{"product_id":"sessa-grandeza-cream-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp-turntable-lab-exclusive","title":"Sessa: Grandeza (Cream Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP - Turntable Lab Exclusive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSolo debut from the artist known as Sessa,\u003c\/i\u003e co-founder of Brazilian psych band \u003cstrong\u003eGarotas Suecas\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eSessa\u003c\/strong\u003e is a scene fixture in both São Paulo and NYC, and \u003cem\u003eGrandeza\u003c\/em\u003e ('greatness' em Português) was recorded with a diverse cast of musicians in both locales, an homage to Brazil's rich musical history: “\u003cem\u003eGrandeza\u003c\/em\u003e is an album about the natural gesture of love and the softness of the human body. It’s also about my love for Brazilian music and its many shapes and colors. I like to think that it exists somewhere among the rituals that celebrate life. It’s a reminder that amongst all the pain, music comes to reaffirm the beauty in living.” The album’s eleven tracks are vivid and beautifully minimal; Sessa takes his time deploying a vast array of textures that pay tribute to a half century of Brazilian music without sacrificing his personality as its centerpiece. The title track is a sparse folk tune pairing Sessa’s charismatic vocal with back room acoustic guitar; next up “Tesão Central” sees polyrhythmic congas cascading into a choir of female chants in a wash of analog delay. The vintage \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Milton+Nascimento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNascimento\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Antonio+Carlos+Jobim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJobim\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \/ \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Marcos+Valle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eValle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e vibe is deployed flawlessly, but the record has a few tells that place it in the present century: “Flor do Real” is vaguely reggaeton despite its endearing kitchen floor recording quality; “Orgia” is a deliberate deconstruction of post-\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Tropicalia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eTropicalia\u003c\/a\u003e aesthetics. “Infinitamente Nu” is our favorite track, delightfully squirmy with a devastating coalescence of moody strings and voices, like some kind of kindred spirit to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?\u0026amp;q=Low\u0026amp;filter=Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Low%20%2F%20Shearwater%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Low%22%20OR%20Brand\/Manufacturer\/Artist_fq:%22Low%20%2F%20S.Carey%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Sigur+Ros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigur Ros\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’ noisier moments. Lab exclusive pressing on cream colored vinyl, includes full color printed insert with lyrics in Portuguese and English, 100 copies only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurntable Lab exclusive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecream colored vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elimited edition of 100\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eincludes bilingual lyrics insert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Boiled Records 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/collections\/turntable-lab-exclusive-vinyl-pressings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eTTL Editions 016\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by big kahuna burger 10\/2019\u003c\/h6\u003e.","brand":"Sessa","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP *LocNY01A","offer_id":17712878092378,"sku":"fr-4139","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/sessa-grandeza-ttl.jpg?v=1759277199","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/products\/sessa-grandeza-cream-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp-turntable-lab-exclusive","provider":"turntablelab.sbs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}