Meta_ is Mariana Bragada, a singer, composer, and producer from the region of Trás-os-Montes in Northern Portugal. Her debut album, XIV - A Integração, is intimate and organic, with deeply emotive vocals and acoustic instrumentation, yet at the same time heavily features electronic production with deep bass and atmospheric soundscapes. She brings together elements of organic downtempo and trip-hop with ancestral wisdom and yearning vocals that express her hardships and fantasies while reflecting her Portuguese roots. 

XIV- A Integração is the sonic journey of Meta_, born in Trás-os-Montes Portugal, from her roots to South America. 
In 2019 she traveled to Pucallpa, Peru, where she had the opportunity and honor to connect with the Ayahuasca medicine plant and be in the presence of a family of Maestros and Maestras from the Shipibo tribe. Coincidentally, in the following 2 weeks, she performed Live Sound Design for Theatre shows of UmColetivo in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Montevideo, Uruguay. 
This album is Meta_'s ode to Mother Earth and the human experience, highlighting the symbiosis of organic sound with electronics, tied together with her unique voice. 
Emotions, visions and lyrics are expressed in 3 languages ​​- Portuguese, Spanish and English. It is in this complementarity that a unique sonic universe is created, born of Portuguese ancestry united with the internal and external journeys of Meta_ across the world. 
The songs were written, composed and sung by Meta_ with 2 international collaborations - Labaq (Brazil) and Bom Beijo (Sweden) and percussionist Manu Idhra (PT). Meta_ produced the album, with Bom Beijo jointly producing 7 songs. 
This is the space for integrating Meta_'s life lessons. Beyond duality, this album is based on the colorful, intimate and empowering spectrum of revealing yourself to the world, just as you are, with fears, dreams, pain and love. It’s about death, about life, about being here. 
It was in South America that Meta_ was born again and, so far from the land where she lives, she felt at home. It is with this journey and its alchemy manifested in the album, that the common and cross-border value that music has of union, ancestry and healing is visibly awakened. 
“I use the roots as wings, I will be a flying tree.” 
credits
released May 19, 2023 

Instrument & Voice Recordings- Bragança, in my family’s backyard kitchen (2020), Porto (2021), Sertã, Passaria- Martin and Juliana’s House (2022) 
Voice Recording- with Pedro Pulga in SoundHill Studios, Porto, Portugal 

Mixing: Cláudio Tavares 
Mastering: Yosi Horkiawa 
Design: Clau Smith 
Photography Cover: Ana Marta Dias 
Tapestry- João Freitas, amargo, Ruben Roxo, Meta_ 
Card Photography Team- Makeup- Ruben Roxo, Styling- Gonçalo Vieira , Vídeo- Flávio Silva, Jewerly- Mariana Castro, Vibes- Sofia Costa, Frederico, João Freitas, Support- Bernardo Bacalhau, Daniela Gandra - Aldeia de Couce, Porto 

Card inspired by VisionQuest Tarot by Gayan S. Winter and Jo Dose

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Kelan Phil Cohran & Legacy - Cohran Blues

Sophie Hunger - A Protest Song (DasNichts Remix)

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Bina Coquet - violão manouche
Seo Manouche - contrabaixo acústico
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Gravado e mixado por Ric Palma no estúdio Minster www.minsterestudio.com
Foto: Studio Nanah D´Luize
Direção artística e capa: Diego Ruiz

Swing Gitan - Angelo Debarre (Seo Manouche)

ElPeche - Sonido Trópico  Warm Up Festival  Ressonar

Last week, Métron Musik Mixtape 022 reached it’s finale with a beautiful collaboration between Kaleema and Lido Pimienta, two of my favourite South American artists. That was a passing of the torch for this weeks mix, as Columbian born Toronto resident Lido Pimienta is at the reigns of Métron Musik Mixtape 023, a fascinating exploration of vocal styles from around the globe. The singer, producer, visual artist and curator made a massive impact on me with her own vocal performances featuring on tracks alongside the incomparable Chancha Via Circuito (her performance on ‘Jardines’ is particularly magnificent). I was later to discover her solo record ‘Color’ which was released back in 2010 and showcases her unique talents as a solo artist. I was delighted when I was able to speak with her and thrilled that Lido wanted to contribute a mixtape to the series.

Pimienta is clearly an artist fascinated with the human voice, and this is certainly evident as she treats us to a raucous array of vocal performances in her Métron Musik Mixtape. Tribal chants from a range of cultural backgrounds are interspersed with modern electronica, bass, folklore, vocal spots from Lido herself and eventually culminating in a powerful A Capella rendition of her new track Agua from the forthcoming ‘La Papessa’ LP.  I can’t say that I’ve heard a mix quite like it.

Further to her musical work Lido is a fervent supporter of women in technology and arts, a passionate voice promoting her Latin heritage, and somebody who takes a keen interest in the local music and art scene in Toronto. She’s also a talented visual artist and was keen to produce the artwork to pair with her mixtape - a beautiful illustration from her ‘Flower Girl’ series (you can read more about this in her fascinating Q&A with us). 

If you enjoy what you hear you can check out more of Lido’s work on her social pages listed below, and keep your ear to the ground for the planned release of her new LP later this year.
 
Facebook: /lido.pimienta.musica
Soundcloud: @lido-pimienta
Artwork: Lido Pimienta

You can see the tracklist for the mix, as well as an interview with Lido by clicking the Métron button below the player.

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Métron Mixtape - 023 - Lido Pimienta

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Vocal taken from movie "Black Cat White Cat" from Emir Kusturica.
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