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Loosh

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Luz, pronounced "Loosh" means light in Portuguese, but it is also the surname of siblings Squirrel and Luz who together with their friend Kat have been experimenting for years with mixing their native Brazilian rhythms with folky guitars, Indie and Jazzy elements all tied up with soft Brazilian female vocals with a touch of Bossa Nova melancholy to it.
Far from being traditional, Loosh brings a new feel to Brazilian music, that of a group not afraid of experimenting, expanding, creating on a much loved style but without corrupting it, for the rhythm, bossa, does come imprinted in their DNAs.
[kat says] a kat (stoopid), a squirrel (?!?) and a girl. exiled | originally from somewhere else | then come softsynths, sequencers and broadband internet | the guitars and the cuica are from before exile, though. Check out this video: Dreams And Lies

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Member Since: 6/7/2006
Band Website: http://www.looshmusic.net
Band Members: Luz Taylor - Singing | Squirrel - Rhythm Programming/Accoustic guitars/Bass/Keyboards | KatStoopid - Electric Guitar/Loops/Softsynths
Influences: Our Parents Records, mainly Brazilian Samba in many forms (Ataulfo Alves, Paulinho da Viola, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Originais do Samba), New Order, Nick Drake, Love, and even bands as far apart as Led Zeppelin and Kraftwerk and a bit of the chants of Macumba at the beach in Rio in New Year's Eve or in "Terreiros".

Sounds Like: At times as if Bossa Nova decided to take a holiday and get more informal, at others as a marriage of Rio and Manchester, Samba and Folk, Continental Brazilian, Contemporary Brazilian, Toca Bonito
Type of Label: Unsigned

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the loosh heads are gearing up for the recording of their third collection of songs....[they used to be called albums days past]you can check the progress in http://looshorious.blogspot.com/
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:01:00 GMT

What was on [JANUARY]

1  Stereolab  Cybele's Reverie2  Sombras Q Surgem  Buraco Suburbano3  A Certain Ratio  Naked and White4  Brazil Back in Bossa  Cry For Help5  Brazilian Samba Group  Favela6  Manu Chao  El ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:49:00 GMT