Universo Relativo RELEASES “Ao Vivo”

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Updated: 18/08/2022

Ao Vivo is the new live album by the brazilian light-hearted, pop-rock band Universo Relativo.

Released in April/2020, it contains a full performance recorded live, praised for songs that mix brazilian roots such as the viola caipira with a touch of modern popular music, hints of electric guitar and harmonica.

I had the pleasure of recording additional instruments (such as percussion and keyboards) and voices as well as mixing and mastering the whole album.

The album also features Artur de Farias (bass), Giuliano Bonetti(voices), Julio Zampieri (drums) and Tassio Rossi (guitars), plus guests Vitor Bonine (keyboards) and Bruno Marques (audio engineer).

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/34IWq4g
Deezer: https://bit.ly/3aePgpM
Apple Music: https://apple.co/2K8WsJp
Google Play: https://bit.ly/2VgnDbC

Leandro Fonseca releases Paternoster

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Updated: 18/08/2022

Paternoster is the new album by multi-instrumentalist Leandro Fonseca.

Released February 15 2020, it has six instrumental tracks that mix brazilian music, jazz and progressive metal. Paternoster is a continuation of his previous EP, Sator Square Suite. The names of the songs are a reference to the eruption of Vesuvius, which destroyed Pompeii in A.D. 79.

Other musicians in the album include Adriano Silva (drums), Arthur Braga (piano), Denis Miranda and Leonardo Miyata (drums), Lucas Ervolino and Matheus Manente (bass), Tassio Rossi (guitar) and Sonny Mena (saxophone).

Track List:

  1. The Alpha
  2. Pliny The Younger
  3. Pliny The Elder
  4. Vesuvius
  5. Pompeii
  6. The Omega

New video for Silvagunner

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Updated: 18/08/2022

Michael Garrett Steele contacted me to collab with him on this great arrangement for the SilvaGunner: King for Another Day tournament. It was a joy to mess with my old samples and create 80’s style electronic drums for this fantastic city pop tune! Plus, there’s also an awesome team of musicians here. Check it out:

John Robert Matz – trumpet
Daniel Romberger – trombone
Ale Jandro – bass
Tiago Rodrigues – guitar
Fredrik Häthén – mixing

“Kinetic Disturbances” live

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Updated: 19/02/2020

Multi-instrumentalist Matheus Manente has just released a new live video of the song “Kinetic Disturbances”, recorded in São Paulo – Brazil. This release marks the fifth anniversary of his album “Illusions Dimension”, inspired by the power of music to make people think, question the world and evolve.

“Act celebrates the 5th anniversary of the album Illusions Dimension“

Originally released in 2014, the song’s concept deals with philosophical struggles. Despite having several layers of instruments in its studio version, it was reduced to its essence and performed in a power-trio format, with Leandro Fonseca on bass and Leo Miyata on drums. Thus, the musicians seek to explore new tones, refusing the over-processed sound that became part of modern music.

Matheus Manente already has vast experience in experimental music, recording for worldwide musicians and accumulating 10+ years of music production. “Kinetic Disturbances” is an ode to the 70s progressive rock classics dressed as modern metal.

Antiquities

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Updated: 18/08/2022

Here is a collection of great links from my old website’s news session.

Videos from the Videogame Music in Context series, featuring original music by me:

Interview for the brazilian podcast Review Homestudio (in portuguese)

Headphone Meditations episode 54, from Metal World Radio, featuring my music:

https://archive.org/embed/HMEp.54

Metal Open Mind episode 92, featuring my music:

Threat Jam and Hazard Blender, two wonderful projects I was a part of:

Megadeth’s Sweating Bullets recorded with Leandro Fonseca:

Playing live as a guest guitarist with Universo Relativo:

And, of course, you might want to visit my Youtube Channel for a collection of music, projects and other small things I did in the past years:

There’s so many other small things I might be missing. But I’ll add them here as soon as I remember or find ’em! Cheers!