Bruno Berle | Startbahn Church

Maceió, the capital of Brazil’s Alagoas state on its sprawling east-coast, is home to pastel coloured colonial houses, white sand beaches and a brilliant young composer, poet and multi-instrumentalist named Bruno Berle. With a voice of pure gold and a startling sensitivity for heartfelt pop songwriting, on No Reino Dos Afetos (In the Realm of Affections), Berle firmly embraces earnestness, through starry-eyed Brazilian love songs, ambient vignettes, warm, home-cooked beats and gentle strokes of MPB genius. “It’s an album that was built from my desire to find beauty”, Berle explains – his simple, graceful words mirroring the graceful simplicity in his music. But amongst the simplicity, the compositions, arrangements and productions on No Reino Dos Afetos tingle with nuance and detail. On the contemporary R&B inspired lead single “Quero Dizer” – produced by Berle and longtime friend and collaborator Batata Boy – the swirling, lo-fi, kalimba and guitar-fronted beat is turned into a feel-good hit by the ingenuity of Berle’s honey-soaked vocal melody. OPEN ACT: alici Originally from Brazil. alici is a new york Based artist trying to mix the classic bossa nova with a new modern sound. Having been raised on the vinyl of Gal Costa, Tim Maia, Evinha and then Sade, she is now creating a new sound.