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On her records, Brazilian singer and songwriter Ceu soaks up influences like a sponge. She’s delved into everything from EDM, trip-hop, and dubby reggae to Tropicalia, bossa, samba, and MPB. That said, she’s never sounded like anyone but herself. Her recombinant strategies always bear her idiosyncratic melodic and lyric signature, making her a standout on the global pop scene.

Fourth album Tropix is simultaneously her most radically futuristic and deliberately retro. It is drenched in cool, late-night atmospherics, humid musical intersections, and deliberately artificial textures. It was co-produced with Naçao Zumbi drummer Pupillo and keyboardist Hervé Salters (General Elektriks). 

Here she fully indulges in late-’70s post-disco, early-’80s R&B, new wave pop, soundtrack music, and mid-20th century MPB. Though her co-producers have advanced pedigrees, Ceu is clearly in the driver’s seat. She wrote all but one song here, a deliciously arranged cover of obscure psych-band Fellini’s “Chico Barque Song.” 

Whether Tropix comes across as a reinvention of Ceu’s sound or just the next phase in her evolution may be up for debate, but the album’s quality is not. It is the most artfully rendered and sophisticated recording in her catalog, the work of a mature artist in full command of a sonic language. It’s also a hell of a lot of fun to listen and dance to.

Tracklist:
01 Perfume Do Invisível
02 Arrastarte-Ei
03 Amor Pixelado
04 Varanda Suspensa
05 Etílica-Interlúdio
06 A Menina E O Monstro
07 Minhas Bics
08 Chico Buarque Song
09 Sangria
10 Camadas
11 A Nave Vai
12 Rapsódia Brasilis

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