The label Rádio Mec offers Brazilian music diversity
Emerged from the radio station’s studio, the new label puts out albums by Nelson Sargento, Wilson Moreira, Carlos Malta, Diana Pequeno and Telma Tavares
Nana Vaz de Castro
01/05/2001
Little by little, a new label that bets on quality is being introduced in the music industry. After the release of the latest Hermeto Pascoal album (Eles e Eu), which launched the company, other five CDs are coming up, ranging from samba to instrumental music. "We have a great studio, with top equipment, and it was being used only to record the shows broadcast at the radio station (Rádio Mec). Other artists started renting it to make their albums, so we decided to create the label", says the manager to the station and the label, Maristela Rangel.
The next release, Diana Pequeno’s album Cantigas, rescues tunes from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century and is scheduled for May. The second release should be singer/songwriter Telma Tavares’ debut album. The name hasn’t been picked, yet, but the repertoire should feature her own compositions, as well as covers of Vai Vadiar (Monarco/ Ratinho), Nova Ilusão (Claudionor Cruz/ Pedro Caetano), Extra (Gilberto Gil) and Zelão (Sérgio Ricardo) – the latter featuring Chico Buarque as a guest.
Instrumental music is also present in Rádio Mec’s cast. After Hermeto, it is his pupil, multi-instrumentalist Carlos Malta’s turn to put out a CD with the group Coreto Urbano. The other titles are dedicated to samba. Wilson Moreira and Nelson Sargento have already started the recording sessions. Tracks like Pensa Bem, Labirinto de Dor, O Remorso Vai Atrás and the beautiful Homenagem ao Mestre Cartola, previously recorded on rare albums, are likely to have a second shot now.
The next release, Diana Pequeno’s album Cantigas, rescues tunes from the turn of the 19th to the 20th century and is scheduled for May. The second release should be singer/songwriter Telma Tavares’ debut album. The name hasn’t been picked, yet, but the repertoire should feature her own compositions, as well as covers of Vai Vadiar (Monarco/ Ratinho), Nova Ilusão (Claudionor Cruz/ Pedro Caetano), Extra (Gilberto Gil) and Zelão (Sérgio Ricardo) – the latter featuring Chico Buarque as a guest.
Instrumental music is also present in Rádio Mec’s cast. After Hermeto, it is his pupil, multi-instrumentalist Carlos Malta’s turn to put out a CD with the group Coreto Urbano. The other titles are dedicated to samba. Wilson Moreira and Nelson Sargento have already started the recording sessions. Tracks like Pensa Bem, Labirinto de Dor, O Remorso Vai Atrás and the beautiful Homenagem ao Mestre Cartola, previously recorded on rare albums, are likely to have a second shot now.