Lenine

Lenine continues to be an exceptionally popular artist within the ’90s, combining northeast grooves with pop music. His tracks have been documented by Dionne Warwick (his partner on “Virou Areia” in 1994), Gilberto Gil, Danilo Caymmi, Sérgio Mendes, Tim Maia, among others. From northeastern source, Lenine soaked up the wealthy folklore of frevos and maracatus unconsciously, as he was into American rock and roll since his teenagers. At 17, he was used using the mineiros from the Clube da Esquina and by additional MPB performers, such as for example Gilberto Gil. A self-taught vocalist and violonista, he shifted to Rio in 1976, taking part in Rede Globo’s 1981 MPB Event with “Prova de Fogo.” The music premiered on his first solitary (Polydor 1981). In 1983, he documented his first LP (distributed to Lula Queiroga), Baque Solto (Polygram) (reissued in Compact disc format in 1998 from the label MPB), predicated on a swinging fusion of northeastern grooves with electrical pop/rock. Within the same yr, he released the solitary Baque da Period (Polygram). In 1990, he became familiar with another pernambucano (from his house condition, Pernambuco) Marcos Suzano, a gifted percussionist that has been operating extensively like a sideman for great performers. Lenine’s music “As Voltas Que o Mundo Dá” was included on a significant cleaning soap opera (Ana Raio e Zé Trovão) soundtrack. In 1993, Lenine distributed to Suzano the Compact disc Olho de Peixe (Velas), that was among the 100 best-selling albums in Japan that yr. In 1997, he released the single recording O Dia Em Que Faremos Contato, and in the next yr, was granted the Sharp reward within the MPB classes Revelation and Greatest Music (“A Ponte,” with Lula Queiroga). Within the same yr, he was nominated for the VMB award, with “Dois Olhos Negros,” a melody also included over the cleaning soap opera Period uma Vez. Also in 1988, he participated within the 5 no Palco task, live shows throughout São Paulo condition with Chico César, Paulinho Moska, Marcos Suzano, and Zeca Baleiro. In 1999, he documented the solo record Na Pressão. He made an appearance on albums by performers Carlos Malta, Chico César, Djavan, Elba Ramalho, Fernanda Abreu, Jane Duboc, Marcos Suzano, Mestre Ambrósio, Paulinho Moska, Pedro Luís e a Parede, O Rappa, Renata Arruda, Vange Milliet, Zélia Duncan, Reginaldo Rossi, among others. In 2000, he participated with Cesária Évora and João Bosco on the Musiques sur l’Ile Nantes Celebration.