Multiple awards winner Rommel Ribeiro is a Brazilian singer-songwriter who stands-out for his talent and versatility. Mixing elements of popular Brazilian music with Afro-beat, Reggae, Funk and Jazz, Rommel breathes and transpires authentic and upbeat music with compositions in Portuguese, French, Spanish and English. The prizes Rommel won include: in 2010-2011 the very first “Diversity Award” by the Arts Council of Montreal and “Great Revelation” by Festival Nuits d’Afrique, in 2012-2013 the “Revelation on World Music” by CBC/Radio Canada; and in 2019, in a contest organized by Vision Diversity, the prize “Coup de Coeur – MUZ” given by La Fabrique Culturelle de Télé-Québec, Le Festival Mondokarnaval, Festival des traditions du Monde de Sherbrooke and Mondial Montréal.

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NADA DIREITO (2015)

Produced & Arranged by Rommel Ribeiro
*Track #3, Ainsi Parla Zoroastre, produced by Diogo Ramos
Horns arrangements by Genevieve Lapointe (except track #3)
Special Guests: Paulo Bottas, Regina Teixeira, Angel Araos and Tariq Amery
Recorded at Studio12 of CBC/Radio Canada (Montreal, QC), on Feb 2013
Audio engineer: Pierre Plante
Audio tech. assistant: Sebastien Happel
Additional Recordings: at Studio La Hacienda Creative (Toronto, ON), Diogo’s Studio (Montreal, QC), Fabrice’s Studio (Montreal, QC) and Angel’s Studio (Ottawa, ON), between March 2013 and March 2014
Editing by Diogo Ramos and Ze Americo Bastos
Mixing and Mastering by Ze Americo Bastos at ZAP Records (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
*Tracks #1, A Beleza do Mundo and #3, Ainsi Parla Zoroastre, mixed by Rodrigo Fonseca at Baticum Studio (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and mastered by Ze Americo Bastos
Graphic Design by Wallace Roza
Art Work by Wallace Roza and Enrico Lima
Photos by Dioni Pereira

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ABOUT NADA DIREITO

In 2012, I released my 2nd album, Egologico Recycle and I was awarded the title "Revelation CBC/Radio Canada 2012-13 in Word Music". In 2013 CBC invited me to prepare a special show to be broadcast on TV and they also offered me 3 days of free recording sessions at the great "CBC Studio 12" in Montreal, as part of the award.

I selected few original songs created in collaboration with other artists, poets, painters, photographers and designers. My goal was to involve people from different art fields and cultural backgrounds to create a unique music record.

The band (Vovo Saranda, Silvio Modolo, Fabrice Laurent, Francis Covan) and myself had a few rehearsals before the TV performance. On February 7th we had the show and from February 8th to 10th we recorded 10 songs live at CBC Studio 12.

We also had additional recording of sax, trombone, flute (arrangements by Genevieve Lapointe), back vocals, guitars, percussion, sound effect and and 4 special guests. Editing by Diogo Ramos in Montreal and mixing and mastering by Ze Americo Bastos in Rio de Janeiro. Artwork/Graphic design by Wallace Roza and Enrico Lima. Music videos and photos from the original live recordings in the studio, by Dioni Pereira.


CREDITS
Lead Vocal & Nylon Acoustic Guitar: Rommel Ribeiro
Batá Drums, Udu Drum, Caxixis, Congas, Xequere, Tam-tam, Cuica, Tamborims, Timbal, Triangulo, Shakers and Percussion Effects: Vovo Saramanda
Fretless Bass, 7-Strings Nylon Acoustic Guitar and Cavaquinho: Silvio Modolo
Drums, Frigideira, Pandeiro,Tamborim and Agogos: Fabrice Laurent
Accordion, Mandolin and Violin: Francis Covan
Saxophone Alto, Saxophone Tenor and Flutes: Genevieve Lapointe
Trombone: Talal Mouallem
Electric Guitar: Diogo Ramos(Tracks #1, #3, #6 & #9)
Back Vocals: Marcus Freitas, Ila Brognoli, Daniel Leite, Graziela Esteves, Myriam Fillion, Yossef Kahwage, Vovo Saramanda, Diogo Ramos, Julia Pessoa, Fernando Moreno, Lissiene Neiva, Paulo Bottas and Lídia Barreiros (Tracks #1 & #4).
Special Guest Lead Vocal and Piano: Paulo Bottas (Track #3)
Special Guest Cajon, Caxixis, Guiros, Cymbal, Crotalos and Percussion Effects: Angel Araos(Track #3)
Special Guest Flute: Tariq Amery (Track #3)
Special Guest on Lead Vocal: Regina Teixeira (Track #10)


THANK YOU VERY MUCH |MUITO OBRIGADO | MERCI BEAUCOUP | MUCHAS GRACIAS

To my parents Ademir Ribeiro and Maris Stella Teixeira; my sisters Mirlla, Yanara, Najara, Luna, Alexandra, Fernanda and Flavia, my brother Paulo Ricardo and all my family and friends. Songwriters collaborators and guests - Enrico Lima, Marcus Freitas, Gabriel Queso Bronfman, Eder da Rosa, Paulo Bottas, Antonio Marinho and Nathalia Ferro. Musicians - Vovo Saramanda, Fabrice Laurent, Silvio Modolo, Francis Covan, Genevieve Lapointe, Talal Mouallem, Regina Teixeira, Angel Araos and Tariq Amery, Diogo Ramos, Ze Americo Bastos, Nagib Ribeiro and William Ribeiro. Also to Ines Barreda, Dioni Pereira, Wallace Roza, Fernando Moreno, Luis Fernando Burdisso, OZe Nomundo, Isaac Neto, Fernando Spotti, Adnon Soares and everyone that was involved and contributed directly and indirectly to this project. I love you all!

A special thanks to:

LE PROGRAMME REVELATIONS DE RADIO CANADA/CBC (Marie Lamoureux, Ralph Boncy, Philippe Fehmiu and Pierre Plante) and ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL.

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Copyright2015 - Rommel Ribeiro