Fernanda Porto

出生于巴西圣保罗的Fernanda Porto，十六岁时就进入圣保罗大学音乐学院，是当时圣保罗音乐学院所接受过的最年轻的学生。对比如今的Fernanda，人们绝不会想到她的天赋最初所表现的领域会是电子原音（Electro-Acoustic Music），她崇拜希腊的Xenakis，德国的Stockhausen，另一方面Elis Regina，Antonio Carlos Jobim的声音也同样令她着迷。Fernanda师从于德国著名作曲家Hans-Joachim Koellreutter，也正是Jobim曾经的导师。 　　　　　　 在整个90年代，Fernanda Porto都是巴西先锋音乐领域少见的女将，在那段时期里，她还为电影记录片作配乐，不断探索新的技术与技巧，并多次荣获巴西电影节电影原声（配乐）奖。　　 　　　　 不过令人诧异的是，Fernanda Porto在2002年突然推出了她的个人演唱专辑，这张充满bossanova，d'nb，MBP流行元素的同名专辑获得了空前的成功，并于2003年以唯一的巴西音乐人获格莱美拉丁音乐奖提名。Fernanda Porto在其中担任了绝大部分的制作，以及所有的器乐演奏，而这次突破性地转折并非埋没了她从事电子创作的天赋，相反，她令她的音乐充满时代气息，蕴藏着电子音乐逼人的能量，也令她有机会与更多国际艺人合作。在后来的迈阿密巴西电影节上她还与日本Taiko六人组进行了一场精彩的即兴合作表演。 by Philip Jandovský On her first eponymous album from 2002, Fernanda Porto elegantly mixed electronica (mostly drum'n'bass) with more traditional Brazilian popular music styles such as bossa nova, maracatu, and samba. The fact that she put much thought and effort into the lyrics (she also set poems to music) strengthened the already sophisticated air of her unusual brand of drum'n'bass. The album was widely lauded by the critics and was also a commercial success in Brazil. This prompted the Trama record label to release the album internationally about a year later, and Porto also went on a promotional tour through Europe, the U.S., and Japan. Having her first album released when she was already well over 30 years old made it seem like Porto's musical talent sprung up virtually from nowhere. That isn't quite the case, though. When in her twenties, Porto studied music at the University of São Paulo, specializing in piano, and during the '90s she composed songs and performed regularly on various stages around São Paulo and Brazil. She also composed the soundtracks of a couple of movies. Porto's second album, Giramundo, was released in December 2004 and confirmed her status as one of the most talented artists of the Brazilian pop scene. Giramundo had a less electronic and more organic sound, which Porto herself described as "acoustic drum'n'bass," and which also incorporated elements of rock. Working with her on this album were bassist Doug Wimbish and drummer Will Calhoun from the American rock band Living Colour. The most prominent guest artist on the album, however, was Chico Buarque, who lent his voice to "Roda Viva" (one of his own compositions), which Porto had turned in to a rather frenetic drum'n'bass tune. That version of "Roda Viva," plus two other interpretations of Buarque songs, would also appear on Porto's soundtrack to the film Cabra Cega by Toni Venturi.