Celebrating 200 performances of the award-winning and acclaimed project “Atento aos Sinais”, Ney Matogrosso will give a one-time performance at the Theatro Municipal of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, April 8, 2017.
The show is part of a tour that debuted in February 2013, which later became a studio album and then a live edition in CD and DVD.
Under the musical direction of keyboardist Sacha Amback, the show “Atento aos Sinais” is a super-production, the biggest he has ever been a part of, according to Ney himself. “We use lighting that I had never used before or seen anyone use around here. It’s rock’n’roll lighting.” The setup includes four LED screens that project images functioning as video backdrops. Framed by the lighting created by Ney and Juarez Farinon, the singer appears in daring, “bold” costumes. Right at the opening of the show, with “Rua da Passagem (Trânsito)”, a collaboration between Lenine and Arnaldo Antunes, and “Incêndio,” from the repertoire of the now-defunct band Urge, by composer Pedro Luís, the show already makes its statement. The tour, which has traveled through Portugal, Argentina, Uruguay, and the major capitals of Brazil, is celebrating 200 performances in more than four years on the road.
“Atento aos Sinais” is pop, urgent, featuring songs by renowned composers such as Caetano Veloso (“Two Naira Fifty Kob”) and Paulinho da Viola (“Roendo as Unhas”), but also highlighting the work of new names like Criolo (“Freguês da Meia-Noite”), the band Zabomba (“Pronomes”), Dani Black (“Oração”), Vítor Pirralho from Alagoas (“Tupi Fusão”), Dan Nakagawa (“Todo Mundo o Tempo Todo”), and the Cariocas from Tono (“Não Consigo” and “Samba do Blackberry”).
“Many people reach out to me, come to the shows, and give me lyrics, recorded albums. Others I discover through the internet. I always think that in one of these, I might find something interesting, as I have been finding,” Ney explains.
The last song chosen for the repertoire was “Noite Torta,” by Itamar Assumpção, who also wrote two other songs in the setlist: “Isso Não Vai Ficar Assim” and “Fico Louco.” Since 1988, when he recorded “Chavão Abre Porta Grande,” Itamar has been a constant presence in Ney's projects, whom he considers “one of the greatest composers in Brazilian music.”
