ILLEGAL PLANET
a noir in technicolor

all songs written by Rita Braga 
produced by Rita Braga and Rodrigo Cardoso 
mastered by Tó Pinheiro da Silva
cover photo by Fernando Martins

Rita Braga 
vocals, organ, synths, drum machine, ukulele, banjolele

  guests: 
Frankão – pandeiro
 Gustavo Costa – snare drum 
Henrique Fernandes – electric double bass 
Luís Bittencourt – marimba, vibraphone, waterphone, rói-rói, cuíca, tamborim, guitar 
Nik Phelps – saxophone, bass
 Phil MFU – synthesizer & drones
 Rodrigo Cardoso – bass

Released by Comets Coming/Groovie Records

"Rita.. The cosmic crooner 
The space dust chanteuse 
The spotlight star of the ghost riders in the sky gypsy caravan.
Autodidact, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter & scholar of esoteric magic and folk tunes from the Balkans to the Bosporus and beyond. Her twilight purr, typically accompanied by the hum of a spacecraft engine or a tremolo laser beam, seems both foreign & futuristic — yet warmly familiar, as it's evocative of the ancient traditions that lurk dormant in the collective caveman unconscious that lays coiled up in us all, waiting to emerge.
Rita Braga is the top torch singer working today; a titan, an inspiration, and a maverick of style. If Vegas had any class anymore she would be booked solid at The Sands through the next century."
- Ian Svenonius

Rita Braga - Illegal Planet

music and lyrics: Rita Braga

Rita Braga - vocals, drum machine
Luís Bittencourt - vibraphone
Henrique Fernandes - double bass

mixed by Rodrigo Cardoso
mastered by António Pinheiro da Silva

Illegal Planet MIX 44k 24b Master

music and lyrics by: Rita Braga

Rita Braga - vocals, organ, synth, drum machine
Luís Bittencourt - waterphone, e-bow guitar, rói-rói
Henrique Fernandes - double bass

mixed by Rodrigo Cardoso
mastered by António Pinheiro da Silva

Spooky Mambo MIX 44k 24b Master

music and lyrics by: Rita Braga

Rita Braga - vocals, organ, synth, drum machine
Phil MFU - synth solos, drone

mixed by Rodrigo Cardoso
mastered by António Pinheiro da Silva

Astro Rumba MIX 44k 24b V2 APS Master

music and lyrics by: Rita Braga

Rita Braga - vocals, synths, drum machine
Nik Phelps - bass, saxophone

mixed by Rodrigo Cardoso
mastered by António Pinheiro da Silva

Nothing Came From Nowhere MIX V2 APS Master

music and lyrics by: Rita Braga

Rita Braga - vocals, drum machine, ukulele, organ
Luís Bittencourt - tamborim, cuíca w/ fx, marimba

mixed by Rodrigo Cardoso
mastered by António Pinheiro da Silva

Flores Indigestas MIX 44k 24b V2 APS Master

music by: Rita Braga

Rita Braga - drum machines, synths
Frankão - pandeiro

mixed by Rodrigo Cardoso
mastered by António Pinheiro da Silva

O Sorriso Do Papagaio MIX 44k 24b Master

music and lyrics by: Rita Braga

Rita Braga - vocals, organ, drum machine
Nik Phelps - saxophone
Luís Bittencourt - guitar

mixed by Rodrigo Cardoso
mastered by António Pinheiro da Silva

Radio Pardal MIX 44k 24b V2 APS Master

music and lyrics by: Rita Braga

Rita Braga - vocals, organ, banjolele
Gustavo Costa - drums
Nik Phelps - saxophone

mixed by Rodrigo Cardoso
mastered by António Pinheiro da Silva

Ikea Snow MIX 44k 24b R Master

music and lyrics by: Rita Braga

Rita Braga - vocals, synths, drum machine
Nik Phelps - saxophone

mixed by Rodrigo Cardoso
mastered by António Pinheiro da Silva

Chien Mystérieux MIX 44k 24b Master

music and lyrics by: Rita Braga

Rita Braga - vocals, organ, ukulele, midi, drum machine

mixed by Rodrigo Cardoso
mastered by António Pinheiro da Silva

Pony MIX 44k 24b Master

music and lyrics by: Rita Braga

Rita Braga - vocals, midi (bass, mellotron, bells)

mixed by Rodrigo Cardoso
mastered by António Pinheiro da Silva

Unclassified MIX 44k 24b Master

Rita Braga is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Portugal. Over the last decade she has performed all across Europe and also in the US, Brazil, Australia and Japan. Her many influences include classic cinema, cabaret, post punk, tropicalia and astral travels. From time to time she receives insight from cartoon personalities in her dreams (such as Bugs Bunny) on how to conduct her career.