Artist: Ed Motta
Title: Entre e Ouça
Year: 1992
Label: WEA
Format: Vinyl LP (Original)
Flwrpt Rating of this Record: 5.0/5.0
Review
Brazilian singer Ed Motta was waaaaaaaaaay ahead of his time! This is his third record, Entre e Ouça…and probably my favorite from him. Pay close attention to the date that this was released, 1992, it sounds like music that was released last week! His style is a mix of MPB (Música Popular Brasileira), jazz, soul, and funk, but Motta has an amazing voice with really good range, and hardcore soul leaking from his vocal chords. He is the nephew of the legendary Tim Maia, so its no wonder his voice has such a strong presence. But as far as the record is concerned, amazing arrangements, a great jazz lounge vibe, interesting synthetic sounds, some scatting, and really nice chord progressions. This is an artist that I recommend everyone checking out, but for now, listen to the clips below. I STILL don’t accept the fact that this was created in 1992, the music was so ahead of a lot of music created that year. Enjoy…
Check out the sound!
Entre e Ouça
À Vontade
Bem Longe
Se até às 11
Noir em Tons Pastéis
Design
This cover wins, simply on intrigue. That’s how I decided to check this album out in the first place, the cover drew me in. The damp mood, the funky but straight-forward illustration, the brightly lit rooms in the house, the car passing by. Entre e Ouça translates to Enter and Hear, and this cover makes me want to do JUST that.
The simple, sort of cartoony type treatment is interesting as well, oddly enough I feel like it gives a sense of motion to the scene going on in the background. It’s so flat, and that yellow bar grounds the whole top third of the album cover…for some reason it just works. One of my favorite covers…
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7 Comments
The cover designed by ed Motta and Edna Lopes is a must for his´fans…It shows his musical references and preferences !!! Edna Lopes is a graphic novel designer and right now she wrotes most of the songs of his´ newest release “Piquenique”.
Cheers !
Smooth grooves. Thanks for the intro.
Yet another Ed Motta album I must procure. My intro to him was “Dwitza” (like many others) and he instantly became one of my favorite artists. And it came as no surprise that he is Tim Maia’s nephew, as I picked up the similar tones of voice and soulful style. And I dig the album cover (with the cartoon/caricature of him). Not the first one I’ve seen like that.
hot damn this sounds extra extra nice. link by chance?
http://purediggin.blogspot.com/2009/11/ed-motta-entre-e-ouca-1992.html
Man, the more I listen to this album the harder it is to believe it’s almost 18 years old. “Se até às 11″ gets mad replays.
I saw Djavan years ago here in Holland. that was a best night out. not only Djavan’s music was fantastic the other stuff they played was mind blowing too.
love this!