Rodrigo Amarante

Rodrigo Amarante

Amarante in 2013
Background information
Birth name Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves
Born (1976-09-06) September 6, 1976
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil
Origin Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil
Genres Folk rock, psych folk, MPB, samba, acoustic music, Experimental music
Instruments Vocals
multi-instrumentalist Guitar, piano, bass
Years active 1997 -
Labels Rough Trade Records, Easy Sound Recording Co., Mais Um Discos, Som Livre, Sony BMG,
Associated acts Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial, Little Joy, Devendra Banhart, Marcelo Camelo
Website www.rodrigoamarante.com
Notable instruments
Schecter TSH
Epiphone Riviera P-94
Silvertone 1446L
Fender Telecaster Thinline
Sonelli bass
Fender Jazzmaster
Fender Jaguar

Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves (born September 6, 1976) is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and occasional arranger born in Rio de Janeiro. He is part of the bands Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial and Little Joy and has released his first solo record "Cavalo" in Brazil in late 2013 and in the rest of the world in May 2014.

In Los Hermanos

He studied Journalism at PUC-Rio, where he met Marcelo Camelo and Rodrigo Barba. After a few rehearsals with Los Hermanos, he was invited to join the band.

In their debut album, Los Hermanos (1999), Amarante contributed very little, playing transverse flute and doing the backing vocals. And there are only two songs written by him: "Quem Sabe" (Who Knows), which turned out to be one of the CD's singles, and "Onze Dias" (Eleven Days).

Second Album

In the band's second album, Bloco do Eu Sozinho (2001), Amarante was able to show his real musical quality, playing guitar together with Marcelo, and writing more songs. He recorded "Sentimental" (considered by Dado Villa-Lobos from Legião Urbana as the best song of 2001), "Retrato pra Iaiá" (Portrait for Iaiá), and "Cher Antoine" (sung in French). He also wrote the instrumental part of the song "Mais Uma Canção" (One More Song) with Marcelo. And, together with Marcelo, he wrote "A Flor" (The Flower), one of the album's hits.

Third Album

In their third album, Ventura (2003), came his national recognition as a great songwriter, writing songs of doutbless quality, like "Último Romance" (Last Romance), "O velho e o moço" (The old man and the young lad), "Um par" (A Pair), "Do Sétimo Andar" (From the Seventh Floor), and "Deixa o Verão" (Let The Summer).

His role as a sideman in the band ended. He became recognized as one of the band's leaders, which until then, was attributed only to Marcelo Camelo.

Fourth Album

In their fourth album, 4 (2005), songs written by Rodrigo Amarante are almost as many as the ones written by Marcelo. And in "4", an album that did not have as much success as the previous ones, his songs are much more distinguished, like "O Vento" (The Wind) - the only hit in this album -, and "Condicional". He also wrote "Primeiro Andar" (First Walk), "Os Pássaros" (The Birds) and "Paquetá" (Paqueta is a small island in Rio de Janeiro).

In 2006, he won the prize of "Best Instrumentalist" in the Prêmio Multishow (Multishow Awards).

Amarante in 2007

After the hiatus in Los Hermanos (in 2007), he dedicates himself to Orquestra Imperial (a band in which he plays with Moreno Veloso (Caetano Veloso's son), Nina Becker, and the actress Thalma de Freitas) and went to California to record "Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon" with Devendra Banhart where he started writing songs with Fabrizio Moretti and Binki Shapiro, trio that would soon become Little Joy.

In the album "Rádio Alegria" (released in November 2007), of the Portuguese band "Os Azeitonas", there is a song by Rodrigo Amarante, called "Olá Rubi" (Hello, Ruby). (Song by Amarante and lyrics by Os Azeitonas).

In Little Joy

In 2007, Rodrigo Amarante joined in with Fabrizio Moretti and Binki Shapiro to form the trio Little Joy, a Brazilian/American rock supergroup. Singer / guitarist Amarante from Los Hermanos joined forces with American musician, singer, and songwriter Binki Shapiro and with The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti. Amarante and Moretti had met in 2006, at a festival in Lisbon where both their bands were performing, and the idea came up to start a new musical project unrelated to their respective bands. Little Joy was signed to Rough Trade Records label.

Solo Works

In 2014, Rodrigo Amarante released his first solo album, "Cavalo", one of the first releases on the Easy Sounds Recording Company label.[1] The album received strong critical reviews,[2][3][4] and featured as one of NPR Music's "50 Favourite Songs of 2014 So Far".[5] The album was notorious international expression came to be invited for nearly thirty different countries for concerts of his tour. In addition it was called to perform at various performances as Live Deezer Session, NPR Music, KEXP-FM joint work with Vincent Moon in IA Take Away Show - La Blogotheque among others.

In 2015 he wrote a song in Spanish, "Tuyo"（Yours), as the opening theme for the Netflix series "Narcos". Rodrigo Amarante was inspired by the thought of what kind of music Pablo Escobar’s mother would have listened to when raising her son.[6]

Collaborations

Amarante during the concert Devendra Banhart, 2013

Discography

With Los Hermanos

With Little Joy

As a solo artist

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/news/53859-easy-sound-launches-announces-new-records-from-isobel-campbell-vetiver-papercuts/
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/cavalo-mw0002629490
  3. ↑ http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/20598-rodrigo-amarantes-cavalo-album-review
  4. ↑ http://gozamos.com/2014/05/album-review-cavalo-by-rodrigo-amarante/
  5. ↑ http://www.npr.org/2014/06/30/325162463/npr-musics-50-favorite-songs-of-2014-so-far
  6. ↑ EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ‘NARCOS’ HYPNOTIC THEME SONG

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