Artist: L_cio, Tessuto & Robert Owens
Title: Get Back Up Again
Label: Music For Freaks
Cat: MFFD15050A
Genre: House
Release Date: 21/06/2024
Buy Link: https://www.beatport.com/release/rising/4580932 

What happens when you bring together a gifted multi-instrumentalist/producer, a cultural activist/DJ (both from Brazil) and a Chicago House legend? They create a stunning EP that remains true to MFF’s guiding principles and further solidifies the label’s commitment to celebrating the brilliance of true musical misfits in house music.

Robert Owens is an artist who needs no introduction. Arguably house music’s most recognizable voice, he was one-third of the legendary ‘Fingers Inc’ alongside fellow Chicago icons, Larry Heard and Ron Wilson. Now based in Berlin, Robert has also performed on many major club anthems including I’ll Be You Friend (David Morales), Mine To Give (Photek) and Lowlife (Layo and Bushwacker). A quote from i-D Magazine says it all, “If God could sing, he would sound like Robert Owens”.

L_cio (aka Laercio Schwantes) is a virtuoso flute player, studio maestro and live-electronic-musician with residencies in his native Sao Paulo and a string of prestigious festival appearances to his name including Dekmantel, DGTL, Mysteryland, and Rock in Ri. Navigating seamlessly between acoustic and digital production, L_cio's output transcends musical boundaries, as demonstrated by his instrumental contribution to Portable's 2014 crossover hit Surrender (‘Best New Track’ - Pitchfork).

Tessuto, is a former member of the diverse VoodooHop art collective, formed in Sao Paulo in 2009 with the aim of transforming the city’s abandoned buildings into creative spaces for music and art projects. In a city where 15,000 people live on the streets, Tessuto argues that reclaiming these areas is an important step in improving how people interact with their urban environment. Tessuto would subsequently create Carlos Capslock, the innovative squat parties dedicated to electronic music where L_cio, a fellow committed supporter of street-culture in Sao Paulo, is also a resident.

The coming together of these three artists began during the Pandemic lockdowns of 2020, when the world most needed a dose of unity and creativity. It started as a virtual jam session and led to two new productions being fully written, firstly Rising - a track featuring a sublime blend of strings and synths from the multi-instrumentalist L_cio, and the ever-timeless vocals from Robert. Followed by Get Back Up Again, a collaboration which brought in Paolo Tessuto to create an epic house/gospel fusion and a true testament to the power of electronic music to uplift and inspire.

On hearing the EP, we just had to send it to our friend of the label and the all-around-incredible-talent that is Luciano, who fell in love with Rising and gave us a 9-minute remix that blends all the musical elements into an epic minimal track.

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https://soundcloud.com/mff-musicforfreaks // https://soundcloud.com/lovercio // https://soundcloud.com/1986tessuto // https://soundcloud.com/robert-owens-official 

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L_cio, Tessuto & Robert Owens - Rising EP

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PREMIERE: L_cio, Tessuto & Robert Owens - Get Back Up Again [Music For Freaks]

What happens when you bring together a gifted multi-instrumentalist and producer, L_cio, a cultural activist and DJ, Tessuto, both from Brazil, and Chicago House legend Robert Owens? They create a stunning 'Rising' EP that remains true to Music For Freaks' guiding principles and further solidifies the label’s commitment to celebrating the brilliance of true musical misfits in house music. 

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Paulo Tessuto  has been a DJ for the past 11 years. He is also a music & cultural producer / activist, born in São Paulo. He was resident at D-Edge club from 2010 to 2015, and in 2010 he created the cultural intervention and character Carlos Capslock. 

He has played in festivals such as  Universo Paralello  (2013), Kaballah (2015)  Rock In Rio (2017) , Dekmantel festival São Paulo (2017 e 2018) and  Dekmantel South America Tour (2017), XXXperience (2018) and in several parties around almost all the Brazilian states. He also performed at some cultural institutions like  MIS-SP (Image and Sound Museum),  Goethe Institute,   Galeria Nacional,   CCBB-SP,   CCBB-BH , where the party  Carlos Capslock participated in the German exhibition " Zeitgeist, the art of new Berlin ". His party also participated in three editions of  Virada Cultural (2012 & 2104 and 2018),  SP na Rua (2015 e 2016, 2018) and in the street Carnival of São Paulo with the SP Beats street block with Gopslock, a partnership between Carlos Capslock and Gop Tun(2017 & 2 018 ).

He produced Capslock at Shift (Berlim), an annex of  Berlin Atonal festival. He also has produced events in partnership with the German Federal Government through the German Consulate in Brazil. In 2018 was invited by Mirik Milan and the Amsterdam Marjory to represent Brazil on the Night Life Round Tables. He participated as a speaker of the  RMC (current  Brasil Music Conference ) in 2014, 2016,  2017 and 2018  . He was nominated for the VI  Rio Music Conference 2016 as best "DJ Underground", while Carlos Capslock competed as "Party of the Year".

As a DJ he has been on 8 European tours since 2013 including cities like Berlin, London, Paris, Brussels, Istanbul, Malta, Rotterdam, Vien (among others) with gigs in several clubs such as  Salon Zur Wilde Renate , GoldenGate, Sisyphos,   Tresor, Chalet, Morlox, Griessmuehle, Else, Prince Charles , Mezcaleria Lupita,   SchwuZ,  Bar , Katerblau, BeatUwe , St.Georg,  F23, among many others.

He also runs the label  MEMNTGN alongside  L_cio (music producer Laercio Schwantes) with international distribution by the German label  Kompakt.  In 2017 he produced the fifth release of the label - Second Hand Food EP . As a music producer, he had tracks released by Gop Tun, Magic Black,  Rainbow Socks, Future Visions , Scandalo,  - where he released his first vinyl EP (2014).
In 2019 he started to produce along side the legend Gui Boratto and soon he will have his first release on D.O.C. Records.

As an event producer, he brought to Brazil artists such as  Isolée, Andy Blake , Pachanga Boys, Alexander Robotnick , Sebastian Voigt , Danny Daze, Axel Boman , Virginia,   Gui Boratto,   Peak & Swift, Paranoid London, Ryan Elliott, DJ Hell, Rebolledo, Renato Cohen,  Anna and  DJ Mau Mau among many ohters 

Paulo also created  Rivotrio,  the trio elétrico (electric car) of the Capslock party, and he was responsible for the opening party of the PopPorn festival between 2013 and 2015.

As a traveling cosmic metamorphosis,  Paulo Tessuto lies through the Brazilian and international musical and cultural space as a force that mixes engagement, fun, and madness of the purest quality. Tessuto is a media multiverse in the form of a person: he creates fanzines, makes videos, is a music producer and his greatest talents are applied as a DJ and producer.

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