Blog do Casaca: setembro 2008

Formado em janeiro de 2000, em Vila Velha, no Espírito Santo, o Casaca é basicamente um grupo de pop-rock regional. Com cinco CDS lançados (dois deles pelas Sony Music), o grupo passa das 100 mil copias vendidas, e é apontado por muitos como um dos mais inovadores do cenário musical brasileiro.

Fundindo e reciclando elementos rítmicos do congo (manifestação folclórica de origem africana), a banda é conhecida pela impressionante energia que imprime nos shows ao vivo. Com base em instrumentos percurssivos, tendo a frente os tambores do congo, e usando uma forte pegada rock & roll, o Casaca detona uma explosiva mistura sonora de impressionante e contagiante apelo popular.

Formed in January 2000, in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, CASACA is basically a regional pop-rock group. The group has already released five CDs (two by Sony Music) with sales over a hundred thousand copies and it is seen by many as one of the most creative groups in the Brazilian musical scenery. Recycling and melting Congo’s rhythmical elements (an African folklore manifestation), the band is known for the amazing energy that it puts on their concerts. Based on percussion instruments, using Congo drums as the lead sound, and with a rock and roll beat, Casaca pours on an explosive, impressive, contagious and crowd pleasing sound mixture. With more than 80 shows a year, Casaca always amazes where it plays, collecting praises from the main musical critics in Brazil and making the headlines newspapers, which always highlight its percussion as the fundamental and differential characteristic of the band. With its own songs, Casaca has had one smash radio hit after another in markets where it has performed, a sound evidence that it dominates the way to mix the elements of pop music, regionalism, local traditions, the modern and popular.

Incorporating and mixing congo rhythmic elements, an African folkloric manifestation, in a rock & roll style, CASACA expresses an explosive sonorous mix extremely original. Known by your impressive energy revealed in your concerts, the band thrills audiences everywhere it plays and has been praised by the best music critics in the country.

El grupo fue fundado en enero de 2000, en la ciudad brasileña Vila Velha, en Espirito Santo, Brasil. CASACA es fundamentalmente un grupo de pop rock regional, que se lanzó a componer un rock propio, que asumió su raíz “capixaba” (natural de Espírito Santo).
Con cinco discos compactos, de los cuales dos llevan el sello de la disquera Sony Music, el grupo ha vendido más de 100 mil copias, y es señalado por muchos como uno de los más innovadores grupos del escenario musical brasileño, pues mezcla elementos del ritmo Congo (manifestación folclórica de origen africano) con el rock and roll.

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