Tempo Mínimo (Labidad/Nomad)
Delia Fischer
Released March 12, 2019
DownBeat Five-Star Review
YouTube:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n-HFY_Jn6GOA4XrBzIgn4XvLVtp_sJSvQ
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0BqnV57Ty5xPxxDfqOfY7v?si=4iR-HBzPR2uFac77AN12Pg
About:
Born in Rio de Janeiro, the Latin Grammy nominée composer, singer, songwriter, arranger and producer Delia Fischer combines her multiple talents to deliver the best in contemporary Brazilian music. Her diverse and rich music output ranges from MPB (Brazilian Popular Music) through electronics, post Bossa Nova, samba, jazz and pop, with incredible ease. Her solo discography, available in all streaming platforms includes Antonio (ECM-1999), Presente (Dubas-2010) and Saudações Egberto – with works of Egberto Gismonti (2011 Rob Digital / Tuff Beats Japan 2016) and Tempo Minimo (Labidad/Nomad 2019) which was picked as one of the the 6 best releases of 2019 by Downbeat Magazine USA and Latina Magazine Japan.
She started her recording career with Duo Fenix in the late 1980’s with which she made a name both as an accomplished pianist and composer, highlighted with appearances at the Sofia Jazz Festival, the club New Morning in Paris, and at the Montreux Jazz Festival of 1989. Her prestige as musician granted her engagements to arrange and perform in various successful musicals in Rio and Sao Paulo spanning more than a decade. More recently she delved in the sophisticated harmonies of the Ivan Lins songbook to rearrange a selection of pieces for the Simone Sings Ivan Lins national tour.
Delia has performed and recorded with Brazilian greats such as Marcos Vale, Milton Nascimento, Toninho Horta, Hermeto Pascoal and Romero Lubambo as well as with Scandinavian singer Lisa Nilsson, Italian star Mario Biondi and American sax player Bob Baldwin.
Her newest recording project released in 2019 offers a kaleidoscopic sound palette which reveals her unique musicianship through her charming singing, great musical ideas and contemporary sound. Her newest recording project released in 2019 offers a kaleidoscopic sound palette which reveals her unique musicianship through her charming singing, great musical ideas and contemporary sound.
Track Listing:
1. Meu Tempo 4:05
2. Orgia (Antonio Fischer Band) 3:53
3. Samba Mínimo 3:04
4. Tanto Faz 3:54
5. Canção de Auto Ajuda (Matias Correa) 2:55
6. Garra (Marcos Valle) 2:54
7. Ela Furou (Pretinho da Serrinha) 3:04
8. Copacabana 2:34
9. Mesmos Sons 3:30
10. Feliz por um Triz (Ed Motta) 3:20
11. Corações Amarelos 4:14
12. Mercado (António Fischer-Band) 3:44
Personnel:
Delia Fischer: voice, keyboards, Wurlitzer piano, bass synth, grand piano
Matias Correa: double bass (1, 4, 7, 12), vocals (5)
Sacha Amback: keyboards (1), loops (3)
Levi Chaves: woodwind arrangement and all winds (1), tenor and baritone saxophone (6, 10, 11), bass clarinet (11)
Antonio Fischer-Band: guitar, Fender Rhodes piano and programming, Strings of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic (2), electric bass (11), keyboards (12)
Arthur Dutra: vibrafone (3)
Marcelo Costa: percussion (3)
Rafael Maia: drums (4, 7)
Rodrigo Campello: programming (5, 9), guitar (9)
Pedro Mibielli: violin (5)
Gretel Paganini: cello (5)
Marcos Valle: vocals (6)
Raphael Bezerra de Miranda: drums (6)
Mafram do Maracanã: percussion (6)
Diogo Gomes: trumpet and flugelhorn (6)
Aline Gonçalves: flute and alto flute (6)
Elias Correa: trombone (6)
Pretinho da Serrinha: vocals and cavaquinho (7)
Rodrigo Tavares: organ and clavinet (7)
Domenico Lancellotti: MPC (8)
Alberto Continentino: electric bass (9)
Ed Motta: vocals (10)
Sebastian Notini: drums and percussion (11)
Aline Gonçalves: flute (10, 11)
Jeferson Souza: flute (10, 11)
Marcelo Neves: clarinet (10, 11)
Diógenes Souza: french horn (10, 11)
Rui Alvim: bass clarinet (10)
Andrea Dutra, Camila Costa, Caue Nardi, Marcelo Saboya, Matias Correa, Ricardo Goes, Suely Mesquita, Zeca Rodrigues: vocals (11)
Champman Stick: vocals and samples (12)
Recorded at Estúdio Sarapuí (Biscoito Fino) by Lucas Ariel e Gustavo Krebs, MiniStereo Estúdio by Rodrigo Campello, Apipema Estúdio by Sebastian Notini, Tenda da Raposa by Carlos Fuchs, Secret Air and Gomus by Pedro Guedes, Filipe Teixeira e Fabio Henriques, Lontra Music by João Ferraz, Cor de Sol Home Studio by Matias Correia, and Russia Mixing: Rodrigo Campello, Fabio Henriques (6), Flavio Senna (12)
Mastering: Carlos Freitas
Musical Production: Delia Fischer, Antonio Fischer-Band, Matias Correia, Pedro Guedes, Rodrigo Campello, Rodrigo Tavares, Sacha Amback and Sebastian Notini
Photography: Ana Migliari
Cover: Dzign.me
Review:
Singer, pianist and arranger Delia Fischer, who has worked with Milton Nascimento, Toninho Horta and other Brazilian greats, proves herself an innovative composer/lyricist of Brazilian pop with Tempo Mínimo. The album took eight years to make—and it shows. The 12 songs, all keepers, are crafted with irresistible melodies and poetic lyrics about time, love and the search for meaning in an era of splendid digital isolation. Fischer’s limpid, understated voice somehow embodies both innocence and experience. The arrangements make creative use of flutes, clarinets, strings and electronica, blending Brazilian, jazz, pop and classical elements to make something sui generis. Guests include MPB star Ed Motta and Valle, who wrote the only cover, a duet with Fischer of his song “Garra” that should be a hit all over again.
Allen Morrison (DownBeat)
