Duarte, Saulo
Avante Delirio
Born in Belem and raised in Fortaleza, Saulo Duarte's guitar playing is rooted in the Country-style picking of 'guitarrada' music from the north of Brazil, a sound perhaps best exemplified in the recordings of Vieira e Seu Conjunto, whose 1980s classic 'Lambada Do Rei' Sterns first released in 1988. But Saulo is now living in Sao Paulo, the nation's commercial hub, and with his more international sound, has become one of Brazil's most in-demand musicians. He has been and some cases still is, the guitarist for artists such as Ceu, Russo Passapusso, Curumin, Anelis Assumpao and more. In fact, with his own group A Unidade,he has previously released three albums.Avante Delirio (roughly translating as 'Onward Delirium') is the first album of Saulo's that is truly his alone, and it's here he has placed some of his most intimate and genre defying songs. Which is not to say that he worked on it alone, and production credits are generously shared with bassist Z Nigro and drummer Curumin. Ulitmately, Avante Delirio is Brazilian music influenced by Brazilian music, and while always rooted in the sound of his native North, it pays homage to, among others, the first recordings by Jards Macale, "So Morto" (1970), and Jorge Ben's "Tabua de Esmeralda" (1974).