This is a solo album featuring artists from both Brazil and Washington DC. Most songs, except for one, are in Portuguese. The album navigates through several genres, from folk and acoustic to electro pop. 

Este é um álbum solo, com a participação de artistas do Brazil e Washington DC. A maioria das canções, exceto uma, são em Português. O album navega por gêneros diferentes, de canções puramente acústicas a canções eletro-pops.

08 Distance To The Sun M2

07 Vislumbres M2

06 Perdoe M2

05 Danca Da Vida M3

04 Meu Eu M3

03 Miguel M2

02 Hipnose M2

Artwork by Ricardo Marques (www.marques.com.br)

Produced and Engineered by Rogério Naressi and James Reber
Mastered by Fred Teixeira

Drums: Jesse Paller
Bass: Andrew Jordan
Guitars: James Reber
Piano/Synths: Rogério Naressi
Horns: Fernando Benadon, Ben Gartenstein and Brian Huff
Vocals: Stephane Detchou
Background vocals, whistles and claps: Aaron Green, Liz Martin, Elizabeth Cookson and Paul Oehlers.

This Is The One (feat. Stephane Detchou)

artwork by Ricardo Marques (www.marques.com.br)

I’m always there 
When it’s not fair 
Where’s the air? 
I’m always there 
I’m always there 
I light up my night 
Shadow your flight. 
I’m always there. 

I’m always there. 
It’s not fair 
Where’s the air? 
I’m always there 
My tears are blue, 
They’ve hurt you 
We ration the light and bask in the bright 

I’m always there! 
I’m always there! 
I’m always there! 
I’m always there! 

My tears are blue 
They’ve hurt you 
We ration the light and bask in the bright. 

When it boils over 
Nobody can ever tell me it’s alright 
Except you.

Produced and Engineered by Rogerio Naressi 
Music by Rogerio Naressi 
Lyrics by Roarke 

Drums: Jesse Paller 
Bass: Andrew Jordan 
Piano/Synths: Rogerio Naressi 
Guitars: James Reber
Strings: Kaitlyn Mesic, Jayk Cherry, Chris Hacnik and Olivia Katz 
Vocals: Roarke

Special thanks to Fernando Benadon for helping out with the strings part.

I'm Always There (feat. Roarke)

Artwork by Ricardo Marques (www.marques.com.br) 

Lyrics: 

Manhã 
Realidade e miragens mergem ao meu redor 
A luz do sol 
Derrete as sombras e aquece os corpos sob os lençóis 

Não há lugar melhor que aqui 
Tudo o que quero é estar aqui 
Meus olhos não querem se abrir 

Meio acordados 
Pés entrelaçados 
Quase sem querer 
É como uma febre, 
Queima na minha pele 
Faz eu me render 

Shut my eyes 
Drift off into a sunny comatose 
Anything goes 
Red morning light breaks through the shades 
And our bodies awake 
Let’s forget all of our mistakes 

We’re still half asleep 
Our skins sticking to the sheets 
There’s nowhere else I’d rather be 

Get lost in a daydream 
Not thinking clearly lately 
Got you on my mind 
Stick to me like sunburn 
Always make my head turn 
Tell me you’ll spend the night.
credits

Original music by Jay Nemeyer (Color Palette) 
Arranged, produced and engineered by Rogério Naressi 
Mastered by Fred Teixeira 

Drums: Mike Romadka 
Cello: Keun Tae "Roy" Park 
Piano/vocals/synth: Rogério Naressi 

Special thanks to Fernando Benadon for helping out with the cello part.

Sunburn (Queima Na Minha Pele)

Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound 
That saved a wretch like me 
I once was lost, but now am found 
Was blind but now I see 

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear 
And Grace, my fears relieved 
How precious did that grace appear 
The hour I first believed 

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, 
And mortal life shall cease, 
I shall possess, within the veil, 
A life of joy and peace.

Drums: Denis Mariano 
Acoustic Guitar: Du Gomide 
Vocals: Fred Teixeira & Hannah Pinkuss 
artwork: Ricardo Marques 
Produced and engineered by Rogério Weis Naressi & Fred Teixeira

Amazing Grace (feat. Hannah Pinkuss)

Parece que você tá sempre aflita
Olhar revelando inveja e conflito
Tu junta ódio, mofo, fofoca e intriga
Dá dó de dizer mas sai desse lixo

Ah, devo admitir
Tudo o que quero é te ver sumir

Cê sabe que eu sempre sô discreta
Carrego no peito amor infinito 
Eu trago calma, malemolência e riso
E todos me dizem "você tá certa"

Ah, eu não sei mentir
E todos querem me ver sorrir

Quando você (a gente) vai parar?
Tudo isso é blá, bláblá

(Ele) Parece que você sempre é discreta
(Ela) Cê sabe que eu sempre sô aflita

(Ele) Olhar revelando amor infinito
(Ela) Carrego no peito inveja e conflito
 
(Ele) Tu junta calma, malemolência e riso
(Ela) Eu trago ódio, mofo, fofoca e intriga

(Ele) Dá dó de dizer mas você tá certa
(Ela) E todos me dizem "sai desse lixo"

(Ele) Ah, eu não sei mentir
      Tudo que quero é te ver sorrir

(Ela) Ah, vou admitir
      Que todos querem me ver sumir

Drums: Denis Mariano
Vocals: Fred Teixeira/Dani Zan
Sax: Sérgio Freire

Produced and Engineered by Rogério Naressi and Fred Texeira
Artwork by Ricardo Marques (www.marques.com.br)

Imiscível (feat. Dani Zan)

I remember back when I was a kid 
I used to have fun in whatever I did 
If it wasn’t fun I’d find something that is 
And if somebody said “no” I ain’t give two shits 

I was free as a bird 
Anything that went against me was unheard 
Until I started believing in words 
And in time my mind learned being free was 
absurd. 

And then, that was the moment I fell 
Bought into anything the world could sell 
Trusted it all because they knew it so well 
But the truth is it only brings you closer to hell 

And so I had to take a step back 
Retract the lies in my mind forget that 
Rewind to an earlier time and get back 
To that heaven inside your mind and live that 

Remember who you are 
Full of life and wonder 

I remember way back in the day 
There lived a little girl and she loved to play 
She never let anybody get in the way 
She’d just keep going 
She ain’t care what you’d say 

Now, shorty’s getting a little bigger 
And her self-confidence starts to whither 
There’s all sorts of family talks over dinner 
“You gotta get paid if you wanna be a winner” 

And she believed the lie 
That she’s not all she needs to get by 
It’s not true baby girl just realize 
That nothing in sight is worth more than your life 

Remember who you are 
Full of life and wonder 
Don’t you fret, don’t you cry 
The child is still inside

Drums: Denis Mariano 
Vocals: Cody Valentine, Donovan Duvall (mr. daywalker) and Desiré McNeill (_qisum) 
Produced and engineered by Rogerio Naressi & Fred Teixeira 
artwork by Ricardo Marques

Remember Who You Are (feat. Cody Valentine, mr. daywalker & _qisum)

Recorded at Gramofone Studios by Rogério Naressi
Mixed at 8 Sons Studios and Gramofone Studios by Rogerio Naressi
Mastered at Gramofone Studios by Fred Teixeira


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Recorded at Gramofone Studios and 8 Sons Studios by Rogério Naressi and Álvaro Ramos
Mixed at 8 Sons Studios by Rogério Naressi
Produced by Jérôme Gras



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