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No Reino Dos Afetos

by Bruno Berle

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Quero Dizer 03:50
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Beat 1 02:21
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Som Nyame 02:01
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Só O Amor 01:52
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Arraiada 02:20
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Sereno 02:07
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about

Maceió, the capital of Brazil’s Alagoas state on its sprawling east-coast, is home to pastel coloured colonial houses, white sand beaches and a brilliant young composer, poet and multi-instrumentalist named Bruno Berle.

With a voice of pure gold and a startling sensitivity for heartfelt pop songwriting, on No Reino Dos Afetos (In the Realm of Affections), Berle firmly embraces earnestness, through starry-eyed Brazilian love songs, ambient vignettes, warm, home-cooked beats and gentle strokes of MPB genius.

“It’s an album that was built from my desire to find beauty”, Berle explains - his simple, graceful words mirroring the graceful simplicity in his music. But amongst the simplicity, the compositions, arrangements and productions on No Reino Dos Afetos tingle with nuance and detail.

On the contemporary R&B inspired lead single “Quero Dizer” - produced by Berle and longtime friend and collaborator Batata Boy - the swirling, lo-fi, kalimba and guitar-fronted beat is turned into a feel-good hit by the ingenuity of Berle’s honey-soaked vocal melody.

Powerfully intimate, “O Nome Do Meu Amor” (My Love’s Name) is a guaranteed tearjerker, with Berle’s stunning voice soaring over gently plucked acoustic guitar and the textural flutter of soft movement, as if we hear him writing the song in the moment.

Drawing upon a close-knit, collaborative scene of Maceió artists and musicians, (of which Berle and Batata Boy are vital members), Berle also recorded some of his friends songs on the album, including João Menezes’ “Até Meu Violao”, the album’s beautifully laid back sunshine soul opener, which has all the charm of early-70s João Donato.

Having cut his teeth in soft-rock group Troco em Bala, and more recently finding himself embedded in both Rio and Sao Paulo’s contemporary music scenes - collaborating with the likes of Ana Frango Eletrico, who took the photo for the album cover - No Reino Dos Afetos is as musically diverse as Bruno himself. It’s hazy indie rock (“É Preciso Ter Amor”), calming ambient and field recording (“Virginia Talk”) as well as Berle’s own take on West African High Life (“Som Nyame”).

Instantly recognisable as a truly special artist, Berle’s character fills every corner of the sound, which is unsurprising considering he played most of the instruments.

Bruno Berle’s No Reino Dos Afetos is due for vinyl LP, CD and digital release on the 1st July 2022 via Far Out Recordings.

credits

released July 1, 2022

1. Até Meu Violão
(João Menezes)
Bruno Berle: drums, percussion, bass, acoustic guitar, piano and voice
Batata Boy: cymbals, keyboard, voice and programmed drums
Marvin Vieira: percussion
João Menezes: percussion, voice
Produced, Recorded and Arranged by Batata Boy & Bruno Berle
Mixed by Bruno Berle & Batata Boy

2. Quero Dizer
(Batata Boy/Bruno Berle)
Batata Boy: drums, bass, keyboard, sampler, acoustic guitar, programmed drums
Bruno Berle: voice
Marina Nemesio: backing vocal
Produced by Batata Boy (instrumental) and Bruno Berle (voice)
Mixed by Batata Boy

3. Guardo Em Tuas Mãos Estrelas
(Jefu/Bruno Berle)
Jefu: programmed beat and sampler
Bruno Berle: voice
Produced by Jefu (instrumental) and Bruno Berle (voice)
Mixed by Batata Boy

4. Beat 1
(Batata Boy/Bruno Berle)
Batata Boy: keyboard, synthesizers, programmed beat
Bruno Berle: voice
Produced and Recorded by Batata Boy (instrumental) and Bruno Berle (voice)
Mixed by Batata Boy

5. O Nome Do Meu Amor
(Bruno Berle)
Bruno Berle: acoustic guitar and voice
Produced and Recorded by Bruno Berle
Mixed by Batata Boy

6. Som Nyame
(Bruno Berle)
Bruno Berle: acoustic guitar, percussion, bass, sampler
Produced and Recorded by Bruno Berle
Mixed by Bruno berle

7. Virginia Talk
(Bruno Berle/Virginia Guimaraes)
Bruno Berle: electric and acoustic guitar
Virginia Guimaraes: voice
Produced and Recorded by Bruno berle
Mixed by Bruno Berle

8. Só o Amor
(Bruno Berle)
Bruno Berle: percussion, voice, acoustic and electric guitar
João Menezes: percussion and voice
Phylipe Nunes Araújo: voice
Produced and Recorded by Bruno Berle
Mixed by Bruno Berle and Batata Boy

9. Só Nós Dois
(Bruno Berle)
Bruno Berle: percussion, acoustic guitar and voice
Batata Boy: percussion and acoustic guitar
Marvin Vieira: acoustic guitar
João Menezes: acoustic guitar, voice
Produced and Recorded by Bruno Berle and Batata Boy
Mixed by Batata Boy

10. Arraiada
(Bruno Berle) (based on a Ledo Ivo poem of the same name)
Bruno Berle: acoustic guitar, voice
Produced and Recorded by Bruno Berle
Mixed by Batata Boy

11. Sereno
(Marvin Vieira/Phylipe Nunes Araujo)
Bruno Berle: percussion, nylon guitar, synthesizer, piano, bass, flutes, voice
Batata Boy: keyboards and drum programming
Fellipe Pereira (chase): drums
Alessandro Berle: keyboards
Produced and Recorded by Bruno Berle
Mixed by Bruno Berle and Batata Boy

12. É Preciso Ter Amor
(Bruno Berle/Phylipe Nunes Araujo/Marvin Vieira)
Bruno Berle: drums, bass, piano, voice
Batata Boy: drums, percussion, synthesizer,
Electric guitar, keyboard, programmed drums
João Menezes: percussion
Marvin Vieira: electric guitar
produced and recorded by Bruno Berle and Batata Boy
Mixed by Batata Boy

Mastered by Batata Boy, Rubens Adati
Vinyl & CD Master by Stuart Hawkes @ Metropolis Studios
Front cover photo by Ana Frango Eletrico
Design by Hermes Miranda & Alessandro Renaldin
Published by Far Out Music Publishing / Westbury Music LTD

Batata Boy is Leonardo Costa Acioli
Marvin Vieira is Marcos Vinícius Vieira Silva
Jefu is Jefferson Ferreira De Almeida Junior

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