{"product_id":"curio-curio-bem-querer-amor-doente","title":"Curio Curio - Bem Querer \/ Amor Doente","description":"Named after a vibrant Brazilian songbird, Curio Curio consists of singer, lyricist, and\nactress, Luiza Monteiro, based in Austria, and producer and musician, Dustin Braun,\nfrom Germany. Together, the duo brings a fresh voice and a twist on MPB, taking\ninfluences from 1970s Brazil and blending them into a modern fusion of psychedelic,\nMPB, disco, and samba.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCurio Curio's vocalist, Luiza Monteiro, was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and raised\nlistening to the rich sounds of MPB. She started taking classical singing lessons\nweekly by the age of 14, and later developed a career in acting, skills of which she\nbrings with her into her songwriting. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou may be familiar with Dustin's production\nthrough his recent collaborations with the Turkish artist Peki Momes on Mocambo\nRecords, or by his earlier incarnations, including a neo-soul release on Sichtexot and\nprojects with Village Live Records and HHV's record label. His music has a tangible\nanalogue warmth and a feeling of a real band performing live. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor this 7-inch release,\n'Bem Querer' ('Beloved' in English) takes the A side. In it, Luiza calls a missed love to\ncome close and dance with her. Even without an understanding of Portuguese, this\nfeeling and energy radiates throughout the production; one of partying together, loving\neach other, living in ecstasy, feeling pleasure, and freedom. Built on an authentic\nsamba street vibe with a super catchy sing- along chorus, that collective, carnival\nenergy comes in part due to the choir that Dustin and Luiza assembled. A group of\nBrazilian friends, some of whom Dustin met whilst DJing in Leipzig, joined together in\nthe studio. Half of them were non- professional singers, bringing that organic\natmosphere of Rio's streets to the recording.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe B- side 'Amor Doente' has a more bitter- sweet taste; the song speaks playfully\nabout a relationship that goes on without really developing. Both parties cannot fully\ncommit to each other, but they are also unable to end it. The production, however, has\na delicious loose funk groove, sun- soaked and sultry. Dustin wrote the instrumental\nwith Lucy Liebe, who joins on bass, guitar, synths, and trumpet, with Max Lobner also\nfeaturing on trumpet. A track that is equally adept at warming up a dancefloor as it is\nclosing out a night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWe were genuinely blown away by the vibrancy and joy of this new project when we\nfirst heard it, instantly feeling like a familiar friend. In the band's own words, \"Curio\nCurio is not straight disco, not straight samba, not strictly old-school but inspired by\nall of them, creating something contemporary but still nostalgic\".","brand":"Mr Bongo","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":51062226813206,"sku":"RMX-63632","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/d3f7c85c429b276e955dd33c73cef2f8.jpg?v=1772206417","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/curio-curio-bem-querer-amor-doente","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}