Estelle Rubio for Forever Angels

Estelle began to get involved with the Forever Angels charity when she went to visit some of her family in Mwanza in Tanzania.
Estelle and husband Scott Maslen started by sponsoring a child and the relationship has since evolved as she is at the moment helping the charity to get celebrities involved for the Forever Angels Ball in London on the 13th Nov with the guest list growing every day, so much so that Hello! magazine are covering the event!

As for her music, we are getting closer every day, we were in the studio with her a few weeks ago and got a nice idea of how her debut Ep is going to sound, gigantic is the word, really looking forward to it! I even hear a video is on it’s way featuring some great cameo’s and Estelle as a sexy ‘1940’s private detective!

Ophelia and the Tree at Jambolada 2009

October saw Ophelia and the Tree play in a few festivals around Brazil, the last one being the Jambolada Festival which went down a treat! They are continuously perfecting their tracks during these concerts that are going to be released on their debut album that you will be seeing in the New Year. We’ve been listening to some of their studio recordings and if you are into Indie Folk, you are going to love this sound!

O Jardim das Horas’ Room Sessions

For all you Room Session fans, O Jardim das Horas have just uploaded their Session #4. It’s the first session to be recorded with their new drummer, Beto Gibbs who is playing Cajon on this video and whom we welcome warmly! The track is Flora Pura which you can find on their debut release: O Quarto Das Cinzas
They have been playing a lot of concerts lately, as we mentioned in our previous post about Fossil, did any of you catch them, if you did, let us know what you thought!

Found: A Fossil in the tube!

Bet you don’t know what this is about!
The band have actually been asked to play tracks from their debut release “Insonia” in public areas and to be even more precise to play in public transports!!! And no this is not just busking! They start their “Public Transport Tour” on the 23rd of November at Metro Santa Cecilia in São Paulo.
This is just after they have finished playing a few dates along fellow artists O Jardim das Horas, from what I hear the concerts went really well, maybe we’ll be hearing some sort of collaboration between both bands, you never know!
They also had a great time at Radio CBN for the Sala de Musica programme, did any of you hear it?

Ebinho Cardoso’s second album!

Ebinho has been gigging extensively lately, performing some truely memorable shows at the Calango Festival in Cuiaba, the Baixo Brasil Festival in Belem or during his Piri Jazz show. And when he gets some time off, well he just spends it being on the front cover of Baixo Brasil. But most importantly we have just received some news from Ebinho telling us he was just putting the finishing touches to his second album which he says has a more “pop” sound than his debut release “No Rastro dos Ruidos Remotos das Rodas da Infancia” and features some extraordinary guests, not saying anymore, you already know too much!

Welcome Carlos Pontual!

Yes I know, you must be thinking: “the guys at (©urve)music™ have gone totally crazy, Carlos has been working with them since 2007″. Well though I would agree, we are a bit mad, we are actually welcoming him as his new publishers! The work we have been doing together has been absolutely fantastic so this is the natural progression for us. And it’s already started strongly as we have been working on some nice new tunes for some adverts!

New: (©urve)music™ Merchandise!!!

We have been very busy lately creating a whole range of clothing merchandise with our artists. We all got together to design some really funky T-shirts and Hoodies for you to wear and even some cool Tote bags. Next time you go to one of their gigs, look out for a little stall and make yourself a nice present, and take one for your friends or family too!!! We also developed an online store so if you don’t have time at the gig, or can’t make your mind up, or spent all your money on beers, you can just calmly go home, sit down in front of your computer and pick up a nice T-shirt there!!!
For a quick peep, click on the banner below:

New Signing: Warm Welcome to Mamma Cadela

Mamma Cadela are an indie instrumental quartet from Sao Paulo which has been going since 2003, adding members to the band over the years and working hard on finding their special sound which they define as follows:
“Our musical aesthetics walk through the profanity and irreverense of Frank Zappa, the experimentalism of Hermeto Pascoal, the contemplative state of Pat Metheny, Tortoise’s descontructivism, the dreamy aura of Pink Floyd and Sigur Rós, Kraftwerk’s mathematics, the playful formality of Nino Rota in Fellini’s Soundtracks and, last but not least, through the psychedelic rock of the 60’s and 70’s.” Ever heard of something like that, I know I haven’t so I would head straight to one of their pages and have a wild listen!!!

