Thiago Nassif - Mente (Gearbox)

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Bouncing around the spasmodic no wave mosh pit, Thiago Nassif's new LP for Gearbox Records wriggles free of easy genre pigeon holing with its post truth punk funk energy, new generation tropicalismo, Carioca crooning, electro noisiness & don't tell me what to do attitude.

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Thiago Nassif is a Brazilian musician, composer and producer based in Rio de Janeiro, whose impactful mélange of pop, jarring no-wave, and edgy Tropicália has slowly been turning heads the world over.

Gearbox Records presents his latest album "Mente", co-produced by no wave icon Arto Lindsay, and representative, via its diverse list of accredited musicians, of the progressive, new-generational music scene that is bubbling away in Rio.

The album’s title is a Portuguese homonym meaning “mind” and “to lie”, and represents Thiago’s attitude towards what he calls the “post-truth” state of Brazil’s political regime. Mixing together the languages of Portuguese and English, Thiago goes deep into no-wave, experimental electronic music, Tropicalismo, jazz and rock, moving between funk carioca to dystopian, distorted bossa nova, and beyond.

Credits:
Thiago Nassif - vocals, guitar, loops, drum machine, drums, trumpet, rhodes, synth
Arto Lindsay - co-producer, composition (5), guitar (1, 5), vocals
Ricardo Dias Gomes - Minimoog (1), piano (2, 8, 9) clavichord (5) Korg Mono/Poly (6), Yamaha CS50 (6, 7), Rhodes (7, 9)
Jonas Sá - composition (3), ARP Odyssey (5), Korg Mono/Poly (6), Casio VL Tone (6) CR78 Drum Machine (7), 8Bitone+ (7) Minimoog (9, 10) NESynth (9, 10)
Donatinho - clavinet (6)
Marcos Campello - guitar (5, 7)
Pedro Sá - guitar (3, 7, 9, 10) composition (7, 10)
André Sztutman - composition, vocals, guitar (9)
Eduardo Manso - guitar, synth (2, 3, 4)
Bruno Di Lullo - DX100 (2, 8)
Vitor Araújo - venom synths (9)
Bartolo: modular synths (9)
Bella: hering organ, bowl, cassette tapes, noises (9, 10)
Guilherme Lírio - bass (1, 3, 7) composition (10)
Felipe Zenícola - bass (4)
Vinicius Cantuária - drums (1, 2, 4)
Claudio Brito - repique, cuíca, surdo, atabaque, timbau (3, 4) tan tan (9), conga, agogo (10)
Mario Sergio Azul - conga, caxixi, agogô (5)
Gabriela Riley - vocals (1, 9, 10)
Ana Frango Elétrico - vocals (3)
Negro Leo - vocals (4)
Laura Wrona - vocals (4)
Fernanda Zerbini - composition (3, 6, 10)
Lucas Rehnman - composition (7)

Beat in track 6 sampled from ‘Totó’ - Chelpa Ferro’s art installation

Recorded at Maravilha 8, Kassin, Moreno, Sideral and Tilt studios

Some tracks recorded at home and some instruments like guitar, bass and synths at other people’s homes.
Mixed by Martin Scian
Mastered and cut by Darrel Sheinman and Caspar Sutton-Jones at Gearbox Records

Artwork and art conception by Caio Paiva
Pictures by Hick Duarte
Special thanks to Raquel Dimantas, Arthur Bittencourt, Eliana Tufini, Sr. Tabajara, Violeta Saad Farah Nassif, Ana Sofia Gonzales, José Ricardo Farah Nassif, Iza J. M. Farah Nassif, Rosa Zerbini Farah Nassif, Oswaldo Mancini