Track Listing

1. So Many Desires
2. I Know What You Like...
3. In The Fog
4. Secret
5. Cannibals
6. Happiness
7. A Normal Day (In Sao Paulo)
8. Mermaid
9. Paulista Gringo's Samba
10. Embrace
11. Sins Before Dawn
12. The Endless Night

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20152 in Music
• Released on: 2000-02-01
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com's Best of 2000
Yugoslavian-born producer Suba moved to São Paulo, Brazil, in the late 1980s, bringing with him experience in jazz, classical music, theater, ballet, and film. São Paulo Confessions brings the 18-million-strong city to musical life with an ambitious and unique fusion of classic Brazilian styles and modern electronics. The result is a magical blend of Afro-Brazilian rhythms, dreamy vocals, and forward-looking techno. --Marc Greilsamer

Amazon.com
First heard on the Brasil 2Mil compilation, the late Suba was part of a new generation of South American musicians (although he was originally from Central Europe) who married airy melodies and percussion with the electronic scene. His music worked especially well because he was a trained musician, and he contributed not only programming but also keyboards to this record. Aided by various vocalists and percussionists, he created grooves that were a million miles from Latin dance but spoke both to Brazilians and club goers. There was a lushness to his sound that captivated, and when the percussion exploded, it came on like fireworks, not a firestorm. This is the sound of one of the world's biggest cities, where darkness can lurk even under the blue skies. It's a shame there'll be no more music from Suba. --Chris Nickson

Customer Reviews

Solid
This is one of the best CDs of Brazilian music that I've heard. The music world truly lost a musical genius with Suba's untimely death. RIP.

A magical album
It's been quite a few years since Suba passed away and Sao Paolo Confessions was released. Since then a lot of artists have followed in its ground-breaking musical path. A lot of Brazilian - electro compilations have been released; i know because i've listened to most of them, and i can assure you that anyone has yet to make an album remotely as good as Sao Paolo Confessions.
It takes a lot more than some Brazilian percussion tracks, a female vocalist and some keyboards to do what Suba did on this album, it takes passion and something that most current artists doing Brazilian-electro music lack: The huge Songwriting talent Suba had.
Very few artists are in the same song-writing skills class as Suba: Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation..
We can only speculate where would Suba be if he was still alive...
Was Suba a musical genius? was this album a lucky musical accident or just a sign of things to come?
We will never know.
All we can do is to sit down and marvel at the magical music on this CD.

Electronic Masterpiece
After listening to the songs of this album for 100's of times, I finally felt I should write a review of Suba's masterpiece. It's hard to imagine a person could make such a difference in the international music scene in such a short time. His production work and composition talent make all the albums he has been a part of sound brilliant. Suba truly had foresight and great aspirations for the Brazilian music world as well as all the electronic music world.
Now the review. The first time I listened to this album I was not entirely sold on it. It was a little weird and didn't settle right with me. So, I listened to it again and found 1 or 2 songs that I liked. This process kept repeating and soon I found myself mesmerized by everything going on in the songs. He fused so many different types of music together and it blended seamlessly. It was hypnotic. After more than a year I still feel the same way about it. It is almost like a musical history looking into the future but also looking back. There are not many words to describe the experience of this album. I cannot thank Suba and those around him enough for the music they have made. I highly recommend this album for it has changed the way I look at music. Even 5 years after its original release I can hear his influence in others music.