Luca Argel - 'Conversa de Fila' Vinyl

“He disarms the world with his peace. Luca Argel’s music tenderly touches the words. His samba seduces with its sweetness and simplicity, savours everyday life and transforms it. But this simplicity has layers. Through guitar and percussion with kitchen objects, he crafts a stripped-back sound to highlight the poetic artistry of the songs. He bites into and mangles the words, plays with rhymes and twists the Portuguese language around outlandish themes. He draws inspiration from other sambistas and takes them to new places — the art of swallowing is the creative force of his Brazil. These are songs imbued with humour and the lyrical power of the world’s minutiae: forbidden loves, conversations with strangers, nostalgic childhoods, tropical Christmases and gentrification. Everyday on the surface, political between the lines. Because even when the world is sick, the best thing to do is keep singing and smiling.”

Ana Patrícia Silva (Time Out Porto – March, 2019)