Leonardo Marques

Leonardo Marques
Leonardo Marques - Belo Horizonte, MG (2020) by Lucca Mezzacappa
Leonardo Marques - Belo Horizonte, MG (2020) by Lucca Mezzacappa
Background information
Birth nameLeonardo Rios Marques
Born (1978-12-02) December 2, 1978 (age 46)
OriginBelo Horizonte, Brazil
GenresFolk, MPB, Blues, Rock, Alt Rock, Indie Rock
Instrument(s)Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Vocals
LabelsDisk Union, La Femme Qui Roule, Think Records, 180g
Websitehttps://ilhadocorvo.com/

Leonardo Rios Marques is a Brazilian singer songwriter, music producer, sound engineer and owner of the Ilha do Corvo studios, and is one of the founders of the La Femme Qui Roule.[1] record label. He studied at Fundação de Educação Artística in Belo Horizonte, the Silverlake Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, California and at UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais).

Background

Marques was the guitar player of the band Diesel[2] (later called Udora). The band was on the main line up of the Rock in Rio III Festival, playing for over 250 thousand people as an opening act for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverchair and Deftones. He moved to Los Angeles with the band and signed a record deal with Clive Davis (J-records/RCA) and worked with Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Faith no more) Gavin Mackillop (Goo Goo Dolls, Toad the wet sprocket) Camus (David Byrne, Arto Lindsay) Bob Marlette (Black Sabbath, Tracy Chapman, Alice Cooper) e Thom Russo, 16th times Grammy Award (Michael Jackson, Audioslave, Johnny Cash, Maná).

Moving back to Brazil he recorded for Som Livre his last work with Udora,[3] co-produced with Henrique Portugal (Skank) and founded the band Transmissor, which has 3 studio records - Sociedade do Crivo Mútuo (2008),[4] Nacional (2011)[5] e De Lá Não Ando Só (2014)[6] - the last one produced by Carlos Eduardo Miranda[7] (Skank, O Rappa, Cansei de Ser Sexy, Mundo Livre SA).

Solo career

Leonardo Marques has released three solo records - "Dia e noite no mesmo céu[8]” (2012), "Curvas, lados, linhas tortas sujas e discretas[9][10]” (2015), which was released in Japan by Disk Union, where he toured in 2015, and in 2018 he released his third solo record - “Early Bird”[11][12] on CD by Think Records/Disk Union[13] in Japan. Also released in the US, Europe and Japan on vinyl through the French record label 180g together with Disk Union.

Latest Productions

Among with the releases of over 100 records, singles and EPs, in 2018 Rolling Stone magazine featured “Thinking Out Loud”[14] by the band Moons one of the best 25 records of the year which Leonardo recorded, produced, mixed and mastered. Long time collaborator with the band Maglore, He produced together with Rafael Ramos[15] (Titãs, Elza Soares, João Donato, Pitty) the latest two records released by Deck Disc - "III[16]" (2015) and “Todas as bandeiras[17]” (2017). He also featured as a guitar player on Maglore's 2019 DVD “Maglore Ao Vivo[18]”, recorded at Cine Joia, São Paulo - Brazil.

In October 2018 he recorded Milton Nascimento together with the Californian record producer Jonathan Wilson (Roger Waters, Father John Misty, Dawes, Jackson Browne) the drummer and producer Joey Waronker (R.E.M, Beck, Atoms for peace, Roger Waters) and the bass player and Producer Gus Seyffert (Black Keys, Beck, Dr. Dog, Roger Waters, Norah Jones).[19] 

He produced several releases For Natura Musical, including Iconili's latest album, “Quintais”, featured Paulo Santos (Uakti),[20] and Azul Flamingo EP produced together with Pupillo (Nação Zumbi, Céu, Erasmo Carlos, Gal Costa, Nando Reis)[21] and also Teago Oliveira (Maglore) first solo record[22]

In 2020 Leonardo Marques featured on two tracks of Maxime Guiguet's (Blundetto) sixth studio record entitled “Good Good Things”,[23] ten years after his debut with “Bad Bad Things”, featuring also the Moroccan singer Hindi Zahra and Hervé Salters, member of General Elektriks.[24]

