Natural

Brazilian duo formed in 2005 by composers, producers and musicians DiMonaco and Barbera; Modo Solar does an electric blend of Brazilian rhythms, soul and funk. According to Rolling Stone magazine "their sonority seems to come from a group of half a dozen musicians with at least three guitars, percussion, mandolin, piano, flute, sitar, and synthesizers". "Natural" is the duo's first release on Favorite Recordings. The EP with six tracks has two of them remixed by French producer Bruno "Patchworks" Hovart. Their music is very influenced by 70's releases of brazilian artists like Marcos Valle, Joao Donato, Azymuth, Ivan Lins, Toninho Horta, Danilo Caymmi and 70's american soul music like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Leroy Hutson, Shuggie Ottis and Leon Ware. They hope to make their first full-length album this year.