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Extract of their album "Homenagem"
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- country:Germany
- region:Berlin
- style(s):Brass, Samba
- label:Sungroove Records
- type:Band, Small Ensemble
- instrumentation:instrumental, vocal, percussion, brass, jazz combo, salsa and latin band, unplugged
- artist posted by:A Panda do Sol
Line up
- Alex Rigaud (Surdo)
- Antonio de Siloniz Herrero (Tenor Saxophone)
- Camila Berrio (Pandeiro, Vocals)
- Félix Huet (Guitar, Lead Vocals)
- Héléna Fontaine (Cavaquinho, Lead Vocals)
- Juca Junior (Afro-Brazilian Percussions)
- Oscar Buschinger (Clarinet, Vocals)
- Yannick Mäntele (Trumpet)
Links
A story of love for good music and soulful international rhythms.
The Brazillian samba and brass ensemble "A Panda do Sol" started its musical journey in 2016, led by guitarist, singer and composer Félix Huet. The band started composing its first sambas and blending them to the musical background of each musician, creating a unique language on a base of traditional Brazilian percussions.
"Panda" is a growing project which gathers today up to eight musicians from Brazil, France, Colombia, Germany, Italy & Spain, all living in Berlin, Germany.
The band's first EP "Fôlego" was released in September 2019. It is a collection of their firsts Sambas, written about the elements of the earth.
Their latest release "Homenagem" came out in May 2022 under the label of Sungroove Records, and it is an Hommage to the first composers of the genre.
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PRESS
“Samba from Berlin? Why not? There has been plenty of Choro coming from unexpected places recently, but not so much it seems of its generic successor. Specifically, this mixed-sex international ensemble based in the German capital take on the sub-genre of Samba de Raiz, or Roots Samba.
After a debut album of their own compositions, Homenagem constitutes an homage in eight songs to eight different composers linked with a musical tradition that was the catalyst for the outfit’s formation in 2016.
Musically and lurically, they remain true to the originals apart from a little inventive inversion, turning major key tunes into minor and vice versa. The instrumentation is samba-classic but with an emphasis on brass that gives the longest track, “Filosofia”, the loose and lusty feel of a new Orleans marching band. Trumpet, trombone, tenor sax and clarinet share the solo duties and lead vocals are divided between male and female voice, together lending colour and variety."
Review written by Mark Sampson
Songlines Magazine, Aug/Sept 2022