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Press Release

THE BRAZILIAN BASSIST,SINGER AND COMPOSER FROMRIO DE JANEIRO, RENATO ROCKETHHAVE A SOLID CAREER IN HISCOUNTRY. AUTHOR OF ONE OF THEBIGGEST BRAZILIAN POP/ROCK HITS,“UMA NOITE E MEIA”, A SONG THATANNOUNCES THE ARRIVALOF THE SUMMER EVERY YEAR.

In 2014, Renato Rocketh begun a newphase in his career. On his first tripto Italy he devoted to instrumentalcompositions which moves betweenjazz, samba, funk and fusion. Theinspiration came from the beauty ofthe Salento region, in Puglia, and allthe seven instrumentals from thealbum Noite Carioca are a tribute toItaly and its people so welcoming.The song Samba Coisa e Tal, the onlyone sung, is a portrait of the Rio deJaneiro city’s night. Several othersongs with the same inspirationare ready to be registered in theupcoming albums: Favela, Américado Sul, Energia Solar, Amanhecerand Brisa do Mar. 

Track List

1 BUONGIORNO 7’51

2 EUROPA 7’17

3 IL MARE DI GALLIPOLI 9’50

4 BOSSA NOVA PER LECCE 7’32

5 VOAR 4’26

6 ELA SABE SAMBAR 7’33

7 SAMBA COISA E TAL 5’41

8 NOITE CARIOCA IN SALENTO 8’11

Total time: 58’48

All composed and arrangedby Renato Rocketh except 6 by Renato Rocketh and Fernando Hungria

Personnel

M U S I C I A N S

Valerie Lu VOCALS IN “SAMBA COISA E TAL”

Alberto Barreira TENOR SAX AND FLUTE

Heber RibeiroKiko Continentino PIANO

Roberto Alemao Renato Massa DRUMS

Felipe Tauil PERCUSSIONS

All arrangements,bass and vocals Renato Rocketh Executive production Kiko Alves

Overall production Márcia Attianezi

Coordination of production Fabrizio Salvatore

PhotosBléia Camposand Paulo Renato Faber

Cover Nanda Attianezi

Graphic Project Mirko Leonardi    

Recording Data

Recording, editing and Mixing Marcelo Frisieiro

Mastering:Toney Fontes

Final Mastering AlfaMusic Studio - Rome

Sound engineerAlessandro Guardia