Music Style Rock, Blues, Country, etc.

Musical Influences Beatles, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Muddy Watters

Artist History The band SANTO FORTE was created in 1996 by Nilo Argolo (vocals) and Ervin Fast (keyboards). While composers, the duo makes an elegant and creative Pop Rock having as basic reference the Beatles’s music and rock'n roll’s and rithm'blues’s masters like Chuck Berry, Little Richard and Muddy Watters. Good music to listen and to dance, lyrics with content that are going from the social political protest to the lyricism of the absurd. The SANTO FORTE produces music that in certain moments can sound visceral, in other moments, psychedelic and cinematographic. Interpreter of a lot of voices, Nilo Argolo imposes to some songs the strong timbre of the great black singers of the blues, in other, he sounds soft and melodious. In a synthetic way, SANTO FORTE makes a vigorous rock but with a lot of melodic force, in fact, it can be affirmed that the duo has a foot in the rock and other in the blues... The CD “LUGAR AO SOL”, is an almost conceptual work, in each song there is a character with his doubts, dramas and madness; after all looking closely, well closely, nobody is normal... it is only cinema... In fact, if it was allowed to do that analogy, the music of Nilo Argolo and Ervin Fast is pure cinema. (SANTO FORTE: a person united for a special divine protection, UNBREAKABLE, inherent characteristics to the survival of all the citizens of the 3rd world’s countries). ******** O SANTO FORTE foi criado em 1996 por Nilo Argolo (vocalista) e Ervin Fast (tecladista). Enquanto compositores a dupla faz um Pop Rock elegante e criativo tendo como referência básica a música dos Beatles e de mestres do rock’n roll e rithm’blues, como Chuck Berry, Little Richard e Muddy Watters. Música boa para ouvir e dançar, letras com conteúdo que vão do protesto político social ao lirismo do absurdo. O SANTO FORTE produz um som que em certos momentos pode soar visceral, em outros, psicodélico e cinematográfico. Intérprete de muitas vozes, Nilo Argolo impõe a algumas músicas o timbre forte dos grandes cantores negros do blues, em outras, soa suave e melodioso. Sintetizante, o Santo Forte faz um rock vigoroso, mas com muita força melódica, aliás, pode se afirmar que a dupla tem um pé de rock e outro no blues... O CD “LUGAR AO SOL”, é um trabalho quase conceitual, em cada música há um personagem com suas dúvidas, dramas e loucuras; afinal olhando de perto, bem de perto mesmo, ninguém é normal... é só cinema... Aliás, se fosse permitido fazer essa analogia, a música de Nilo argolo e Ervin Fast é puro cinema. (SANTO FORTE: Sujeito unido por uma proteção divina especial, corpo fechado, características inerente à sobrevivência de todos os cidadãos dos países do 3º mundo).

Group Members The SANTO FORTE Band: Voice: Nilo Argolo / Keyboards: Ervin Fast / Electric and Acoustic Guitar: Fábio Petry / Bass: Jonas Cella

Additional Info Special Participations: FEBRE (FEVER): Harmonica: Jonas Bach JR. / LUGAR AO SOL (PLACE UNDER THE SUN): Trumpet: Tatá, