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Mario
Vaz De Mello / BAMBOO SHADOWS
"I
consider Mario Vaz De Mello a genius. His musical mind has no
boundaries..."
Grammy nominee singer/songwriter Bebel Gilberto.
Brazilian-born
artist/composer/producer Mario Vaz De Mello's debut CD, BAMBOO SHADOWS,
is hitting music charts around the world. Currently the artist was
already spotted as #1 in the US, France and Australia. The CD,
pre-released last winter on Amazon.com exclusively, can now be found in
all U.S. music stores. With his debut album, Vaz De Mello -- who
nowadays resides in New York City -- establishes himself as one of the
most innovative artists to have stepped into the world of
electronic/soundtrack music.
Raised
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by the shores of Ipanema Beach, Vaz De Mello
traded in his surfboard for a piano while still a teenager, focusing on
musical studies in Composition and Conducting at the prestigious
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and later at New York University
-- where he ultimately earned a scholarship and a Masters of Arts in
Music Technology. Since his early works, Vaz De Mello's music
constantly explores the combination of conventional musical instruments
with electronic music devices and computer programming. Throughout his
career, the artist has gathered extensive training and experience
composing and performing instrumental music for theater, dance and
television. To date Vaz De Mello has scored more than fifty different
stage and screen productions and his music has been continuously
performed in the United States, Europe and Latin America.
"Although
much of what I have written was meant to accompany visual
circumstances, whether on stage or screen," Vaz De Mello says, "my
compositions are equally meant to stand on their own, away from their
'mother' images. That's because I am constantly attempting, with my
musical architecture, to touch people's emotions; to be able to alter
people's heart beats through their feelings and sensations..."
Part
World Music, part Alternative, part New Age, and part Crossover -- with
its varied sound textures and singular musical personality -- BAMBOO
SHADOWS' provocative blend of Latin heritage and Electronic
Contemporary compositions combines pop, traditional classical and
techno influences, brought together through tracks such as the episodic
'The Old Man & The Mountain', 'Bea 3' and 'Calypso', or the
percussive 'Fangs', 'Festa Dois' and 'Cavalla'. 'BodyParts' approaches
the classical, while 'Kolor262' has a decided pop sensibility. Dark
tones are portrayed in 'Voo' and '5 Oms', while lighter moods are
evoked in 'Yellow Bikes' and 'Naam'. Carrying a genuine and unique
multi-ethnic charisma, Vaz De Mello's thirteen tracks -- overflowing
with endless and inspiring visual suggestions -- break new musical
ground.
Mario Vaz De Mello /
BAMBOO SHADOWS
"Haunting,
intriguing, hypnotic ..."
Mario
Vaz De Mello is thrilled with the enthusiastic response to his release,
including a publishing contract with "Global Graffiti", a music
enterprise for movies and television in Los Angeles, California.
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For
further information please contact:
Jim
Gleason (VMA Records / A&R): jgleason@vmarecords.com
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