Nego in the Big Apple

Nego Moçambique has just come back from a tour around a few US States passing by New York to play some of his songs of his forthcoming album that will be released in the new year. Having had to stay in our London offices we couldn’t be there to see him but from what we hear, he had a fantastic time, and has gained a lot of new fans. For all us residing in the Old Continent, we will be seeing him coming to Europe very soon! So take some time off in November as he will be in:
- Barcelona 08/11/09
- Oporto, Portugal 14/11/09
- Paris, 17/11/09
- London, (TBC around the 20/11/09)

Congratulations to Monique Maion

Our lovely Monique Maion has been very busy lately.
First of all we need to officially congratulate her and make you aware that after releasing her debut album digitally in a very young and emerging market, Russia, she managed to go number 1 in the album chart and stayed there for two weeks competing with some big Pop Names!
And whilst charting in Russia, she was gigging all over the place in Brazil and with a big highlight next week as she will be playing Planeta Terra Festival alongside the like of Iggy Pop, Sonic Youth, Primal Scream and the Ting Tings!!!
A last word for her Korean fans, after a great reception to her digital release, we have decided to release her Physical album mid-December, so there’s your end of the year gift, enjoy!!!

Comodoro win competition to play Maquinaria Rock Festival, get sponsored by Evoke, and billboarded by Ryder!!!

Big title, I know! But these guys never stop with the news… So to begin I guess we should be thanking all of Comodoro’s fans as thanks to you voting in such big numbers, they have a won a slot to play the Maquinaria Festival in Sao Paulo. So a big Thank You to all of you who have voted! This is a big step for them as they will be playing at the rock festival on the opening day (7 Nov) in between Jane’s Addiction and Faith No More’s sets at 8.30PM headlining the MySpace Stage!!! It’s a must go for all true Rock Fans!!!
As it’s the summer in Brazil, Comodoro thought it would be the right time to get some new shades, well Evoke Eyewear were just waiting for them to say so and they invited them down to their GQ to lay down some of their fierce tracks.
Not only that, if you look carefully whilst walking down the street, you will spot the new Rider Billboard around Brazil and which album is featured, that’s right, it’s Acabou O Bailinho (Check the banner below)!!!

Thiago Correa’s first appearance in the UK

If you were in London in September, I hope you managed to go down to Guanabara Bar in Central London to see our own Thiago Correa perform songs from his debut “A Grande Preocupaçao” release and some fantastic Samba-Rock versions of some very well-known tracks. It was a really good night, where he managed to fill the dancefloor with his impeccable style thanks to tracks such as “Charme” and “Tudo Bem”! If you couldn’t make it, don’t worry you can still check some of the pictures (courtesy of our very good friend Artur Curval) out at and of course listen to some of his tracks.

Slim Featured on World HipHop Market Blog and releases a new video

Whilst putting the finishing touches to his third album, Slim Rimografia is getting more and more recognition for his work. After Australia, France and Italy, it now comes from the United States, go check out the very elegant world hiphop market blog to read the special post on Slim (referring to him as a “rising star” not only in Brazil but worldwide) and all the news about Global Hip-Hop. If you are a fan of the genre, you need to be reading this Blog!

As you are waiting for his album, we are happy to tell you that you can already have a little taste of it by watching his new video for the track “O Sol”. If you want to know more about Slim, watch the video as it takes place in his neighborhood!

Tupiniquin at Tapas Bar – São Paulo

(Para português clique aqui)

Tupiniquin will be opening a monthly (©urve)music™ night at Tapas Club (1246 Rua Augusta, São Paulo) this Wednesday at 11pm. The idea behind this evening is that once a month, one of our artists will play a gig and invite a special guest to support him. If you love Tupiniquin and want to know more about his very special guest, the only thing I can tell you is to be in front of Tapas this Wednesday…and every wednesday after that… If like us, you are based in London and don’t have the extra cash just to fly over to Brazil for a gig, we have got some very good news for you! Tupiniquin and all other (©urve)music™ artists are now broadcasting their live events online, check out their Myspace Pages!

(myspace.com/tupiniquin)

Estelle Rubio in Vogue UK – London

Estelle Rubio (formerly know as StellaR) has a whole page dedicated to her in the May Edition of Vogue UK (Well with her model looks, it had to happen!) She gives you her own very secret tips about shopping online for you to read about before you are able to listen to her debut Ep which will be out very soon!!! It will feature four tracks seeing her develop her acoustic latin side but also her big base electronic alter-ego. So watch out her MySpace!