When Lilian Vieira came to the Netherlands, she had almost completed her training as a nurse in Brazil. Because she was not allowed to finish her education in the Netherlands, she devoted herself to her hobby: singing. That coincidence ultimately resulted in the best Brazilian group from outside Brazil. As the charismatic front woman of the trio Zuco 103, she invented the 'brazilelectro', which made
… many people in the Netherlands (and far beyond) dance. For her first solo album, Vieira returns to the music of her youth, the sound of the 'sambasoul' that came from Rio's many transistor radios in the 1970s. Vieira and her Dutch backing band play their own compositions, but each one sounds as if they were composed on a Brazilian beach thirty years ago. Compared to Zuco, Lilian solo sounds a bit less electronic, but everyone who fell in love with her full voice at the time will certainly enjoy this great album. (PdK)more
