Alexandre Kassin

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Alexandre Kamal Kassin (* 1974 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian music producer , singer , composer and multi-instrumentalist . He himself is one of the well-known figures in the Brazilian avant-garde scene.

Career

Kassin founded the +2 group together with Moreno Veloso and Domenico Lancelotti . ("+2" stands for one plus two more) His early albums are characterized by rather difficult to digest, strange music. For example, he created an album based on the sounds of a Gameboy. It thus covers a broad spectrum of musical styles from tropical , electro-acoustic music to pieces that can be assigned to the garage house genre.

Kassin is the director of the Orquestra Imperial and works as a producer for acts like Bebel Gilberto and Marisa Monte .

In 2008, he composed the music for the anime - TV series Michiko to Hatchin that in a fictional, Brazil-inspired country.

Under his own name he released the albums "Free USA (Sob o pseudônimo de Artificial)" (2005), "Sonhando Devagar" (2011) and "Relax" (2018).

Discography of the + 2s

  • Moreno + 2: Máquina de Escrever Música (2000, ROCKiT!)
    • by the label Luaka Bop also as Moreno Veloso + 2: Music Typewriter (2001) and later Moreno + 2: Music Typewriter (2005)
  • Domenico + 2: Sincerely Hot (2003)
  • Kassin + 2: Futurismo (2007)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tobias Imbach: Kassin +2 - Futurismo. (No longer available online.) Exit.music, May 4, 2007, archived from the original on October 26, 2007 ; Retrieved November 27, 2008 .
  2. ↑ http://www.rockit.com.br/index1.php → Catálogo
personal data
SURNAME Kassin, Alexandre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kassin, Alexandre Kamal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian music producer, singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Rio de Janeiro