11:11, by Tita Lima

11:11

by Tita Lima

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1.	A Conta do Samba 05:28
2.	Catatônica 04:58
3.	Introbox 00:35
4.	Esquizofrevo 02:18
5.	Maremorso 04:31
6.	Flutuando 04:16
7.	Traz um Alivio 03:49
8.	Dias de Janeiro 04:58
9.	11:11 01:59	buy track
10.	Molho Ble 04:04
11.	Essa Moça Ta Diferente 04:49

about

"Freshly squeezed and just the right side of avant garde, I love this!" — Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio 1)

"Tita comes off a selfless artist that thinks like a producer and whose sole concern is the vibe. Her sound is utterly modern and sultry while exclusively roots-laden and raw. Tita Lima worldwide!!!" — Garth Trinidad KCRW 89.9 (Los Angeles)

"The Brazil the world wants." — Rolling Stone (Brazil Edition)

"If we had to pick a genre, we'd probably call this one modern bossa -- but Tita's also clearly got ears for a wide variety of other sounds too, and brings in some nice doses of contemporary soul on a few tracks." — Dustygroove.com

"One of the new voices in Brasil for 2007." — Straight No Chaser

Tita Lima: Brasileira, paulistana, singer and composer brings us her mixture of MPB (Brazilian Popular Music), Samba-Jazz, Bossa Nova, Hip-Hop and Dub. Born into a family of musicians, music came to Tita Lima naturally. She learned to play the piano with her grandmother and later the bass with her father, the bass player for the 70s rock band "Os Mutantes". Tita also studied in Los Angeles’ MI (Musician’s Institute) and has paid her dues in São Paulo’s musical scene playing bass, singing and sharing the stage with widely-recognized artists such as Bocato (Metalurgia, Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Maria Rita), João Donato, Luz de Caroline, Núcleo and Dori Caymmi, among many others.
She now joyously embarks on this, the journey of her first solo recording titled "11:11", one in which she gathers a host of excellent musicians and producers from Brazil and the United States including Apollo 9 (ex-Planet Hemp, producer for Otto and Seu Jorge), Andre Caccia Bava, Kassim, JJ (Jorge Bem), Beto Cascales and Bryan Velasco among others. Tita’s music has been a favorite amont DJs worldwide, including Patricia Palumbo and Rafael Moraes (Brazil), Garth Trinidad (US) and Gilles Peterson (UK), who included her song “A Conta Do Samba” in the upcoming compilation “Brownswood Bubblers” to be released on his Brownswood Recordings label in September 2006. In addition, two of Tita’s songs from “11:11” will be featured in LEXUS’ Sampler CD (featuring Sergio Mendes and others) to be distributed worldwide in Fall 2006. Armed with a great band whose members have played and/or recorded with Sergio Mendes, Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Jurassic 5, Keb Mo and Celia Cruz among many others, Ms. Lima is ready to take her music to audiences around the world.

credits

released November 7, 2006

1. A CONTA DO SAMBA
(Cyro Bittencourt, Alexi Pinheiro & Tita Lima | BELU MUSIC PUBLISHING/ASCAP)
2. CATATÔNICA
(Tita Lima, Bryan Velasco & Quincas Moreira | BELU MUSIC PUBLISHING/ASCAP)
3. INTROBOX
(Fernandinho Beatbox & Tita Lima | TRAMA)
4. ESQUIZOFREVO
(Tita Lima & Guilherme Held | BELU MUSIC PUBLISHING/ASCAP)
5. MAREMORSO
(Mirton | TRAMA)
6. FLUTUANDO
(Tita Lima, Yeofi Andoh & Luizão Tiu | BELU MUSIC PUBLISHING/ ASCAP)
7. TRAZ UM ALIVIO
(Tita Lima & Apollo Nove | LES EDITIONS DE LA BASCULE S.C.R.L/STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL S.A.)
8. DIAS DE JANEIRO
(Otto | TRAMA)
9. 11:11
(Tita Lima | TRAMA)
10 . MOLHO BLE
(Cyro Bittencourt & Alexi Pinheiro | BELU MUSIC PUBLISHING/ASCAP)
11 . ESSA MOÇA TA DIFERENTE
(Chico Buarque | CARA NOVA EDITORA MUSICAL LTDA.)

