Sabrina Malheiros is a Brazilian MPB

Música Popular Brasileira

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 singer/songwriter. Her music has been described as "nu bossa", combining house

House music

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 beats with jazz

Jazz

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 and samba

Samba

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 influences and "cool, detached-sounding vocals", and critics have compared her to Brazilian contemporaries Bebel Gilberto

Bebel Gilberto

Bebel Gilberto is a Brazilian popular singer often associated with bossa nova. She is the daughter of João Gilberto and singer Miúcha. Her uncle is singer/composer Chico Buarque...

 and Céu

CéU

Céu , whose full name is Maria do Céu Whitaker Poças, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter whose first American album was released on the Six Degrees Records label in April 2007. She was born in São Paulo, Brazil on April 17, 1980, into a musical family, her father being a composer, arranger and...

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Biography

Malheiros was born in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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. She is the daughter of Azymuth

Azymuth

Azymuth is a three-piece electric funk jazz group from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Formed in 1972, the members are Jose Roberto Bertrami , Alex Malheiros , and Ivan Conti .-History:...

 bassist Alex Malheiros. She was interested in music from a young age, enrolling in music school at age six, and making her first studio recording before age seven. She cites Azymuth

Azymuth

Azymuth is a three-piece electric funk jazz group from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Formed in 1972, the members are Jose Roberto Bertrami , Alex Malheiros , and Ivan Conti .-History:...

 and João Gilberto

João Gilberto

João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Gilberto , is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. His seminal recordings, including many songs by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, established the new musical genre of Bossa nova in the late 1950s.-Biography:From an early age, music...

 as early influences on her musical style.

Malheiros's first commercially distributed recording was the title track of Azymuth's 1991 album Curumim, on which she sang lead vocals. Her debut album, Equilibria, was released in 2005. Malheiros wrote or co-wrote nine tracks on the album. Her second album, New Morning, was released in 2008. Both albums were produced by Daniel Maunick and released on the Far Out Recordings

Far Out Recordings

Far Out Recordings is a UK-based record label specializing is the music of Brazil.The label released a Milton Nascimento performance of two ballets.-Artists:*Aleuda*Antonio Adolfo*Arthur Verocai*Azymuth*Binario*Celia Vaz*Clara Moreno*Danny Wheeler...

 label. A remastered and partially reworked "Deluxe Edition" of New Morning was released in 2009, containing a few extra tracks and an increased emphasis on instrumentation.

Malheiros made her United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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concert debut on 18 May 2005 at Jazz Cafe, London.

Discography

Albums

• 2005 - Equilibria (CD)
• 2006 - Vibrasons (CD)
• 2008 - New Morning (CD)
• 2009 - New Morning (Deluxe Edition) (CD)
• 2011 - Dreaming (CD)

Singles & EPs

• 2003 - Iemanja (The Mermaid) (12") Remix
• 2004 - Estacao Verao (Kenny Dope Remixes) (12") Remix
• 2005 - Equilibria (Álbum Sampler) (12") Remix
• 2005 - Maracatueira (Incognito Remixes) (12") Remix
• 2005 - Passa / Capoeira Vai (12") Remix
• 2006 - Terra De Ninguem (Nicola Conte Rework) (12") Remix
• 2008 - Connexão (12") Remix

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