The album
features collaborations with Brazilian psychedelic legend
Arnaldo Baptista - formerly of legendary Tropicalia
band Os Mutantes - guesting on the opening track ‘To
Burn’, and it is heavily influenced by Brazilian marginal filmmaker Rogerio
Sganzerla – to whom this record is entirely dedicated.
At times
evocative of the early experimental dance punk scene - via an unconditional
love for the music of Kraftwerk, Brian Eno
and Can - In Loveland With You sees Tetine creating
beautiful electronic avant-pop with truly adventurous sensibility.
The record also
features the LA duo Howrad Amb on Suction
as well as new collaborations with Alex Antunes - former
vocalist of Sao Paulo’s early 80s post punk outfit Akira S & As Garotas
Que Erraram as featured on The Sexual Life Of The
Savages album compiled by Tetine - and with Berlin-based Brazilian poet Ricardo Domeneck
on the spoken word piece ‘Mula’.
Don’t resist
it. You’ll find music of great beauty.
BIOGRAPHY
Tetine are Brazilian born Bruno Verner and Eliete Mejorado based in Hackney - East London since 2000. The pair
met in 1995 in Brazil while taking part in the local underground art punk scene of São
Paulo. Since then
they have created a multitude of sounds and art works from Baile Funk performances to electronic music
albums; from
experimental radio shows to ritualistic street actions, artist films,
installations & independent curatorial projects.
A wild mix-up of Punk-Funk/NewWave/Post-Punk/Baile-Bass, Tetine’s music is frequently described as
an unconventional mixture of raw punky energy and attitude with musical
influences that range from artists such as Throbbing Gristle, Tuxedomoon to Kraftwerk and Can, but also incorporating heavily the
more experimental side of Brazilian pop experimentalists such as Os Mutantes, Novos Baianos, Rogerio
Sganzerla and the Rio
Baile Funk scene.
Tetine have carved an unusual artistic path constantly exploring
the boundaries between music, art, film and performance. The duo’s live events
range from rock gigs to gallery installations; from opening ‘Tropicalia – A Revolution in Brazilian Culture’ exhibition at the Barbican
Centre in London to
numerous art performances for galleries, museums, art spaces, cinemas and
festivals from Paris (Palais de Tokyo), to Chicago (The Wire’s Adventures in Modern Music Festival) and Sonar - including
live performances at Museu Serralves
in Porto, A Foundation, Hebbel
Am Ufer in Berlin, Whitechapel Gallery, Frankfurter Kunstverein, National
Museum of Contemporary Art of Norway, Sternessen Museum amongst many others.
Tetine have also been instrumental in bringing the Brazilian
underground music scene to the attention of the UK for a number of years. They
compiled, presented and mixed the first ever album of Baile Funk outside of Brazil - Slum Dunk
Presents Funk Carioca Mixed by Tetine, released on Mr Bongo Records in 2004, as well as an essential
primer to early-80s Post-Punk from Sao Paulo, the acclaimed compilation The
Sexual Life of The Savages, released on Soul Jazz Records in 2006. Both these albums have influenced an entire new
generation of DJs and beat-makers
around the world
Tetine have also run the Slum Dunk radio show on Resonance Fm 104.4 - pretty much since the
station's inception in 2003 until 2009. On Slum Dunk they broadcast a multitude
of obscure and unexpected music from Brazil and beyond – including live
interviews with hundreds of special guests, live and improvised sets of other
artists and experimental broadcasting.
For
complete biography, selected performances, projects and discography please go:
QUOTES
"Tetine
are Feminists, un-followers and inventors of their own scene; an uncut diamond.
If Art is really dead, then Tetine belong to a "nameless" genre - the
makers of something wild, something alive." Chicks On Speed
"What
makes Tetine so good is that their off-beat, messy quality makes them natural,
seemingly effortless, and therefore beautiful.” Vanessa Labi – URB
“As
far back as 1995, the duo were gaining notoriety via their experimental fusion
of performance, video and sound. Although that kind of creativity is still
essential to their output, they are now very much a band; one that effortlessly
fuses post-punk with the sort of sounds associated with Os Mutantes and the
bass-fuelled anthems of the favelas”. Danny MacFadden – Metro
"Ingested
with their history in mind, Tetine feels as
playful as it is relaxed - soundtracking an artistic project that wears its
authenticity, confidence and continuing need for experimentation proudly on its
sleeve. Less ‘we do not give a fuck’, more ‘we do not need to give a fuck’ - a
crucial difference in a music market riddled with attitude, desperately seeking
substance.” Stuart Buchannan, FAT PLANET
“Tetine
were my first introduction to the dirty brazillian sound of Funk Carioca (Rio
Funk). Before the days of West Side Gang Bang, before all the Diplo lovin that
was going on, these guys were breaking barriers on London radio.” Christopher
Lehault, Free NYC
“Like
peeling back the layers of an onion revealing a pungent core and a sense of a
reducing one to very real tears Tetine make music that when fully explored
reveals much more then one-liners over kooky beats.” PIX
