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22/03/2024
Gesturing to a tradition of Brazilian boogie music, but bouncing with modern pop
ebullience, the album sees the Rio artist evolve from a captivating upstart into a
surefooted scene leader in full stride.
At just 25, the prolific artist and producer has already garnered worldwide
admirers. Ana’s sophomore Little Electric Chicken Heart was nominated at the
2020 Latin Grammys. Since then, standalone singles have received the WME
‘Best Music Producer’ Award, recognising Ana’s deep passion for music
production – a passion which has led to collaborations with nascent Brazilian
stars Dora Morelenbaum, Illy and Sophia Chablau. Most recently, Ana was hailed
for their co-production of Bala Desejo’s 2022 Latin Grammy-winning album Sim
Sim Sim.
The new album finds Ana at their most assured and full voiced. Album opener
“Electric Fish”, with funky bass and shimmering backing vocals, sets a buoyant
tone. “Boy of Stranger Things” is its bombastic counterpart. It’s the grooviest Ana
has ever sounded. And the most brazen. Lyrically, where Ana was once oblique on
personal matters, they are now forthright – lucidly exploring their gender identity,
citing accessible cultural references, and often singing in English.
“I started this album in 2021 with the intention of showing, in means of sound,
understandings and feelings about queer love, subjectively exposing myself,” the
non- binary artist states – before qualifying that though “feeling was its driving
force, the album is really about musical production.”
“There’s so many references to different decades,” Ana explains “Seventies drums
with eighties processing … Going back, getting beyond … Testing the limits of
organic sounds”. Characteristically playful, on Me Chama, Ana takes vivid and
rewarding detours through funk- infected R&B (“Dela”) and art pop (“Dr. Sabe
Tudo”). “Nuvem Vermelha” is a cinematic chanson with lush strings that recalls
Arthur Verocai. Then, “Coisa Maluca” loafs with the indie insouciance of Canadian
slacker Mac Demarco. Later, “Let’s Go Before Again”, is a full-on drum machine
workout evocative of Stereolab.
“Even if people don’t find my own references here, they’ll find theirs,” observes
Ana. “Maybe that’s this record’s biggest goal.”
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