Brazilian Girls Biography
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Brazilian Girls is a band from New York City known for their eclectic blend of electronic dance music with musical styles as diverse as tango, chanson, house, reggae and lounge (but no Brazilian rhythms at all).[2] None of the members are actually from Brazil and the only female in the band is Sabina Sciubba.[3] Other members include keyboardist Didi Gutman and drummer Aaron Johnston. Bassist Jesse Murphy is a former member.
The band released three studio albums: their self-titled debut on 1 February 2005, Talk to La Bomb in 12 September 2006, and New York City on 5 August 2008.
The band itself formed in 2003, while rocking out at a New York club, Nublu. While playing a weekly gig, the band wrote many of the original songs that would appear on their debut album, which was eventually released in February 2005.
In 2006, the band recorded "Crosseyed And Painless" for the AIDS benefit album Silencio=Muerte: Red Hot + Latin Redux produced by the Red Hot Organization, as well as releasing their second album, entitled Talk to La Bomb
Their third album, New York City came out in 2008. They toured through October, at which time the band took a break for Sciubba to deliver a child. The song "Good Time" off of New York City was featured in an ad for Amstel Light.
In 2009 the album "New York City" is nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronica Album.
On January 25, 2011, the band wrote to its fans on Facebook: "It's becoming painfully obvious the band Brazilian Girls is over. We thank you from all our heart for your loving support and all the fun we had. ... Who knows, maybe when we're old and grey we'll do a reunion tour!"
In June 2011, despite rumors of a split, Brazilian Girls collaborated with Forró in the Dark and Angélique Kidjo on the track Aquele Abraço for the Red Hot Organization's newest charitable album "Red Hot+Rio 2." Proceeds from the sales will be donated to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social issues.
In April 2012 the band reunited, playing live shows and recording new material.
Formed in New York in 2003 the four founder members of Brazilian Girls met at Nublu, an arts community located in New York’s Lower East Side, where musicians, DJs, poets, painters and others meet and exchange ideas. The four were Sabina Sciubba (Rome, Italy; vocals), Didi Gutman (b. Buenos Aires, Argentina; keyboards), Jesse Murphy (b. California, USA; bass), and Aaron Johnston (b. Kansas, USA; drums). Sciubba, who enjoyed some 90s recording success in duo with guitarist Antonio Forcione, sings in Italian, Spanish, English, German, French (she was raised in Munich and Nice). The Brazilian Girls quickly gained an international following and among tour destinations in the early 00s were Zurich in Switzerland, Heidelberg, Berlin and Munich in Germany, Vienna in Austria, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Atlantic City, New York City and an appearance at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, in the USA. One of the group’s songs, ‘Homme’, appeared on 2003’s Waxpoetic: Nublu Sessions, while the water was tested successfully with ‘Lazy Lover’, featured on the Ultra compilation Music To Make Love By and on the group’s EP Lazy Lover, and ‘Don’t Stop’, a single, on Verve Forecast Records. The group’s debut album was launched with a fanfare that was picked up and echoed by the non-specialist media. The Brazilian Girls’ repertoire, of flowing usually original melodies allied to a seductive contemporary dance beat, is presented with elegant sophistication.
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