Rogê

Em 1998, aos 23 anos, lançou seu primeiro trabalho independente e autoral, “Rogê e Bandavera”. Três anos mais tarde foi a vez do Projeto Rio de Verdade receber sua dedicação: durante 4 verões, uma vez por semana, seu show era invadido por grandes nomes da MPB - João Bosco, Bezerra da Silva, Luis Melodia, Arlindo Cruz, Marcelo Falcão - O Rappa, Marcelo D2, Toni Garrido, Moraes Moreira, Beth Carvalho, Sandra de Sá – que ratificam sua personalidade agregadora. Chegou junto: bem vindo à “família”! Foi durante esse período de trocas que vieram mais idéias, mais amizades, mais composições, e em 2003 foi a vez do primeiro disco solo tomar forma: “Rogê” foi produzido pelo próprio ao lado de Alexandre Castilho. Trouxe composições com toda sua família: Duani, Gabriel Moura, Jovi Joviniano e Seu Jorge são alguns dos que contribuíram para o nascimento de músicas como “Kizumba”, “Buá-buá”, “Caminhão”, “Minha Pressão”. Um hiato de quatro anos foi suficiente para Rogê preparar o novo trabalho, “Brasil em Brasa”, produzido por ele e por Chico Neves (Lenine, Skank, O Rappa), lançado no Rio no final de 2007 e recebido no Brasil inteiro no segundo semestre de 2008. No novo cd o cantor e compositor assina nove das onze faixas e deixa nítida sua admiração e influências de seus ídolos compositores (Aldir Blanc, Paulo César Pinheiro e Chico Buarque de Hollanda) além de outras feras da MPB e black internacional. Aqui o samba dá o tom, mas se deixa influenciar pelo suingue, pelo reggae, pelo sambalanço, e a família se completa com a chegada de Arlindo Cruz e Mombaça. E como diz a letra do primeiro single homônimo ao cd, Rogê é envolvente, é uma arte e faz parte desse show - e se prepara para ganhar o Brasil.************ Roge is the son of Rio de Janeiro, and we don’t need to require a DNA test to prove it. He joins almost every temptations the city offers him – sun, beach, futvolei (a kind of volleyball played as soccer, or a kind a soccer played as volleyball) with friends, but was music the one who gave him a way to find out the truth of feelings, sensations and emotions. He was a kid when he started taking music and acoustic guitar classes and soon was attracted by sounds, rhythms and lyrics, especially lyrics. Nothing could take him away of this way – lover of Brazilian popular music (MPB) and graduating at UNIRIO’s Music School, he used to spend endless nights with friends Duani and Seu Jorge, playing and composing. In 1998, at the age of 23, he released his first independent and self-composed job named “Roge e Bandavera”. Three years later he dedicated his whole time for the project “Rio de Verdade” (such as “The Real Rio”): throughout 4 sequences summers, the best team on Brazilian’s music made part of his concerts. Great names as João Bosco, Bezerra da Silva, Luis Melodia, Arlindo Cruz, Marcelo Falcão - O Rappa, Marcelo D2, Toni Garrido, Moraes Moreira, Beth Carvalho, Sandra de Sá, and much more were invited to play with him on stage and to make part of this huge family that keeps growing day by day, until nowadays. This project also gave Roge the opportunity of changing ideas and more and more compositions started to come out of his mind. As a result of it all, in 2003 his first solo cd was released: named “Roge”, was produced by him and his friend Alexandre Castilho, and brought compositions of his whole “family”: Duani, Gabriel Moura, Jovi Joviniano e Seu Jorge made part of this history. A four years break was enough for Roge to set up a new CD, “Brasil em Brasa” (something like “Brasil is Burning”, as a reference of the heat that happy people can exhale). Produced again by him and Chico Neves (Lenine, O Rappa), was released in Rio de Janeiro on December 2007, and in the whole country after October 2008. Here, the singer and composer signs nine at eleven tracks, and shows his admiration and his influences he got from his idols, the greatest Brazilian composers for him - Aldir Blanc, Paulo César Pinheiro and Chico Buarque de Hollanda – and also some other musician and artists of MPB and black music. Samba makes the basis, influenced by reggae, “sambalanço” (samba with swing), and great friends such as Arlindo Cruz and Mombaça join the family. As the lyric of his first single says, Roge is an art and takes part on this show! Be ready!