Fio da Memória

About “Fio da Memória”

Intensity is perhaps the word that best describes Memory Thread.
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As intense as its final result was the process of creating and elaborating the album.
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The record began to be recorded in 2012, with a markedly electronic aesthetic and gradually incorporated a more acoustic musicality, traveling through various languages. The gestation was prolonged and deeply experienced, with rich experimentations and the involvement of several wonderful musicians who fertilized the initial intentions.
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All of the composer's influences are present on the record. Mainly, the very urban Brazilianness in which she lives. Styles range from electronic to tribal, including Brazilian songbooks, jazz, dancehall.
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As a composer Luísa Maita is a chronicler who participates in the city, walks through the avenues and alleys of the center and the periphery, looking for poetic and melodic pops.
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The interpreter Luísa uses sensuality in a subtle way as a way to transmit sensations, as a communication tool, having found the right measure to, in her own words, “achieve the maximum expression with the minimum affectation”.
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The release of the album Lero-Lero in 2010 was a milestone in her career, having figured in the main lists of best albums of the year in Brazil. In the US, it reached #1 in sales on Amazon and iTunes in the Latin music category and #2 in the world music category on Amazon.
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Two tracks from the album, Desencabulada and Lero-Lero were part of the soundtrack for the film Boyhood nominated for best film in 2015.
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During her first US and Canada tour in 2010, she was called “the Nova Voz do Brasil” by NPR radio.
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In 2011 she was awarded New Artist of the Year at the renowned Brazilian Music Award and has performed at major summer festivals in Europe and 26 American cities. The following year, she performed again in the US, including at the annual Google Zeitgeist conference. She participated in the Tribute to Caetano Veloso compilation, an album in honor of the artist's 70th birthday, and Maria Gadú also recorded the song Axé Acapella, composed in partnership with Dani Black.
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In 2013, he performed in Brazil and participated in collective projects such as Na Mira da Música Brasileira, alongside artists such as Lucas Santtana, Juliano Holanda, Jam da Silva and Juliana Perdigão and Homage to Amado Maita (his father, an inspired musician and composer he died early in 2005) alongside interpreters such as Ed Motta, BNegão and Tiganá Santana.
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In 2014, she toured the US again, including venues like Lincoln Center in NY. In the same year, she participated, as a guest soloist, in two memorable concerts in celebration of João Donato's 80th birthday in Rio and São Paulo.

Last year, in addition to performing in Brazil, she was mainly dedicated to composing new songs and finalizing the recording of her second album.
Luísa is delighted with the result: “What I like most is the intensity of the arrangements, the contrasts. Sometimes a song starts out more intimate and explodes at the end. I love the sound. The strong guitars. And how the disc has unity, being so diverse and going through different styles.”
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Luísa says that her second album is absolutely personal, subjective and made with a lot of emotion. But the fact that...