As you can maybe guess from his name, and even more from the title of his album (“Um Fim De Semana No Pònei Dourado”), B Fachada is a Portugese-singing artist. And in fact he’s really Portugese, not Brazilian: and it would be a shame to overlook him because of the language. There’s even an entire entire “portugese scene” to discover, so welcome to this first one.
There’s no fado here, but a risky martini of (ehm) Brazilian styles with an Indie-rock approach. The result is far from being cheesy: languid and sentimental without doubt, but rhythmically sparkling and spread of vocal transgressions. And where the bearing gets lamest, like in “Beijitos”, B Fachada can be quite outstanding.
He defines himself as “folque(lore) muito erudito”. Maybe you can call it an avant-garde kind of lounge, or simply: Yacht music.
Listen to “Um Fim De Semana No Pònei Dourado” [2009] by B Fachada.
Listen to “B Fachada” [2009] by B Fachada.
Go to B Fachada myspace.
