Luisa Mandou Um Beijo

Luisa mandou um beijo was born in as a solo project from guitarist and composer Fernando Paiva. He home-recorded at 4track-studio and invited Flavia Muniz to sing. They have had an band before called Candongas não Fazem Festa. This demo was released in january 2000
As the news spread, people liked the music and Fernando and Flavia decided to invite other friends to start a band. The idea was to be able to play those songs live.On June 2000, Luisa mandou um beijo formed with the same members as today: Flávia Muniz (voice); Fernando Paiva (guitar); PP (guitar); PC (bass); Shockbrou (trumpet); Andrezinho (flute); Luciano Grossman (drums). All of them has always been involved with side-projects. Flávia Muniz recorded a solo CD in 2004. Fernando Paiva is a journalist and writer, in 2004 he published a novel called “Ana Camerinda” and writes a blog called “Maquina de Escrever”. PP, or Pedro Paulo, is an architect, he also recorded a solo project called “PedroP78” in 2004, available through midsummer madness. He is also guitarist in a band called Pancake and drummer for ACK. Shockbrou, or Daniel Paiva, draws and studied cinema. He directed a documentary, 2 animated short movies and co-directed the video for the music Guardanapos from Luisa Mandou Um Beijo. Luciano Grossman is a music producer and played drums for another local band called Leela. He was responsible for the musical production of Luisa’s first album. PC, or Paulo César, has a master’s degree in philosofy at PUC-Rio.

Not only the name of the band is curious (it translates to Luisa sent you a kiss). They have other excentricities: all their releases, from EPs to albuns don’t have titles, they are all called “s/t”. Also, they don’t like to appear in pictures. To represent the band, photos of legos, forks & knives and also drawings have been used.
Some of Luisa’s most important shows are the support for Cat Power, in 2001, at Rio de Janeiro; a headline at Centro Cultural São Paulo (CCSP), in 2002; playing at Rio Cena Contemporânea, at MAM in 2003; and the participation at midsummer madness’ 15th aniversary in 2004.

Their first album was released in the begining of 2005. After that, they started promoting the record through the internet. The british website Indie Mp3 wrote a very nice review of the album that stroke a blitzkrieg of 225 downloads in only 7 days. New reviews and articles in other blogs in Japan , England , Portugal, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Italy and the band received a proposal to take part on a compilation in Cingapore !!

The same albun gathered good reviews and nominations for prizes in Brazil. It was nominated for the best indie rock album in Brazil at Prêmio Claro de Música Independente 2005 and best independent albun at Laboratório Pop’s magazine Award. Several magazines and websites listed Luisa Mandou Um Beijo’s first album as one of the best records of 2005: Rock Press magazine, websites Sobrecarga and Scream & Yell, and the argentinian website Velvet Rockmine. Outside Brazil, again, the album was distributed in England through Action Pop and Argentina through Muy Moderna Records.

Througout 2006 e 2007, the band is doing well in MP3-free websites in Europe. At the german website TonsPion, Luisa stayed at top10 for 2 weeks; at MeinBerlin also top10, above names as Gotan Project e Sigúr Ros.
These european feedback for the 1st record made new connections for the band. The german band Computer and DJ Aufa Fikri remixed songs from Luisa Mandou Um Beijo’s album, as did 2 brazilian producers, Fujimo and Nha Tang. In february 2007, midsummer madness put all remixes together and released ep mm71 - Extras.

For the second half of 2007, Luisa Mandou Um Beijo is working on songs for a 2nd album.
oficial website: www.luisamandouumbeijo.com

community at Orkut: http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=531907

compilations that they take part:
“não passe álcool” (midsummer madness / 2001) with the song Bauhaus Today (demo)”

people are required for…” (plan de sens / Japan / 2003 ) with Bauhaus Today (demo) - you can buy this compilation at our AUDIO SHOP

“peachy little secrets” (fruit records / Singapora / 2006) with Amarelinha

“let it bee”(my honey / Italy / 2007) with Com um pote de geléia de morango nas mãos.

“Share it, spread it, love it” (a Creative Commons license web compilation). For the website Metawelle. You can download the compilation for free at: http://metawelle.net/2007/05/15/ssl-vol-1/

“Porque este oceano es el tuyo, es el mio” (Si no puedo Bailar… / Brazil / 2007) with Anslemo. This compilation was released by Fernando’s label, Si No Puedo Bailar, No es mi revolucion, with midsummer madness’ cooperation (see more at ARTIST menu)

Some press reviews:
“This is indie pop at the top of its game. It features wonderful vocals provided by female vocalist Flávia Muniz complete with a horn section that makes most, if not all of these songs infectious listening. This is one enjoyable album. Dont worry about the band singing it their native Portuguese as indie pop as high quality as this surpasses any language constraints.” - INDIE MP3

video for “Guardanapos”:

video for “Desfeito em Luz”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcNcvw0MSrw
video for “Amarelinha”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRPFR_7Qic0
video for “Anselmo”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXz-pf5Ka-I