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Rio de Janeiro indie group embarks on two international tours as it returns to the stage with a new line-up and increasingly sharpens its unique sound, between post-punk, krautrock, Brazilian guitar and noise<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Formed during one of the most turbulent periods in recent Brazilian history (which has seen a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat, political imprisonment, and the rise of the extreme right), Oru\u00e3 was idealized by L\u00ea Almeida, a cultural agitator in Rio\u2019s independent scene, through his label Transfus\u00e3o Noise Records. Based around the meeting point that became the Escrit\u00f3rio, a space of collective creation which fosters an artistic community and a music scene that dialogues with the Brazilian underground from a unique place, Oru\u00e3 emerged in improvisation sessions that mixed repetitive bass lines, electric phrases and indie guitar solos, doses of feedback and wall of noise to afrobeat and Brazilian references that ranged from Luiz Gonzaga\u2019s primal Pernambuco sound to Brazilian guitar references. The name came about when L\u00ea heard Lee Ranaldo during a concert in Brazil pronouncing something similar to what would become the band\u2019s name. He jotted it down on a piece of paper in the dark, and the next day the Sonic Youth guitarist had baptized the group without knowing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time that fascist extremism was coming out of the sewers to reach federal power, a new racial consciousness was emerging in the country. And it reached L\u00ea, born in one of the poorest areas of Rio de Janeiro, Baixada Fluminense, who then began to realize that he was not only a key player in the Brazilian independent scene, but that his work echoed the resistance of ancestors who fought to be able to do what they wanted, even if they were forbidden. This awakening coincided with the moment in which the group went all in around Brazil and the world, crossing state borders in the US and countries in Europe, which inevitably affected the band\u2019s sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two international tours brought Oru\u00e3 closer to the foreign market, a path they had already been following in other ways, such as when they were discovered by the leader of the classic American band Built to Spill, indie guitar hero Doug Martsch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doug became enchanted with the Rio de Janeiro group and invited two of its members to join his group\u2019s new line-up: L\u00ea played the drums, Jo\u00e3o Luiz took over as Built to Spill\u2019s second guitar, and Jo\u00e3o Casaes, who would later join Oru\u00e3 playing synths, played the bass. The Brazilians spent three years working with Built to Spill, playing with the band and opening shows as Oru\u00e3, as well as participating in the recording and production of Built to Spill\u2019s most recent album, When the Wind Forgets Your Name<\/em>, released in 2022 on SubPop. Before that, and during this period, the group had also been making their own material available on albums like Sem Ben\u00e7a \/ Sem Cren\u00e7a<\/em> (2017), Rom\u00e3<\/em> (2019), \u00cdngreme <\/em>(2021), all released both in Brazil and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this period its members also changed. Photographer Karin Santa Rosa (leader of the band Balbela) joined the group in 2021 playing drums. Karin\u2019s entry changed the band\u2019s line-up, which also includes Jo\u00e3o Casaes on synths, Big\u00fa Medine on bass, and L\u00ea on guitars and vocals. With this new formation, they went on to do more than 60 dates in four months of touring across the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the year 2023 the group is preparing to return to international stages. There are two tours with more than 40 dates already scheduled, through the US and Europe, where they will present the new version of the group to a public, who in previous years had begun to get to know a sound with essential elements of Brazilian music to vanguard of contemporary music and the language of experimental rock. L\u00ea\u2019s unmistakable voice mixes with the electric pulsing of his deconstructed guitar over a sophisticated and mesmerizing soundscape, taking both audience and band into a collective trance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/orua.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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