ByDavid Honigmann
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“Don’t take yourself too seriously, pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-papa used to tell me … ” The Brazilian tropilectro singer Céu clearly took the advice to heart.
Familiar Brazilian tropes, from languid samba to wild whirling horns to sleazy organ flirtations, are distorted and made strange. The opener, “Sobre O Amor E Seu Trabalho Silencioso”, starts as a duet for voice and cavaquinho, but ends submerged in the crackle of old vinyl; dub textures slip and slide; blitches and gleeps bubble up under the most fragile of melodies.