Simone Moreno

Brazil has got soul. And Simone Moreno is funky.
On stage she's electric and once seen, you won't forget her.
Back home she's well known, and has released four albums.
Living in Stockholm since nine years, Simone Moreno has already toured extensively in Sweden and Europe with her Swedish band Os Lourinhos. A hard swinging collective, consisting of musicians who play with some of the greatest national artists in the soul/jazz/folk music and latin genres. (Robyn, Blacknuss, Ale Möller, Nils Landgren etc).
Earlier she's also toured in USA, Japan, Germany, Belgium and many more countries.
Among the highlights are three performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
Last year Simone was seen at the Polar Prize of Music, at which she honoured prize winner Gilberto Gil (legendary Brazilian artist), singing together with Swedish stars Lisa Nilsson and Håkan Hellström.
And maybe you've heard her as House Music Queen, on the radio or at a club, through collaborations with famed producers S.U.M.O, Tiger Stripes and Rasmus Faber, for whom she sang on the remix of the monster hit "E Samba".
Since "Planetas" was released in Sweden, Simone's received big attention from the press, and has appeared on radio and TV continuously.She also had a major radio hit with rapper genious Timbuktu on "Vida de cão (Hund livet)".
After touring with the album in Sweden and Scandinavia this spring and summer, now it's time to reach new territories!
"Planetas" is Simone's song about her homeland.
It's a journey through the soul of Brazil. But it's also the singer's exciting encounter with Europe.
Swinging samba and afro music meet the 70's with heavy drums, electric pianos and funky guitars.
There is the electro-samba "Meio de campo", and Jorge Benjor's football funk-anthem "Umbabarauma". The title track, Chico Science's "Samba Makossa", is a wild futuristic maracatu, on which Simone commands her Portuguese rap phrases in between the blows of the horn section
Everything on "Planetas"" derives from Simone's experience of the multiplicity of Brazilian music. From the Bahia where she grew up, learning how to sing from the back of a truck during the Carnival.
She came to Europe and re-found her roots. But she's dipped them in quite a bit of soul.
Simone Moreno is funky.