Homeless

Airto Moreira | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 2, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Meltdown [B&W Music]
• ASIN: B00004SB0B
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #607,497 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Brazilian-born percussionist Airto Moreira is a heavy hitter whose résumé includes Miles Davis's legendary Bitches Brew in 1970, two Return to Forever LPs with Chick Corea, and Mickey Hart's Planet Drum. But if you think that means Airto's an old fart, guess again. Homeless is as radical a world-music CD as you're ever likely to find. The rarified vocals on "700 Years" and a few other cuts emphasize atmosphere over melody, meaning you won't be whistling these songs on your morning commute. But the hard-edged polyrhythms and mile-deep percussive textures will definitely rev your engine. Drum machines, samples, space synths, and hip-hop beats contributed by the Factor lend the disc a techno sensibility. But the highest voltage rhythms come from traditional instruments including bells, cymbals, mouth bow, timbales, drum kits, and an arsenal of hand drums wielded by Airto, Changuito, Pablo Silva, Meia Noite, and Amen Santos. The results combine free-floating Afro-Latin music with indigenous American touches, positing unity of spirit as an exhilarating antidote to the undercurrent of modern angst. --Bob Tarte

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AIRTO'S BACK!, August 31, 2000

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Niel Dobin (Mesa, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Homeless (Audio CD)

After an eight year hiatus, Airto is back and even better than before. If you like percussion, especially of the Brazilian type, this album is for you. Airto is as cleverly mischievious as ever with his cut, "After These Messages" and is having a good time throughout. Wife, Flora appears on several cuts and is especially fine on "Wake Up Now" a cut almost ready for the pop charts.

A very satisfying comeback album and I hope, the first of many more.