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Single of the Day:  Alex Figueira & Maxado “Quando Será” (Music With Soul). 

Alex Figueira (Conjunto Papa Upa, Fumaça Preta) teams up with Brazil’s leading rocksteady songwriter, Maxado, to create another impossible crossover, connecting the dots of the vast tropical music map that have remained apart for far too long.

What if the now-legendary producer Lee Perry had recorded & produced the nascent Wailers trio of Neville Livingston, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, not in Kingston, the scorching hot Jamaican capital, but instead in Belém, an even hotter city, at the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.

Whilst Kingston’s airwaves and street parties were dominated by the locally produced rocksteady, ska and reggae, Belém was dancing to it’s own beat of carimbó and siriá.The chorus of “Quando Será” is unnervingly apt for our times tool, “Quando será que eu vou te ver?”, or “When will I see you?” the song asks. Well until we see each other, Music With Soul offers some musical relief in the form of this collaborative song.

The B side offers a beautiful touching instrumental version, led by the impeccable flute rendition of Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Gabriel Milliet. His delicate phrasing will give you goosebumps.

Quando Será by Maxado & Alex Figueira

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(Oliver Brunetti)