Katia B presents her pop electronic mantras
Singer promotes the release of her debut solo album on Net Records
Silvio Essinger
15/03/2001
Katia B 
, the debut solo album by Rio de Janeiro-born singer Katia Bronstein, had already been independently marketed last year on Vulkana Music. Now, it's been reprinted on Net Records, in charge of distributing the product more suitably. The reprint features two bonus tracks: A Rã (João Donato/Caetano Veloso) and Na Lagoa Dub, done by DJ Lucio K. Nevertheless, due to copyright issues, the electronic review of Jorge Ben Jor's Tuareg, present on the first disc, was left out of this one.
It's allright, though. Her pop music is filled with electronic noises and sounds, all gathered in layers, and mantra-like melodies. The album was partly recorded in her home-studio. Some of the songs, like Diva, she wrote all by herself. Others were written with different partners, such as Beijos de Beco (with Fausto Fawcett and Laufer), Risos e Chá (with Marcos Cunha and Suely Mesquita), Pólos (with Matilda Kóvak) and Nem Aí (with Arícia Mess). There are also tracks by friends of hers: Alvin L. wrote Framboesas, and Herbert Vianna, Noites de Sol, Dias de Lua.
As a producer, Katia claims to be looking for sound textures - she points out the atmosphere created by the keyboard played by Marcos Cunha in her album (he's originally a bassist). Mixed at Roberto Frejat's (Barão Vermelho leader) studio, Katia B did not yield any big hits when it first came out. The singer, in her turn, had more time to work on new cuts, such as A Rã. "I wanted a Brazilian song with a mantra feel", Katia says, explaining her choice.
The daughter of a singer, Katia went into the business as a child and continued during her teens. By the mid-90s, she met with writer Fausto Fawcett, who was assembling the show Básico Instinto, mixing in good-looking girls and famous musicians. "That's when I got into the rock world", she explains. Her voice can be appreciated on the tracks Katia Talismã and Numa Boate Qualquer, from the CD Básico Instinto.
After the tours with Fausto, Katia built a studio at home. "I decided to go deep into songwriting". Then, she put her first solo show together, but noticed that it was "too brainy", and chose to experiment until recording the album. To promote the release, she performed everywhere in Rio, plus Porto Alegre, Recife and Brasília, touring with the band Vulgue Tostoi. Now, on Net Records, Katia hopes to change her media status and try her luck abroad - after her longtime friend Bebel Gilberto made some noise overseas with Tanto Tempo (produced by Suba), maybe the electronic bossa featured in A Rã can get her somewhere else.
, the debut solo album by Rio de Janeiro-born singer Katia Bronstein, had already been independently marketed last year on Vulkana Music. Now, it's been reprinted on Net Records, in charge of distributing the product more suitably. The reprint features two bonus tracks: A Rã (João Donato/Caetano Veloso) and Na Lagoa Dub, done by DJ Lucio K. Nevertheless, due to copyright issues, the electronic review of Jorge Ben Jor's Tuareg, present on the first disc, was left out of this one.
It's allright, though. Her pop music is filled with electronic noises and sounds, all gathered in layers, and mantra-like melodies. The album was partly recorded in her home-studio. Some of the songs, like Diva, she wrote all by herself. Others were written with different partners, such as Beijos de Beco (with Fausto Fawcett and Laufer), Risos e Chá (with Marcos Cunha and Suely Mesquita), Pólos (with Matilda Kóvak) and Nem Aí (with Arícia Mess). There are also tracks by friends of hers: Alvin L. wrote Framboesas, and Herbert Vianna, Noites de Sol, Dias de Lua.
As a producer, Katia claims to be looking for sound textures - she points out the atmosphere created by the keyboard played by Marcos Cunha in her album (he's originally a bassist). Mixed at Roberto Frejat's (Barão Vermelho leader) studio, Katia B did not yield any big hits when it first came out. The singer, in her turn, had more time to work on new cuts, such as A Rã. "I wanted a Brazilian song with a mantra feel", Katia says, explaining her choice.
The daughter of a singer, Katia went into the business as a child and continued during her teens. By the mid-90s, she met with writer Fausto Fawcett, who was assembling the show Básico Instinto, mixing in good-looking girls and famous musicians. "That's when I got into the rock world", she explains. Her voice can be appreciated on the tracks Katia Talismã and Numa Boate Qualquer, from the CD Básico Instinto.
After the tours with Fausto, Katia built a studio at home. "I decided to go deep into songwriting". Then, she put her first solo show together, but noticed that it was "too brainy", and chose to experiment until recording the album. To promote the release, she performed everywhere in Rio, plus Porto Alegre, Recife and Brasília, touring with the band Vulgue Tostoi. Now, on Net Records, Katia hopes to change her media status and try her luck abroad - after her longtime friend Bebel Gilberto made some noise overseas with Tanto Tempo
(produced by Suba), maybe the electronic bossa featured in A Rã can get her somewhere else.