“Blown away immediately….music of the highest order” JUSTIN CRAWFORD (ELECTRONS/UNABOMBERS)
“Wicked album, as expected” MARC MAC (4hero)
“His sound is crazy – incredible album” DJ SPINNA
“Enjoying the Arthur Verocai album a lot, super stuff” MR SCRUFF
“Loveeeelllllyy” LAURENT GARNIER
“Particularly liking the instrumentals on Arthur’s album, thanks” HENRIK SCHWARZ
“Tasty stuff and will feature this week on the Solid Steel Radio show” DK (NINJA TUNE)
“I am a great fan of Arthur and this is great as always” OSUNLADE
“I’ve already put Arthur’s album on my list for best album of 2007,it's great!” TOSHIO MATSUURA (U.F.O)
“Absolute masterpiece! It’s been on repeat for a week now and it’s incredible! I only knew his debut LP before but I think this almost hits those dizzy heights of the first one. On another level.” JIMPSTER
“I'm really impressed with the sound of the album. There are truly some beautiful moments on there” MAD MATS
“Different to what I expected but definitely dope!” EGON (Stones Throw/ Now Again)
“with its soulfully warm organic flavour Encore offers the promise of sumptuously luxurious listening from start to finish.” SHINDIG 4*
This is incredible. It’s been 35 years since Brazilian composer/ arranger Verocai’s previous (and debut) album and his belated return presents us with a sound-world frozen in time, full of impossibly rich, soulful orchestrations that recall David Axelrod or Isaac Hayes given a Seventies Bossa spin. A nine-piece string section provides layered backgrounds to gentle Fender Rhodes pads, tootling flute, sensuous guitar and cooing vocals, with the 11 tunes alternating between spacey slow grooves and cinematic, Nouvelle Vague-ish landscapes. Guests include Ivan Lins and Azymuth, but the signature is clearly Verocai’s own. Phil Johnson “Independent On Sunday”
“VERY excited that this is finally coming on vinyl, it’s been a long time coming.” Simon Harrison (Basic Soul)
