Cavejaz is an album born from the encounters Fabiano do Nascimento made along his journey of leaving. From Rio to Los Angeles, Minas Gerais, and Tokyo, he has captured the air, time, and spirit of each place in sound.
Featuring recordings with Brazilian musician Paulo Santos (UAKTI) and Japanese tabla player U-zhaan, the album brings together sessions recorded in different parts of the world, unified through its organic and minimal sound. It is a musical record born from movement, distance, and transition.
Born in Rio and now based between Los Angeles and Tokyo, guitarist and composer Fabiano do Nascimento presents his new album Cavejaz in a special release live performance. Rooted in the traditions of Afro-samba, choro, and Brazilian jazz, yet freely moving through ambient and electronic landscapes, this work was recorded in Minas Gerais and at a noh theater in Tokyo — an organic journey where sound resonates with nature and stillness. Experience it live, where quietness and rhythm unfold in harmony.
Fabiano do Nascimento
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2024年8月、ファビアーノとパウロ・サントスはベロオリゾンテのスタジオ「Ilha do Corvo」で、プロデューサーのレオ・マルケスと共に録音を開始。
当時ブラジルは史上最大級の森林火災に見舞われ、南米全土に煙が広がり、ベロオリゾンテでも深刻な被害をもたらした。外出が制限され、限られた時間でのセッションとなったが、ファビアーノはこう振り返る。 「それでも素晴らしい時間を過ごせた。レオが録音ボタンを押し、僕たちはただ音を楽しんで演奏した。」
Rio de Janeiro guitarist and composer Fabiano do Nascimento returns with new album Cavejaz.
Cavejaz is a project that stemmed from a hang with renowned Minas Gerais singer/songwriter Jennifer Souza, who suggested that do Nascimento record music with a new connection: the musician Paulo Santos, best known as a member of landmark Brazilian group UAKTI. Collaborators of Paul Simon, Philip Glass, Milton Nascimento, Stewart Copeland, among others, UAKTI became known for crafting their instruments by hand, using all kinds of recycled materials such as pvc pipes, glass, water, sponges, and more.
Their artistic manifesto centres around creating minimal music, even as an ensemble. In August 2024, do Nascimento and Paulo Santos began recording at Studio Ilha do Corvo in Belo Horizonte with producer Leo Marques. At the time, Brazil was suffering one of the biggest and widest spread wildfires the country had ever seen, smoke spreading all across South America and causing devastating effects especially in Belo Horizonte. It represented an uncomfortable time for Brazil, provoking widespread discomfort and anxiety, as well as forcing do Nascimento and Santos indoors at the studio and cutting their recording period down to a spare few sessions.
“But”, writes do Nascimento, “we managed to have a good time still, and to enjoy recording the open and free ideas that would come up. Leo would just hit record, and we would just play.” The second part of Cavejaz was recorded in Japan with veteran Japanese musician U-zhaan. The pair performed in concert in a beautiful noh-gaku-doh theater in Tokyo, which was recorded live, with Fabiano ultimately completing the Japan sessions solo at the SALO studio in Oiso.
“So the project became a selection of what I recorded in Minas Gerais in studio with Paulo and Jennifer in August 2024, and the rest live in Japan, with one exception being live recording from a concert I performed in Los Angeles with my longtime bandmate, the percussionist Ricardo “Tiki” Pasillas (Salvador). The material made sense together.” Despite these disparate backgrounds, Cavejaz is made cohesive by its organic performance and minimalist instrumentation.
It is crafted from guitar and handmade percussion, elevated further still by U-zhaan’s intuitive additions for the tabla and Tiki’s handmade, hybrid percussion set.
“The title came from the overall feel of the music and was recommended by my friend Sam Gendel,” says do Nascimento. “Kind of sounds like music coming from a cave with water and organic elements.” Fabiano do Nascimento is a Brazilian-American guitarist, composer, producer and arranger, currently based in Los Angeles and Tokyo.
He performs on various multi-string and multi-tuning (nylon string) guitars. A contemporary artist who is deeply rooted in Brazilian heritage and is known for his unique sound and ever-expansive compositions, borrowing from the traditions of Afro-Samba, Folkloric and Choro while blending elements of jazz, experimental music, and electronica.
