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SESSA
Pequena Vertigem de Amor — the third full-length in Sergio Sayeg’s expanding catalogue as Sessa — is not just an evolution in the São Paulo artist’s sound; it is a transformation. Like a camera lens slowly zooming out, Sessa’s records reveal a progression from the private, carnal and earth-bound erotic desires probed on 2019’s Grandeza, to an exploration of the limits and possibilities in relationships between people in love on 2022’s Estrela Acesa.
With Pequena Vertigem de Amor, which translates to “Lil’ Love Vertigo,” Sessa’s view turns upward, to the infinite sky, catching glimpses of universality in the intimacy of becoming a father. Sessa says these songs “are a mix of personal chronicles and quiet meditations about life in the face of personal change, of experiencing something so big that you realize your insignificant size in space and time.”
KOLUMBO
Since he was a landlocked Dallas, Texas kid, beach culture has held a tropicalmystique for Kolumbo composer, arranger, keyboardist Frank LoCrasto. Familytrips documented by camcorder videos, featuring slinky jazz-fusion soundtracksare etched in the Brooklyn-based artist’s memory. In his mind, there will always bea fantasyland replete with wicker furniture, pristine beaches, swaying palm trees,the smell of vanilla-scented suntan lotion, and breathtaking aqua water expanses.
These days, LoCrasto uses his imagination to create dreamy musical locales withthe Brooklyn-based, Tropically-minded Kolumbo. The tiki-jazz torchbearers are released their second full length, Sandy Legs, in September 2024, on the Allah Las record label, Calico Discos, a boutique imprint now a part of Innovative Leisure. The 8-song album conjures the lush sounds of 1960s exotica, 1970sBrazilian fusion and the jazz-funk albums produced by Creed Taylor for CTI.
Previously, the Texas-born, Brooklyn-based composer has released four soloalbums, recorded music for three feature length films, and has had songs placedin the 2014 movie, Obvious Child, and the 2020 HBO series, How to With Jon Wilson. In addition, LoCrasto has recorded and toured with Fruit Bats, Dawes,Cass McCombs, Pat Martino, Grateful Shred, Jeremy Pelt, James Iha, ParquetCourts, Nicholas Payton, Greg Osby, Okkervil River, and Wallace Roney.