A gig held at Strange Brew on Tuesday 10th February. The event starts at 19:00.
Strange Brew presents
Sessa (6-piece) (São Paulo, Brazil)
+ special guests
Tuesday 10 February
19:00 - 22:30
SUPER Excited for this one! A rare chance for us to put on some Brazilian music and it happens to be some of the best and most breathtaking music we've heard in a long time, full stop...
Performing with his full 6-piece, São Paulo's Sessa embraces many musical references, from rock to jazz to samba and soul
His latest album 'Pequena Vertigem de Amor' is a pure masterpiece in class, channeling the late 70s slinky sophistication of Brazil’s MPB scene mixed with the psychedelic soul of Sly Stone and Shuggie Otis without straying from his sonic signature of acoustic guitar, Afro-Brazilian percussion and the dialogue between Sessa’s distinctive vocals and familial female chorus.
Sergio Sayeg (aka Sessa) is fascinated by “the mess” of music, “the crooked translations that music gets when it travels.” A cultural cannibal like the iconic Brazilian Tropicalistas from the late sixties, Sessa unapologetically and seamlessly mashes musical references, from rock to jazz to samba and soul. A Paulista (São Paulo native) by way of New York City, Sessa’s new album, Pequena Vertigem de Amor (Lil’ Vertigo of Love), expands the sonic universe he’s been building since his debut in 2019. “A bit more nocturnal, open ended, crooked funky,” Pequena Vertigem de Amor channels the late seventies slinky sophistication of Brazil’s MPB scene mixed with the psychedelic soul of Sly Stone and Shuggie Otis without straying from his sonic signature of acoustic guitar, Afro-Brazilian percussion and the dialogue between Sessa’s distinctive vocals and familial female chorus.
Sessa’s latest album, Pequena Vertigem de Amor, out in November on Mexican Summer, witnesses Sessa evolving musically, with new instruments (electric piano, drum machine, wah wah guitar) adding new colors to the existing vocal, acoustic and symphonic elements. Lyrically, this collection of songs is a reaction to and a celebration of becoming a father — it’s about personal growth, a new approach to time, reassessing the space music occupies in one’s life. “In an interesting way music became more mixed with my life,” says Sessa. Recorded over the better part of a year at the studio he co-founded (Estudio Cosmo) with Basile, “the songs on Pequena Vertigem de Amor are a mix of intimate chronicles and quiet meditations about life in the face of personal change, of experiencing something so big that you realise your insignificant size in space and time."
Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
Sessa (6-piece) (São Paulo, Brazil)
+ special guests
Tuesday 10 February
19:00 - 22:30
SUPER Excited for this one! A rare chance for us to put on some Brazilian music and it happens to be some of the best and most breathtaking music we've heard in a long time, full stop...
Performing with his full 6-piece, São Paulo's Sessa embraces many musical references, from rock to jazz to samba and soul
His latest album 'Pequena Vertigem de Amor' is a pure masterpiece in class, channeling the late 70s slinky sophistication of Brazil’s MPB scene mixed with the psychedelic soul of Sly Stone and Shuggie Otis without straying from his sonic signature of acoustic guitar, Afro-Brazilian percussion and the dialogue between Sessa’s distinctive vocals and familial female chorus.
Sergio Sayeg (aka Sessa) is fascinated by “the mess” of music, “the crooked translations that music gets when it travels.” A cultural cannibal like the iconic Brazilian Tropicalistas from the late sixties, Sessa unapologetically and seamlessly mashes musical references, from rock to jazz to samba and soul. A Paulista (São Paulo native) by way of New York City, Sessa’s new album, Pequena Vertigem de Amor (Lil’ Vertigo of Love), expands the sonic universe he’s been building since his debut in 2019. “A bit more nocturnal, open ended, crooked funky,” Pequena Vertigem de Amor channels the late seventies slinky sophistication of Brazil’s MPB scene mixed with the psychedelic soul of Sly Stone and Shuggie Otis without straying from his sonic signature of acoustic guitar, Afro-Brazilian percussion and the dialogue between Sessa’s distinctive vocals and familial female chorus.
Sessa’s latest album, Pequena Vertigem de Amor, out in November on Mexican Summer, witnesses Sessa evolving musically, with new instruments (electric piano, drum machine, wah wah guitar) adding new colors to the existing vocal, acoustic and symphonic elements. Lyrically, this collection of songs is a reaction to and a celebration of becoming a father — it’s about personal growth, a new approach to time, reassessing the space music occupies in one’s life. “In an interesting way music became more mixed with my life,” says Sessa. Recorded over the better part of a year at the studio he co-founded (Estudio Cosmo) with Basile, “the songs on Pequena Vertigem de Amor are a mix of intimate chronicles and quiet meditations about life in the face of personal change, of experiencing something so big that you realise your insignificant size in space and time."
Entry requirements: 14+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
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