FAWM: "Samba do Olhar"

Samba do Olhar

1 week ago by @betoMod · @nancyrostMod · @fourtracktape · @harryklippton · @peccary

Samba do Olhar

beto +4

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Liner Notes

Tape 3a
T1: @nancyrost - guitar
T2: @peccary - cajon
T3: @harryklippton - organ
T4: @beto - lyrics and vocal

@beto says: I got this tape last year during 5090, for me to do the 4th track. Life got on the way, so I finished it today! When I do the 4th track I like mixing in the box (with my Tascam 424), but this one was hard because the organ and the guitar were out of tune, probably due to differences in the 4-track speeds. I recorded vocals to the organ only, since it had chords, and then I adjusted the pitches in my DAW after I had recorded my part. The guitar and the cajon had a Brazilian feeling to me, so I decided to write some lyrics in Portuguese.

#fourtrack #cassette #samba

Lyrics

Já foi sempre assim
Já faz parte de mim
O encontrar com o teu olhar
E o se perder no mirar

Já não sei onde vai caber
Tanto amor assim
Vem pra perto me dá um beijo
E encaixa em mim

Porque a gente sabe que agora é hora
A gente sabe que o amor não demora pra chegar
A gente canta, a gente namora
É muito amor, é tanto amor, a toda hora

Já foi sempre assim
Já faz parte de mim
O encontrar com o teu olhar
E o se perder no mirar

Já não sei onde vai caber
Tanto amor assim
Vem pra perto me dá um beijo
E encaixa em mim

Porque a gente sabe que agora é hora
A gente sabe que o amor não demora pra chegar
A gente canta, a gente namora
É muito amor, é tanto amor, a toda hora

Já foi sempre assim
Já faz parte de mim

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Translation:

It was always like this
It was always a part of me
Meeting with your gaze
And getting lost in your eyes

I don't know what I'm going to do
With so much love
Come close, give me a kiss
Let's cuddle

Because we know that now is the time
We know that love doesn't take long to arrive
We sing, we date
It's so much love, it's so much love, all the time

It was always like this
It was always a part of me
Meeting with your gaze
And getting lost in your eyes

I don't know what I'm going to do
With so much love
Come close, give me a kiss
Let's cuddle

Because we know that now is the time
We know that love doesn't take long to arrive
We sing, we date
It's so much love, it's so much love, all the time

It was always like this
It was always a part of me

Comments

@vomvorton 6d

Cool vibe, the weirdness of the guitar definitely gives it an unusual edge! Cajon drives it along nicely. Happy to hear older tapes getting finished off! I'm sure there are a few out there I've contributed to that have never surfaced... fingers crossed they're still just waiting for somebody to pick them up again!

@nancycunning 1w

I like that squishyness of the Portuguese lyrics, and the way the instruments feel like they are in different rooms of a run down boarding house, and that it’s a coincidence that they all sound so good together.

@thedutchwidows 1w

This is so good - that organ pumps the song along. The cajon is so good at providing the rhythm without overwhelming like drums might, and the guitar is delightfully off-kilter. The vocal is so, so good - Portugese has such a lovely flow to it. Or Beto has a lovely way of singing! Or maybe both can be true. Love it!

@pfoo 1w

Love the vocals in Portuguese! It's amazing how these tapes can go in so many directions. Enjoyed this one!

@srcoops 1w

Very pleasant, nice collaboration

@jinx 1w

The language-nerd in me can't resist any song that's not in English, and this is a treat. That organ sound is straight-up tasty! And I'd never heard of the cajon before, so this is a cool new discovery. I definitely get the Brazilian vibe from the instruments combined.

@peccary 1w

@burr the tape started with @nancyrost on guitar, then it went to me on Cajon, then @harryklippton for organ, and then to @beto for vocals/mixing.

I really love the idea of this being performed at a roller-skating rink in 1983. I can see it through all of the cigarette smoke and perms.

@atam94 1w

This is a really nice 4-track collab! Nicely done to everyone that took part in this. You're making me want to get a 4-track cassette recorder

@burrMod 1w

i almost said, "wow, that was fast for a 4-track" and then i read that it was a 5090 leftover. 😅 i've been doing a lot of 5090 catchup this fawm, too...

it's funny how these collabs evolve and whether the earlier folks intended to go in a latin direction with it, it's appropriate that en ended up where it did. i'm curious who played what and the order that the instruments were laid down!

@hornesgiftshop 1w

This sounds exactly like the glory(?) days of early 80s cassette culture - fearless experimentation and rinky-dink whimsy going hand in hand. One of my favourite tracks this year so far.

@aeye 1w

You did it! ( and with Gusto!) These tape collabs are so cool to me.

@betoMod 1w

@nancyrost I used the organ as a reference when singing only because it was holding the chords, but it could be that the organ was out of pitch and the guitar was fine. It's all relative, and these little challenges are what make the 4-track collabs fun and charming!

@billwhite51 1w

It is a treat to hear Beto sing in Portuguese .. sounds like he is in a roller rink,

@nancyrostMod 1w

Sorry my guitar came out that way! I've since acquired a four-track in better shape so hopefully that won't happen again ... but hey, I'm glad it at least inspired this awesome Brazilian rhythm and lyric. It's a very sweet song!

@peccary 1w

Thanks for finishing this up, @beto !

I had fun playing the cajon on this. I hadn't busted it out in a long time but I wasn't sure where to go with it, so I played it safe and went with some rhythm.

I love that you sang in Portuguese, I think that was a great choice.