Tracks:

• 1. Desfigurado ( Cartola )
• 2. Retrato da vida ( Djavan / Dominguinhos )
• 3. Ponteio ( Edu Lobo / Capinam )
• 4. Contramilonga a la funerala ( Astor Piazolla )
• 5. Beija-Flor ( Nelson Cavaquinho / Noel Silva / Augusto Tomaz Jr )
• 6. Samba novo ( Baden Powell )
• 7. Karatê ( Egberto Gismonti )
• 8. Céu de Brasília ( Toninho Horta / Fernando Brant )
• 9. Música das nuvens e do chão ( Hermeto Pascoal )
• 10. Baião de Lacan ( Guinga / Aldir Blanc )
• 11. Estações ( Hamilton de Holanda )

Musicians:
Hamilton de Holanda - Bandolim de 10 cordas
Daniel Santiago - Violão
André Vasconcellos - Contrabaixo, Fretless bass
Márcio Bahia - Bateria
Guest solloists :
  Gabriel Grossi - Gaita ( 4 & 9 )
  Yamandú Costa - Violão 7 cordas ( 11 )

Press from the record label:
In spite of his youth (he was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1976) Hamilton de Holanda is acclaimed as one of the most extraordinaire mandolin virtuosos of all time. A rising star of always busy Brazilian Choro scene who reunites on his music all the wisdom of the traditional performing patterns of the genre with an inextinguishable yearning for new artistic and aesthetic horizons.

A first taste of the unbounded talent of Hamilton was (and still is) Dois de Ouro, the project in which he’s involved with his brother Fernando César, a gifted guitar player. But probably is on his solo performances and recordings where his endless creativity and flawless playing shines at its most beautiful expression. It’s in albums like “Música das nuves…” where he freely flows from the genuine spirit of vintage choro to a kind of new thing that could easily be the genre’s upcoming new shape. It’s there where Hamilton gets imbibed by warm Latin influences and the structural exuberance of jazz-spirited compositions. And it’s on his solo recordings where his able to play such astonishing rendition of Contramilonga a la funerala by Astor Piazzola as he does in this record and put it side by side with the greatest name of Brazilian music (Guinga, Baden Powell, Toninho Horta, Edu Lobo, Djavan…) into a natural, fluent way.

There’s always music talent coming out from Brazil and promising emerging artist demanding the attention of critics and public. But very few has raised with the squashing strength of Hamilton de Holanda. He really deserves all the praised he’s been benefit with on his own country. Now (specially since he has moved to Paris) it’s time to reach the whole world by storm and we have no doubts he’ll get all success on his proposal.