PRODUCED BY Tita Lima with Beto Cascales (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10), Bocato (11), Bryan Velasco (1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10), Apollo Nove (8), and Quincas Moreira (2)
MASTERED BY Joel Soyffer and Ricardo Garcia

MUSICIANS

TITA LIMA - Vocals (All), Bass (6,8), Guitar (5), Percussion (5), Arrangements (All except 11)
ALEX PAINTER - Dub FX (6)
ALEXANDRE GROOVES - Arrangement & Percussion (5)
ANDRE CACCIA BAVA - Arrangement & Acoustic Guitar (5)
APOLLO NOVE - Arrangement (8), Keyboards (8), Harmonica (5)
BETO CASCALES - Arrangements (1 ,2 ,4, 7 ,8, 10), Arrangements (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10), Percussion (All except 3, 11), Kalimba (7), Programming (6, 7, 8, 10), FX (4, 6, 7, 8)
BIROSCA - Percussion (6, 11)
BOCA TO - Arrangements & Trombones (1, 10, 11)
BUGUINHA DUB - Dub FX (6, 8)
BRYAN VELASCO - Arrangements and Keyboards (1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 10), Guitar (7), Programming (4, 9, 10)
CHICO WILLCOX - Bass (11)
CLAUDIO FARIA - Trumpet (10, 11)
DANI ZULU - Percussion (1, 2)
CYZ - Dialogue (1)
DJALMA LIMA - Acoustic Guitar (11)
DANIEL PATTO - Drums (8)
EDU VARALLO - Percussion (1, 2)
FERNANDINHO BEATBOX - Arrangement (3), Beatbox (3, 4, 10)
FERNANDO RAIO - Bass (1, 7, 10)
GUILHERME HELD - Arrangements (4, 8), Guitar (4, 6, 8)
IGOR WILLCOX - Drums (11)
JAI HAYNES - Scratches & FX (6, 7)
JJ - Bass (5)
KAHLIL CUMMINGS - Percussion (2, 9)
KASSIN - Bass (9)
LUIZÃO TIU - Vocals (6)
MARCIO NEGRI - Saxophone (10, 11)
MICHEL FREIDENSON - Piano & Keyboard (11)
MITCHELL LONG - Guitar (1, 7, 10), Slide Guitar (7), Cavaquinho (2, 4)
NIKKI CAMPBELL - Percussion (2, 6, 8)
PABLO CASELLA - Cavaquinho (2)
QUINCAS MOREIRA - Arrangements, Guitar, Bass & Programing (2)
RAFAEL MORAES - Arrangement & Percussion (5)
ROGERIO JARDIM - Drums (1 ,6 ,7, 10)
SCOTT WARDINSKY - Percussion (6)
TATA AEROPLANO - Toys & FX (1)
TATI VISNEVSKY - Dialogue (1)
YEOFI ANDOH - Guitar (6)
ZE AURELIO - Percussion (8)

PRODUCED BY TITA LIMA with BETO CASCALES (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10), BOCATO (11), BRYAN VELASCO (1 ,2, 6, 7, 9, 10), APOLLO NOVE (8) and QUINCAS MOREIRA (2).
MASTERED BY JOEL SOYFFER and RICARDO GARCIA
RECORDED AND MIXED AT YB, LUDWIG VAN, MCR, (São Paulo), BELÚ, MIDRAJ, CONEY ISLAND & THE MIX ROOM (Los Angeles) STUDIOS (and living rooms in between)
MIXED BY TITA LIMA (5, 9) BETO CASCALES (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10), BOCATO (11), BUGUINHA DUB (8), BRYAN VELASCO (9), DIEGO TECHERA (5), JOEL SOYFFER (1, 2, 6, 7, 10), OSCAR (11), assisted by SHAUN EVANS and BOBBY CROCE (6)
PHOTOS BY Masi Torres
ART DESIGN and LAYOUT BY ATOUSA ZIATABARI