Otto (singer)

Otto

Otto performing at the Virada Cultural of Votuporanga in 2015
Background information
Birth name Otto Maximiliano Pereira de Cordeiro Ferreira
Born (1968-06-28) June 28, 1968
Belo Jardim, Brazil
Genres Mangue Bit, MPB, rock, electronica
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, drummer, TV presenter
Instruments Vocals, drums
Years active 1984–present
Labels Trama, Nublu Records, Deckdisc
Associated acts Mundo Livre S/A

Otto Maximiliano Pereira de Cordeiro Ferreira, known mononymously as Otto (born June 28, 1968), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, drummer and TV presenter, famous for his work with pioneering Mangue Bit band Mundo Livre S/A, of which he served as one of the founding members and drummer from its inception in 1984 until 1996.

Biography

Otto was born in Belo Jardim, Pernambuco, on June 28, 1968, and is of Dutch and Native Brazilian descent.[1] During his early teens he moved to Recife, where he befriended Chico Science and Fred Zero Quatro; with the latter he would form Mundo Livre S/A, one of the first Mangue Bit bands ever alongside Science's Nação Zumbi. Otto provided drums for Mundo Livre S/A's first two studio albums, until leaving the band in 1996 to pursue a solo career.

In 1998 Otto released his first solo album, Samba pra Burro, through independent record label Trama, which mixed traditional Brazilian genres such as samba and MPB with electronica, drum and bass and rap. It received a good critical reception, and the ABPD (Brazilian Association of Record Producers) chose it as the best album of 1998. The album catapulted Otto into nation-wide acclaim, later leading him to open shows for bands such as The Prodigy in the same year.[2] In 2000 a remixed version of Samba pra Burro was released, also through Trama, entitled Changez Tout.

Otto's subsequent album, Condom Black, released in 2001, saw him advancing into a "more organic" sonority, in his words, but without abandoning the electronica influences. As with Samba pra Burro, it was produced by Apollo 9 and also critically acclaimed. In the following year, he collaborated with synthpop band Metrô on their third album, Déjà-Vu; he provided additional vocals for the album's title track.

Also in 2002 he made a contribution to the soundtrack of the critically acclaimed film Mango Yellow (alongside Jorge dü Peixe of Nação Zumbi and former Mundo Livre S/A bandmate Fred Zero Quatro). The following year saw the release of his third studio album, Sem Gravidade.

In 2009 he released his fourth album, Certa Manhã Acordei de Sonhos Intranquilos, his first not to come out through long-time label Trama. The album's title is an allusion to the opening line of Franz Kafka's 1915 novella The Metamorphosis, and counted with guest appearances by Céu and Julieta Venegas.

His fifth and latest album, The Moon 1111, was released in 2012 through Deckdisc.

Since 2011 he also serves as co-host of the TV program Minha Vida É a Minha Cara, alongside actress Hermila Guedes, which is broadcast by FashionTV Brasil.

Personal life

In 2001 Otto married actress Alessandra Negrini, having with her a daughter, Betina (born 2003).[3] They divorced in 2008.[4] In an interview, he has stated that his divorce from Negrini was a major inspiration for the writing process of Certa Manhã Acordei de Sonhos Intranquilos.[5]

After a short-lived relationship with also actress Mayana Moura, he eventually met Amanda Lira, his current partner. They currently live together at a house in the bairro of Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro.[6]

He is a member of the Movimento Humanos Direitos.[7]

Discography

Solo

Studio albums

Year Album
1998 Samba pra Burro
  • Label: Trama
    •
  • Format: CD
2001 Condom Black
  • Label: Trama
    •
  • Format: CD
2003 Sem Gravidade
  • Label: Trama
    •
  • Format: CD
2009 Certa Manhã Acordei de Sonhos Intranquilos
  • Label: Nublu Records
    •
  • Format: CD
2012 The Moon 1111

Remix albums

Year Album
2000 Changez Tout: Samba pra Burro Dissecado
  • Label: Trama
    •
  • Format: CD

With Mundo Livre S/A

Year Album
1994 Samba Esquema Noise
  • Label: Banguela Records
    •
  • Format: CD
1996 Guentando a Ôia
  • Label: Excelente Discos
    •
  • Format: CD

Collaborations

Year Album
2000 Baião de Viramundo: Tributo a Luiz Gonzaga
  • Label: YB Music
  • Format: CD
    •
  • Contributed with the song "Orélia"
2002 Mango Yellow: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • Label: YB Music
  • Format: CD
    •
  • Contributed with the song "Amarelo Manga"
2013 Coitadinha Bem Feito
  • Label: Joia Moderna
  • Format: CD
    •
  • Contributed with the song "Coitadinha Bem Feito"

As a session member

Metrô

References

  1. ↑ Dicionário MPB: Otto (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Não Pulo uma Faixa (Otto - Samba pra Burro) (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ "Separações inesperadas de famosos". mdemulher. 2011.
  4. ↑ Alessandra Negrini e Otto separados (Portuguese)
  5. ↑ Em conversa franca, Otto expõe dores e fraquezas (Portuguese)
  6. ↑ Otto, o homem que as mulheres amam (Portuguese)
  7. ↑ Humanos Direitos - Participantes (Portuguese)

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