Cibelle
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| Birth name | Cibelle Cavalli |
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2 January 1978 Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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Cibelle is a multi-media performance artist, singer-songwriter and music producer. She combines neofolk, electronica, and other styles to create "Tropical Punk".
Biography
Cibelle Cavalli Bastos was born in São Paulo, Brazil, 2 January 1978, and now resides in East London, UK. She attended Marcelo Tupinambá Conservatory in São Paulo from the age of 6, where she studied guitar, piano, percussion and theatre. She had a short career modeling in her teens, but left it to dedicate herself to acting until her early twenties. She worked in musicals, short films, and Brazilian TV, until music took a stronger lead in her life.
After meeting the Serbian-born producer Suba, she appeared as the main vocalist on his album, São Paulo Confessions, on Ziriguiboom (Crammed Discs' Brazilian imprint) in 1999. A mixture of traditional and electronic sounds São Paulo Confessions is regarded as an important precursor and a landmark album for Brazilian Electronic Music. Suba died shortly after the album’s release.
Cibelle next appeared on Celso Fonseca’s album, Natural (2003).Her first solo album, Cibelle, was also released in 2003. Signed to Belgian record label Crammed Discs[1] at the age of 22, she started spending more time in Europe, specifically Paris. By the completion of her first album, she moved to London's Brick Lane, and has since been living in East London.[2]
Music and Methodology
Cibelle creates concept albums.[3]
Her band is made up of around 10 musicians or more who each get together as trios. depending on the country of performance. Her latest performances ranged from having two drum kits on stage, to having none at all.
Cibelle works by building tracks live on stage, with special guests and audience members contributing to her ”bric-a-brac DIY” sound through vocals, playfulness and instrumental experimentation. Since moving to Dalston, she has been working more with visual arts and performance, taking part in the abravanista movement with Rick Castro – also a part of Assume Vivid Astro Focus – and collaborating as a part of collective and artzine FUR, run by photographer Cássia Cabatini and artist/printmaker Fábio Gurjão.[4] She is also a part of Supine Studios, a collective of artists/musicians based in Dalston.
In visual arts, she sometimes takes on other names, and mostly goes by Sonja Khalecallon, working with GIF animation, collages, multimedia pieces, videos, performances and vivid watercolors.
Collaborations
Cibelle has collaborated with a range of music and visual artists all over the world for recordings, film, performance, and installation, including: Devendra Banhart, The Real Tuesday Weld, Seu Jorge, Cocorosie, Rio en Medio, Gilberto Gil, Júnio Barreto, Vanessa da Mata, Orquestra Imperial, Vetiver, Lightspeed Champion, Josh Weller, David Shrigley, Doug Aitken, Vanessa da Silva, Adem, Tom Zé, Johnny Flynn, Quist, Tunng, members of Nação Zumbi and The Legendary Tigerman.
Discography
Albums
- Cibelle (2003)
- The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves (2006) (cover art by Cibelle)
- Las Vênus Resort Palace Hotel (2010)
- Unbinding (2013)
EPs
- About a Girl EP (2005)
- Noite de Carnaval/Matthew Herbert Remixes (2005)
- Green Grass EP (2007)
- White Hair EP (2008)
Collaborations
- Suba (1999), São Paulo Confession (vocals on 3 tracks), Crammed Discs.
- Suba (2002), Tributo (vocals on 4 tracks), Crammed Discs.
- O Cheiro do Ralo, OST, 2006.
- Electric Gypsyland 2, Crammed Discs, 2006: 1 track by Kocani Orkestar remixed by Cibelle.
- Nove, Apollo (2005), Res Inexplicata Volans, Crammed Discs: vocals on 3 tracks
- Worried Noodles (TomLab Records, 2008): 1 original track
- Femina by The Legendary Tiger Man (2009): vocals on 2 tracks
References
External links
- Cibelle, Blackbird, My space.
- Cibelle, Crammed Discs.