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Could this be a hidden Brazilian masterpiece from the 70s? This album is enjoying great success, lazing on sunny beaches alongside Caetano Veloso’s Muito and Arthur Verocai’s first album. With his brown curls and sweet summer of love look, Sessa even looks like Veloso back in the early 70s. And yet, the album and its singer are very much from the modern day. Sessa grew up in Brazil before living in New York and it was back in São Paulo, during the pandemic, that he recorded this second album. The impact of quarantine on the music is tangible, particularly in the title track ’Estrela acesa’. No electronic instruments are used here, indeed, there is no sign of the contemporary world whatsoever. Sessa sounds isolated in time, recreating the magic of 60s tropicalism where Brazilian music, bossa and samba freely mingled with pop, folk, jazz, and symphonic orchestrations. All this and more can be tasted in this album, all wrapped up in Sessa’s classical guitar and silky voice and orchestrated with luxurious instruments. The kinds of tracks you could imagine him playing alone in his room. Lifted by the sound of flutes and ethereal female vocals, the songs are hypnotic. Estrela acesa is the work of an alchemist, a magician who flawlessly achieves the ultimate fantasy: Leonard Cohen and his backing singers joining forces with Baden Powell’s afro-sambas. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz
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Sessa, MainArtist - Sergio Victor Sayeg, Composer - Copyright control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Copyright Control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI)
Sessa, MainArtist - Sergio Victor Sayeg, Composer - Copyright control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Copyright Control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI)
Sessa, MainArtist - Sergio Victor Sayeg, Composer - Copyright control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Copyright Control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI)
Sessa, MainArtist - Sergio Victor Sayeg, Composer - Copyright control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Copyright Control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI)
Sessa, MainArtist - Sergio Victor Sayeg, Composer - Copyright control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Copyright Control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI)
Sessa, MainArtist - Sergio Victor Sayeg, Composer - Copyright control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Copyright Control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI)
Sessa, MainArtist - Sergio Victor Sayeg, Composer - Copyright control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Copyright Control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI)
Sessa, MainArtist - Sergio Victor Sayeg, Composer - Copyright control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Copyright Control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI)
Sessa, MainArtist - Sergio Victor Sayeg, Composer - Copyright control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Copyright Control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI)
Sessa, MainArtist - Sergio Victor Sayeg, Composer - Copyright control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Copyright Control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI)
Sessa, MainArtist - Sergio Victor Sayeg, Composer - Copyright control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Copyright Control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI)
Sessa, MainArtist - Sergio Victor Sayeg, Composer - Copyright control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI), MusicPublisher
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Copyright Control Sergio Victor Sayeg (BMI)
Album review
Could this be a hidden Brazilian masterpiece from the 70s? This album is enjoying great success, lazing on sunny beaches alongside Caetano Veloso’s Muito and Arthur Verocai’s first album. With his brown curls and sweet summer of love look, Sessa even looks like Veloso back in the early 70s. And yet, the album and its singer are very much from the modern day. Sessa grew up in Brazil before living in New York and it was back in São Paulo, during the pandemic, that he recorded this second album. The impact of quarantine on the music is tangible, particularly in the title track ’Estrela acesa’. No electronic instruments are used here, indeed, there is no sign of the contemporary world whatsoever. Sessa sounds isolated in time, recreating the magic of 60s tropicalism where Brazilian music, bossa and samba freely mingled with pop, folk, jazz, and symphonic orchestrations. All this and more can be tasted in this album, all wrapped up in Sessa’s classical guitar and silky voice and orchestrated with luxurious instruments. The kinds of tracks you could imagine him playing alone in his room. Lifted by the sound of flutes and ethereal female vocals, the songs are hypnotic. Estrela acesa is the work of an alchemist, a magician who flawlessly achieves the ultimate fantasy: Leonard Cohen and his backing singers joining forces with Baden Powell’s afro-sambas. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:38:30
- Main artists: Sessa
- Composer: Sergio Victor Sayeg
- Label: Mexican Summer
- Genre: World
2022 Mexican Summer LLC 2022 Mexican Summer LLC
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