (April 18, 2001)

* * Stars – Rolling Stone Magazine (September 2001)

“Samba Soul 70! Is without question, the strongest set of Brazilian soul to hit our shores, and a necessity for anyone curious about these hard-to-find oldies.” SF Weekly

“More than just a good comp, this is the gateway to some amazing new musical vistas”
9 out of 10. Montreal Mirror

BRASIL 2MIL | The Soul Of Bass-O-Nova | Various Artists

Compiler | Ziriguiboom | Crammed

“Ultra-Groovy compilation of electronic meets-organic cut featuring some of the influential young artists shaping the new sound of Brazilian music.”
Keyboard Magazine (March 2002)

“Béco Dranoff and Marc Hollander craft some truly inspired hybrids.”
Rhythm Magazine (December 1999)

“Musical adventure and still remain true to soul and jazz roots.”
Blues & Soul Magazine, UK

“Terrific album…could be one of the sounds of the summer.”

The Independent, UK (February 21, 1999)

“ * * * * Stars – Excellent introduction to the new sounds of Brazil.”
– Q Magazine UK, (May 1999)

“Crackling collection of modern groove-based Brazilian fusion.”
Time Out UK (February 24, 1999)

ZIRIGUIBOOM | The Now Sound Of Brazil Volumes 1 & 2

Various Artists | Compiler | Ziriguiboom | Crammed

“Ziriguiboom is the leading source for modern-age Brazilian Music… This year’s first essential global chill-out excursion. Cool and Innovative.” – Billboard (January 18, 2003)

“One of the best chroniclers of modern Brazilian music, the hip Ziriguiboom label has discovered such diverse and talented artists as Bebel Gilberto, Zuco 103 and Apollo Nove, providing a stamp of quality on every album it issues.” Tad Hendrickson / Amazon.com

“Jazz, house, electro and breakbeats get the world treatment and the result is a colorful and fun representation of contemporary Brazilian music.” San Fransico Examiner

CIBELLE | Cibelle

A&R | Ziriguiboom | Crammed

“… more interesting than Morcheeba, more curious than Beth Orton. Tasty.”
Mojo Magazine UK

“Dreamlike and haunting… Summer albums don’t come any better that this”.
Time Out New York (July 24, 2003)

“A wonderfully quirky bossa nova album with post-modern knobs, bells and buzzers on”. The Independent, UK

“Imagine ‘The Girl From Ipanema’ in Terry Gilliam’s futuristic Brazil.”
Rolling Stone (September 2003)

“Like Sade with a better voice.” The Boston Globe

“A luminous stream of wavering bossa-scat and served over immaculately chilled
digital beats.” – Daily Telegraph (UK)

“Think Gilberto on a moonwalk, or Jobim in a flower-filled field, then treat yourself.” Jazzwise (UK)

“It’s not your mama’s bossa nova, but it’s just as sultry”. Entertainment Weekly

“There’s a gentle, bubbly effusiveness to Cibelle’s debut… her music has more in common with Faithless than João Gilberto.” – CMJ Monthly

“Cibelle makes the case that sun-kissed sounds can be cerebral too.” Rollingstone.com

“Redefines contemporary Brazilian music.” San Francisco Examiner (July 2003)

“A new generation Brazilian vocalist equipped with both songwriting chops and a seductive vocal empathy.” San Francisco Weekly (July 23, 2003)

“Counted among the artists who are increasing awareness of Brazilian music in the United States.” Miami Herald (July 4, 2003)

CIBELLE | THE SHINE OF THE ELECTRIC DRIED LEAVES

A&R | Ziriguiboom | Crammed

“A very special talent. Music of no particular origin” 
(Blues & Soul)

“A superb debut … An audacious record… adding elements of nu-jazz and pop psychedelia to the dazzling mix…” (The Times UK)

“Thrilling: light and easy on the ear, but full of ideas… It’s simultaneously like nothing on earth and everything you’ve heard before. This summer, the sound of Cibelle will be percolating out of every hip coffe bar, lounge and clothes shop” (The Independent UK)

“Cibelle’s glittering voice oozes sweet seduction and signals the arrival of
a major new star.” (HMV Choice UK)

CAIPIRISSIMA: BATUCADA ELETRÔNICA

Various Artists / Compiler / Caipirinha Records

**** Stars / “…Not Samba + Electronica…Better”. Amazon.com

“This is probably the most genuine and integrated selection of Brazilian digi-beats… Caipirissima offers a clear view of the future without compromising the riches of the past”. 8.5/10 Montreal Mirror (Rupert Bottenberg) 2000

“This perfect-for-summer comp stirs up a zesty concoction of exotic Brazilian flavors mixed with global electronics (and large doses of experimentationalism).”
David Opdyke / Sypderbytes.com (8.7 out of 10)

“All of these tracks are worth hearing, and many are astonishingly good.”
Rick Anderson, All Music Guide