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Pluvero

by Kalouv

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1.
Areno 02:29
2.
Namazu 04:03
3.
Esquizo 02:30
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Durango 08:03
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Altro 02:25
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Limiar 02:02
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Es muß Sein 03:32

about

Little more than two years separate Pluvero, new album from the Brazilian instrumental band Kalouv, from its debut, Sky Swimmer. And this time says a lot about this work conception. Released in January 2014 by Sinewave, label known for distributing Brazil’s experimental music, this album reveals a band that is now looking to rediscover itself besides everything. If post-rock before was the starting point to define what the group did, here it is just one of the points from a ten chapter narrative.

Pluvero is about transformation. The album’s name, arising from the Esperanto word that can be translated as “rain’s drop”, looks to symbolize the permanent changing, where the small elements are relevant to construct the new. It is not a metaphor limited to this Kalouv’s work, but it describes the creation process as a whole, where transience is law. As said by Nietzsche, “Every moment devours the preceding one, every birth is the death of countless beings, procreating, living and murdering are all one”. And it is here that resides the new album concept.

Aware of the importance of the art to complement the title’s idea, Kalouv invited Fernando Moraes and Raone Ferreira, members of Imarginal, to illustrate this universe. The duo from Pernambuco has been recognized by its works performed by four hands, where the technical dashed and pointillism act as the starting point to the creation of illustrations extremely and with unique characteristics. These artists work are present in frames, walls, shirts, tattoos and now it also helps to visually represent the album, in a way that valorizes the little elements and use them to create a rich imaging universe.

Musically, Pluvero began to take shape in November 2012, at Fábrica Estúdios, a studio where were recorded the first takes from the bass and drums. Its development followed until October 2013, when the mastering process was ending at Medula – Música e Conteúdo. During this, the work was lead by Roberto Kramer, also a musician from the bands Team.Radio e Panda Eyes. Post-graduate in Audio Techniques and Musical Production by AESO – Barros Melo, he was responsible for producing, mixing, and mastering the album.

Another addition present in this album is the special guests. Six musicians from the most different strands contributed to the themes construction. The news came from the erudition present at the Felipe Vianna’s viola, to the syncopated samples of GA Barulhista – that in addition to his solo project is a member of the band Constantina. Completing the team the trumpet player Kevin Jock; Roberto Kramer, who recorded mandolin to a track; the singer Isadora Melo, who does the instrumental voice at Boa Sorte, Santiago, and Fernando Athayde, member of the duo Yeti, contributing with guitar noises.

All those elements working in together are the base of Pluvero. A second step resides in its perception by the listener. It is him who will choose which ways the music will go during the little more than fifty minutes of trip. As said in the old long plays released before the virtual era, it was conceived to be listened from the beginning to the end. And it is by following this musical narrative that the album’s intention becomes clear. From the gloomy noise cloud of Areno to the sweet and sad melody executed by piano and viola in Es Muβ Sein, one has to realize something beautiful and enigmatic in transformation, whichever form it takes.

credits

released March 24, 2014

Kalouv is:
Basílio Queiroz – Bass
Bruno Saraiva – Keyboard
Rennar Pires – Drums
Saulo Mesquita – Electric and acoustic guitar
Túlio Albuquerque – Electric and acoustic guitar

All songs from Pluvero were composed and recorded by Kalouv
- Recorded between november 2012 and august 2013 by Arthur Soares at Fábrica Estúdios and Roberto Kramer at Medula – Música e Conteúdo (Recife – PE)
- Mixed and mastered by Roberto Kramer at Medula – Música e Conteúdo (Recife – PE)
- Produced by Roberto Kramer
- Pre-produced by Eduardo Caminha and Kalouv
- Executive production by Renata Farias
- Illustration by Imarginal (Fernando Moraes and Raone Ferreira)
Special guests:
- Fernando Athayde (guitar on tracks 1 and 8)
- Kevin Jock (trumpet on track 5)
- Isadora Melo (voice on tracks 5 and 6)
- Felipe Vianna (viola on tracks 9 and 10)
- Roberto Kramer (mandolin on track 3)
- GA Barulhista (samples on track 8)

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Instrumental/post rock band from Brazil, making music for stories to be told.

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