Caravana Sereia Bloom (CD)
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Amoeba Review
Gomez Comes Alive 05/20/2013
Caravana Sereia Bloom is Ceu's best work to date. In just over forty-minutes (the ideal length of an album, in my opinion), Ceu pulls all her influences together into a cohesive, short-but-sweet collection of songs. Bits of nostalgia bring to mind some of the great Brazilian artists over the years, such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jorge Ben, and Os Mutantes. Yet what I like about Caravana Sereia Bloom is that Ceu also recalls her lesser-known Brazilian contemporaries such as Nacao Zumbi and DJ Dolores who, much like her, use their Jamaican influences as a base. The result is that the Tropicalia- influenced “Falta De Ar” and '70s groovy Samba “Contravento” feel right at home with the Jaimaican Rocksteady of “You Won’t Regret It” and “Asfalto E Sal.”
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