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Cibelle
Country: Brazil
Genre: Avant-Garde, Electronica
Territories : Spain, UK, Ireland
"More interesting than Morcheeba, more curious than Beth Orton" (Mojo)
"An audacious record… adding elements of nu-jazz and pop psychedelia to the
dazzling mix…" (The Times)
"Thrilling: light and easy on the ear, but full of ideas… It's simultaneously like
nothing on earth and everything you've heard before. This summer, the sound of
Cibelle will be percolating out of every hip coffee bar, lounge and clothes shop"
(The Independent)
“It's wonderfully refreshing to find intelligence and unconventionality worn so
lightly and sunnily. This is iced mint tea for the ears." (Daily Telegraph)
Cibelle (pronounced "See-bell-ee") is one of the most seductively original artists on the
contemporary music scene. Singer, composer, poet, video artist... Cibelle is chameleonlike in her ability to change her music’s subtle directions as well as her appearance.
Her distinctive voice was first heard on Sao Paulo Confessions, the groundbreaking
album by Yugoslav producer Suba, who had fled his nation's wars and followed his love
of Brazilian music to Sao Paulo. There he set about applying a contemporary, electronic
mindset to his productions and upon hearing her singing in a local bar, invited her to work
with him.
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With its clever blend of bossa-nova and
electronica, the resulting album caused a
huge impact on Brazilian music and is
considered the sparking point in the digital
explosion that rocked Brazilian music in
the early 2000s.
After Suba’s death in a tragic accident in
1999, Cibelle moved to Europe. Her selftitled debut album was released in 2003,
and immediately established her as one
of the most imaginative young artists to
come out of Brazil. Glowing reviews
followed, as well as a nomination for Best
Newcomer at the 2004 BBC World Music
Awards.
Her sound can be described as enigmatic
and utterly Brazilian yet, in the same
breath, it can then be said that nobody
else sounds quite like her. Comparisons
have been made with Björk, Nina Simone,
Morcheeba and Beth Orton but there are
always those elusive elements of
Cibelle’s music that go beyond such
similarities.
by Cibelle in collaboration with coproducers Mike Lindsay (Tunng), Apollo
Nove (who produced her debut album)
and Yann Arnaud (Air). The album
features duets with Seu Jorge (of ‘City Of
God’ and ‘The Life Aquatic’ fame), human
beatboxer Spleen and Devendra Banhart.
Cibelle’s combination of the bossa-nova
sound with a more experimental approach
to making music has opened up
seemingly limitless possibilities. Within
weeks of the release of the single “Green
Grass” in late 2007, the beautifully crafted
video that accompanied the song had
accumulated almost half a million hits on
YouTube.
We can’t wait to see what Cibelle does
next!
Awards:
• Nominee - BBC Radio 3 Awards for
World Music (2004) “Best Newcomer”
Discography:
Building on the success and critical
acclaim of her debut, the second album
“The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves” goes
even further down this inventive path,
incorporating a rich palette of instruments
with captivating textural soundscapes,
bursts of electronica and enchanting
storytelling. It was recorded and produced
• SUBA Sao Paulo Confessions
(Crammed Discs, 1999)
• Cibelle (Crammed Discs, 2003)
• About a Girl EP (Crammed, 2005)
• “The Shrine of Electric Dried Leaves”
(Crammed Disc, 2006)
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