Discography

Diesel

Diesel (2000)

Independent release

Udora

Liberty Square (2005)

Goodbye, Alô (2008)

Independent release

Transmissor

Sociedade do Crivo Mútuo (2008)

Nacional (2011)

De Lá Não Ando Só (2014)

Record Label - Ultra music

Solo career

Dia e noite no mesmo céu (2012)

Curvas, lados, linhas tortas sujas e discretas (2015)

Early Bird (2018)

Record Label - La Femme aqui Roule

Think Records - Disk Union

180g

Maglore

III (2015)

Todas as bandeiras (2017)

Maglore Ao vivo (2019)

Record Label - Deck Disc

Congo Congo

Congo Congo (2017)

Record Label - La Femme Qui Roule

Blundetto

Good Good Things - (2020)

Record Label - Heavenly sweetness

References

  1. ^ Dia, Frederico Haikal/Hoje em (16 March 2015). "Trabalho de Leonardo Marques tem selo próprio". HOME (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  2. ^ "A vida após a falência de uma promessa do rock nacional". www.vice.com (in Portuguese). 4 July 2017. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  3. ^ Internet (amdb.com.br), AMDB. "Rolling Stone · UDORA". Rolling Stone (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  4. ^ TEMPO, O. (2013-04-25). "Grupo Transmissor lança CD". Magazine (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  5. ^ "Disco: "Nacional", Transmissor – Miojo Indie" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 November 2011. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  6. ^ Internet (amdb.com.br), AMDB. "Rolling Stone · Força e União em Grupo". Rolling Stone (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  7. ^ Entretenimento, Portal Uai (2014-04-27). "Transmissor faz parceria com produtor Carlos Eduardo Miranda em CD". Portal Uai Entretenimento (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  8. ^ Dia e Noite no Mesmo Céu, retrieved 2020-08-17
  9. ^ Ribeiro, Raul (March 23, 2015). "Leonardo Marques - Curvas, Lados, Linhas Tortas, Sujas e Discretas". Radio UFSCar. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  10. ^ Curvas, Lados, Linhas Tortas, Sujas e Discretas, retrieved 2020-08-17
  11. ^ "Leonardo Marques – Early Bird, a playlist by cciiniicc on Spotify". Spotify. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  12. ^ "Resenha: "Early Bird", Leonardo Marques – Miojo Indie" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 22 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  13. ^ "【発売】宅録世代のブラジリアンSSW、レオナルド・マルケスの3rdアルバム!｜ニュース&インフォメーション｜LATIN/BRAZIL/WORLD MUSIC｜ディスクユニオン･オンラインショップ｜diskunion.net". ディスクユニオン通販サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  14. ^ Internet (amdb.com.br), AMDB. "Rolling Stone · Rolling Stone Brasil: os 50 melhores discos nacionais de 2018". Rolling Stone (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  15. ^ "Maglore – Todas as Bandeiras (Álbum) | Deckdisc" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  16. ^ "Maglore – III | Deckdisc" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  17. ^ "Banda Maglore dá salto qualitativo no álbum pop 'Todas as bandeiras' | G1 Música Blog do Mauro Ferreira". Mauro Ferreira (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 October 2017. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  18. ^ "Maglore festeja os 10 anos da banda com gravação ao vivo, em São Paulo, de show inédito". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 January 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  19. ^ "Mônica Bergamo: Músicos de Roger Waters vão gravar com Milton Nascimento". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  20. ^ "Exclusivo | Iconili desvenda as camadas de "Quintais" em faixa a faixa". NOIZE | Música do site à revista. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  21. ^ "FESTIVAL SONÂNCIAS". Esquema Novo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  22. ^ "Teago Oliveira – Boa Sorte | Deckdisc" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  23. ^ "Good Good Things, la mosaïque musicale de Blundetto". PAM - Pan African Music (in French). 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  24. ^ Música (2020-06-18). "DJ francês Blundetto lança Good Good Things, coleção nostálgica de groove latino e caribenho". Revista O Grito! — Cultura pop, cena independente, música, quadrinhos e cinema (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-08-17.