New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Mario Costa Official Website) Brazilian singer-songwriter, keyboardist MARIO COSTA Free Concert supporting his first solo CD "Total Unknown", a Brazilian Unlabelable Pop album, on March 13th, 2011 10pm at TRIP
Santa Monica
A free CD will be given to every person attending this show!!
Mario Costa is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, keyboardist born in Rio de Janeiro. "Total Unknown" his first solo CD is a different and original Brazilian Unlabelable Pop album that was released on 2011. Here is what some critics had to say about Mario's album:
"Brazilian singer/songwriter
Mario Costa has put together an ambitions disc here, mixing traditional samba sounds with a fresher than fresh Gen-Y approach to sounds and instruments. Loops, samples and various keyboard experiments pair up with guitars, strings, brass and drums on exciting tunes like "Futura Menina Andina" and "Avida Em Sete." Costa's voice is enthusiastic and confidant, delivering the lyrics in various languages and styles. Poppish without sounding too trendy, this guy has enough moxie to keep you coming back for more."
George W. Harris Jazz Weekly
"Total Unknown. An original sound hard to label, it seems almost like a new genus, a Brazilian jazz influenced pop album...Of course, this is a very heavily flavored Brazilian original music, with it's sound appreciated by a growing Southern California listener and fan base.
Total Unknown comes together as an impressive, perhaps avant-garde, Brazilian frontier that will no doubt add to the growing excitement to be found in Brazilian music concepts by fans from Rio de Janeiro to Southern Califórnia and elsewhere. The Brazilian music movement seems to know how to bring innovation with excitement to their efforts."
Harvey Barkan L.A. Jazz Scene
"Total Unknown" is an unique, singular and personal album. With 17 original songs spreading colors on a vast canvas, but nonetheless with a stylistic unity that holds all the building blocks together. The main source of unity is Mario's voice. A quiet bossa nova whispered vocal style. Do you like surprises? "Total Unknown" is a cinematic trip where you never know what the next song is going to sound like. Sharp turns, unexpected breaks. Emotion and discovery are the foundations of
Mario Costa's musical architecture. The multilayered quality of this album will not reveal itself at once. It will grow on you every time you play it.
The musicians in the album were Renato Neto the current keyboardist for Prince, formerly with Dianne Reeves,
Sheila E and Roberto Carlos. Ricardo Silveira, one of the main guitar players in Brazil, formerly with Elis Regina,
Milton Nascimento and Gilberto Gil.
Philippe Balatier from the electronic improvisational French group "Nojazz". Scott Breadman, percussionist for Jose Feliciano,
Lindsay Buckingham and The Rippingtons. Antonio Sant'anna master bass player formerly with such Brazilian greats as Luis Melodia, Alceu Valença, Tim Maia and Pepeu Gomes. Grecco Buratto, another brazilian acoustic and electric guitar wizard who plays with K.D. Lang, Pink and is currently on tour with Shakira.
Who is this "Total Unknown" guy?
Mario recorded his first album in 1986 with his group SAGA for Polygram Brazil (Now Universal Music). With numerous soundtracks and compositional work under his belt, he moved to the US in 1990 to attend the "Grove School of Music" in California and founded the Brazilian Pop Beat group "THE RIO THING" also playing, arranging and writing for several artists in Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro. After 10 years as a Recording Studio owner in Rio de Janeiro,
Mario is now back to being a full time musician.
Mario Costa is currently touring to support the album, he has already played dates in the US and in his native Brazil and is scheduled to tour
Europe this summer.
Joining
Mario Costa onstage will be:
Pablo Medina • Keyboards / Antonio Sant'anna • Bass / Gibi dos Santos• Percussion / Zé Bruno • Drums
website: mariocostamusic.com
Album available at: iTUNES
