Musician, composer, multi-instrumentalist and music producer, Beto Villares has earned throughout this decade the status of one of the most on-demand producers in Brazil.

As a record producer, he’s been responsible for the sound of critically acclaimed and multi-platinum albums performed by big Brazilian acts such as Pato Fu’s “MTV ao Vivo” (BMG 2002), Mestre Ambrósio’s “Terceiro Samba” (Sony Music 2001), Os Mutantes new singer Zélia Duncan’s “Sortimento” (Universal Music 2001) and CéU’s debut album “CéU" (Ambulante Discos / Urban Jungle Records 2005), recently released in the USA by Six Degrees Records and Starbucks Hear Music.

In the big screen, Beto Villares signs the soundtrack of some of the greatest Brazilian motion pictures produced recently, such as Golden Bear® Nominated “The Year My Parents Went On Vacation” (2006 - directed by Cao Hamburger), Golden Globe® Nominated “Behind the Sun” (2001 – directed by Walter Salles) “Antonia” (2005 – directed by Tata Amaral) and “Lower City” (2005 – directed by Sergio Machado).

Beto Villares also has been keeping himself busy producing soundtracks for TV shows such as “Filhos do Carnaval” (HBO – 2006), produced by O2 Filmes, same production company responsible for “City of God”, the TV version of “Antonia” (TV Globo – 2006), and “City of Men” (TV Globo – 2007), that being a TV adaptation of the worldly acclaimed movie “City of God”.

By the late 1990’s, Beto Villares traveled around Brazil, researching the music and sounds of the Country, for the documentary “Música do Brasil”, about regional Brazilian music. The result of this project is a four CD’s box set and fifteen episodes for TV anchored by Gilberto Gil. That experience helped Beto Villares figure out his own way of recording, hearing and understanding the popular music.

Beto Villares - 2003

In 2003 Beto Villares synthesizes his musical experience in his self entitled debut album. This album, produced with a little help of his friends CéU, Antonio Pinto, Siba, Zelia Duncan, Pato Fu and others, presents the large variety of rhythms and percussive timbres found in Brazilian music, the harmonic versatility of an arranger with open ears and personality, the appropriation of technology mixed with acoustic references sounding natural.

The album "Beto Villares" was released in Brazil on Ambulante Discos and in 2003 and in the USA on Six Degrees Records in 2008.

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“Beto Villares” — made in 2003 but just released here by Six Degrees — reveals his perfect sense of security about matching electronics, pop and jazz with the rustic verities of Brazilian music, its bass drums, tambourines, flutes and hand claps. New and ancient co-exist happily; the tracks all have the right sense of scale. This great record should be celebrated, even if we’re celebrating it five years late."
The New York Times - October 2008

"Brazilian producer Beto Villares' self-titled debut stands out as the best album I've heard so far this year."
Global Groove Connection - September 2008

"This self-titled debut does a good job of defying classification, and this genre-blurring album should surprise listeners at every turn."
New Times Music - October 2008