O cantor Zepe, de 31 anos, teve um inÃcio bem distante do som que começa a se espalhar por aÃ. Aos 16 anos, o jovem Giuseppe Caputo – o alter ego de Zepe –, incentivado pela avó de origem italiana, fez um curso de canto lÃrico. Em 2001 e 2002, participou e venceu festivais de música católica, realizados em Niterói.
Apesar do desvio de rota, cantando músicas para pistas de dança, como as mais recentes "Let the fire burn" e "Dust in the wind", Zepe afirma que, desde os 7 anos, sua inclinação já era para o pop – uma Madonna quase virgem era sua musa. Foi com o repertório da cantora americana que apostou no concurso para o programa “Popstarsâ€, do SBT, em que ficou entre os 400 finalistas entre mais de 34 mil inscritos do Brasil inteiro. No mesmo ano, dividiu o saudoso palco do Ballroom, no Rio, com Juliano Cortuah, um dos participantes da primeira versão do programa “Famaâ€, da TV Globo.
Em seu repertório, além da cinquentona blondie, há pérolas da música americana, como “American Pieâ€, de Don McLean, “I’ve got you under my skinâ€, de Cole Porter, “What a wonderful worldâ€, de Louis Armstrong, e “Close to youâ€, dos Carpenters. “Borderlineâ€, de Madonna, também recebeu uma roupagem acústica na voz de Zepe. Atualmente, a maioria de suas composições tem letras em inglês, e, bem distante do inÃcio lÃrico e religioso, sua marca é o house .
“Let the fire burn†foi distribuÃda entre DJs e através da Internet em 2007, com remixes de DJs como Edson Pride, Raphael Gomes, Igor Zanonn e Deep Factory. A música se espalhou entre os produtores e chegou a Demu Mix, responsável, entre outros, pelo remix de “Enjoy the silenceâ€, do Depeche Mode. Demu lançou a música "DelÃrio", que usa versos sussurrados gravados para a música "Let the fire burn", em seu EP que tem o tÃtulo homônimo à música que tem os vocais de Zepe.
Em 2008, a música "Dust in the wind" entrou no álbum do DJ Deep Factory e teve ótimos remixes. Além disso, existem outras canções de Zepe espalhadas por aÃ, que, com certeza agitam as pistas em todo o paÃs.
Singer songwriter Zepe, 31, had a unusual musical starting point. At age 16, to please his italian grandmother, Giuseppe Caputo (Zepe's alter ego) took lyrical singing lessons and years later won several catholic music festivals - what? Keep reading.
Even then he was already working on some of his most creative dance tracks. Inspiration for singles like "Let the fire burn" and "Dust in the wind" probably were born back then. It's Zepe who says "pop was the only way to go" - actually he has been saying this since he was a kid. An almost virginal Madonna was his muse. And with the material girl's set list on his mind that Zepe tried his luck on SBT's TV show "Popstar", making his way over thirty four thousand other contestants - wow. And on the same year, made his live debut on "The Ballroom", hip night club from Rio, with Juliano Cortuah (from the TV show FAMA) as his sidekick. His setlist goes from rock classics (Don McLean's "American Pie"), to american standarts (Cole Porter's "I've got you under my skin", Armstrong's "What a wonderful world" and The Carpenters "Close to you"), displaying a wonderful range of vocal style - but never forgeting his dance roots. Just listen to his "Boderline" acoustic cover to understand how he turned a dance floor hit into an intimate, warm, by the fire kinda tune as if it was meant to be sung like that - feels like I'm going to loose my mind...
Zepe's latest work is mostly done in english, miles away from his lyrical and religious starting point - house is his signature beat now. "Let the fire burn" was distribute amongst DJs and thru the internet in 2007, with remixes done by Edson Pride, Raphael Gomes, Igor Zanonn and Deep Factory. The single quickly found it's way into several producers, but it was Demu Mix, mastermind producer behind Depeche Mode's remix of "Enjoy the Silence", who understood it's potential, using Zepe's whispers from "Let the Fire Burn" on Demu's single "Delirio".
"Dust in the wind" was released in 2008 by Deep Factory featuring Zepe's vocals. Dozens of unreleased remixes of his work, will hit Brazil's dance floors. "It's better to burn out than to fade away", he would say.
So watch him burn.
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