Cibelle

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Cibelle
Cibelle lives in London, United Kingdom
Cibelle lives in London, United Kingdom
Background information
Birth nameCibelle Cavalli Bastos
Born (1978-01-02) 2 January 1978 (age 43)
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Genres
  • experimental
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • performance artist
  • Visual artist
  • Record producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
  • Piano
  • Electronics
  • Sampler
  • Percussion
  • Multi-instrumentalist

Cibelle (born Cibelle Cavalli Bastos in São Paulo, Brazil, 1978) is a visual artist and musician based in London, Berlin and São Paulo. They graduated in 2015 from the Royal College of Art in London. Cibelle has released four music albums and has performed and presented work in venues such as Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin, Museo Reina Sofia Madrid, ICA London, Carnegie Hall New York, Serpentine Marathon, 28th and 31st São Paulo Biennial among others.

Cibelle Cavalli Bastos has a conceptual, expanded field and interdisciplinary practice that includes thought production, performance, sound art, video, painting, sculpture and installation. Currently operating daily through social media stories under @aevtarperform, researching intrapolitics and devising nanopolitics through deprogramming self/ID of societal malware at a personal and collective level, their work addresses the deconstruction and formation of identities and what stands in between the self and presence as our multi-selves interact with each other and our surroundings. #deprogramming

Biography[]

Cibelle Cavalli Bastos was born in São Paulo, Brazil, 2 January 1978. They attended the Marcelo Tupinambá Conservatory in São Paulo from the age of 6, where they studied guitar, piano, percussion and theatre. They had a short career modelling in their teens, but left it to dedicate themselves to acting and art. They worked in musicals, short films, and Brazilian TV, until music took a stronger lead in their life, followed by their focus in art practice and research.

After meeting the Serbian-born producer Suba, they appeared as the main vocalist on his album, São Paulo Confessions, on Ziriguiboom (Crammed Discs' Brazilian imprint) in 1999. A mixture of traditional and electronic sounds São Paulo Confessions is regarded as an important precursor and a landmark album for Brazilian Electronic Music.[citation needed] Suba died shortly after the album's release.

Cibelle next appeared on Celso Fonseca's album, Natural (2003). Their first solo album, Cibelle, was also released in 2003. Signed to Belgian record label Crammed Discs[1] at the age of 22, they started spending more time in Europe, specifically Paris. By the completion of their first album, they moved to London's Brick Lane, and has since been living in East London.[2]

Music and Methodology[]

Cibelle creates concept albums.[3]

Their band is made up of around 10 musicians or more who each get together as trios. depending on the country of performance. Their latest performances ranged from having two drum kits on stage, to having none at all.

Cibelle works by building tracks live on stage, with special guests and audience members contributing to their "bric-a-brac DIY" sound through vocals, playfulness and instrumental experimentation. Since moving to Dalston, they have been working more with visual arts and performance, taking part in the movement with – also a part of Assume Vivid Astro Focus – and collaborating as a part of collective and artzine FUR, run by photographer and artist/printmaker .[4]

Collaborations[]

Cibelle has collaborated with a range of music and visual artists all over the world for recordings, film, performance, and installation, including: Devendra Banhart, The Real Tuesday Weld, Seu Jorge, Cocorosie, Rio en Medio, Gilberto Gil, , Vanessa da Mata, Orquestra Imperial, Vetiver, Lightspeed Champion, Josh Weller, David Shrigley, Tom Zé, Johnny Flynn, Quist, Tunng, members of Nação Zumbi and The Legendary Tigerman.

Discography[]

Albums[]

  • Cibelle (2003)
  • The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves (2006) (cover art by Cibelle)
  • Las Vênus Resort Palace Hotel (2010)
  • Unbinding (2013)

EPs[]

  • About a Girl EP (2005)
  • Noite de Carnaval/Matthew Herbert Remixes (2005)
  • Green Grass EP (2007)
  • White Hair EP (2008)

Collaborations[]

  • Suba (1999), São Paulo Confessions (vocals on 3 tracks), Crammed Discs.
  • Suba (2002), Tributo (vocals on 4 tracks), Crammed Discs.
  • O Cheiro do Ralo, OST, 2006.
  • Electric Gypsyland 2, Crammed Discs, 2006: 1 track by Kocani Orkestar remixed by Cibelle.
  • Nove, Apollo (2005), Res Inexplicata Volans, Crammed Discs: vocals on 3 tracks
  • Worried Noodles (TomLab Records, 2008): 1 original track
  • Femina by The Legendary Tiger Man (2009): vocals on 2 tracks

References[]

  1. ^ Crammed, BE.
  2. ^ "Cibelle", Brazil (interview), Sounds & Colours.
  3. ^ You tube (video), UK: Google.
  4. ^ Furzine, UK.

External links[]

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