MOMO. Tum Tum Tum Tour *live

MOMO. (Agogo Rec., Batov Rec./BR) *live*

The Brazilian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marcelo Frota alias MOMO. is coming to the Gretchen with his eighth album "Tum Tum Tum". With sophisticated echoes of Música Popular Brasileira (MPB), Tropicália, Afrobeat, folk-rock, psychedelia and jazz, MOMO.'s music has always defied categorization, and "Tum Tum Tum" is no exception. The album moves fluidly between moods and soundscapes - from the warmth of crisp bass lines to frenetic percussion, from punchy horns to soaring strings. It reflects a career in which MOMO. has absorbed everything that has surrounded him - be it the fado in Lisbon, the jazz scene in London or the psychedelic currents of 1970s Brazil that originally influenced him.

Recorded in South London with his full band, "Tum Tum Tum" features guest contributions from Brazilian bossa nova legend Marcos Valle and Nina Miranda of Smoke City as well as British jazz trombonist Rosie Turton. "Tum Tum Tum" celebrates two decades of songwriting and marks a milestone in MOMO's career of travel, collaboration and continuity - the onomatopoeic title evokes the steady rhythm of an engine: consistency, resilience, perseverance.

"This album is a poetic eulogy, a wink, a reminder of twenty years of making music," he says. "The repetition of the craft, the perseverance and rhythm of constant improvement and hard work." This career has taken him through Brazil, Angola, the United States, Spain, Portugal and now the UK, and as MOMO. puts it: "Wherever I've lived, I've soaked up my surroundings and connected with different musical languages." And not just musical languages, as the album is sung in Portuguese and English. "Tum Tum Tum" is warm, expansive and utterly self-assured - the work of someone who has stayed true to his craft long enough for it to become instinctively and completely his own.

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