Muca and Roberto Menescal make Beleza feel like London, Rio and São Paulo sharing one room

Muca and Roberto Menescal’s Beleza arrives on 12 June with geography baked into the recording process. The project was produced by Muca and recorded between London, Rio and São Paulo, which gives the album a natural bridge between Brazilian heritage and contemporary indie-folk sensibility. Menescal’s name carries deep bossa nova history, but the interesting thing here is not simply legacy. It is conversation. Beleza suggests a record where old melodic elegance, Brazilian rhythm and a more modern independent songwriting frame can sit together without one swallowing the other. The title means beauty, but good beauty in music is rarely passive. It is built through touch, arrangement, restraint and knowing when to let a song breathe. This release feels like a warm, cultured and quietly ambitious entry in the day’s independent global music cycle.

Source: https://muca1.bandcamp.com/album/muca-roberto-menescal-beleza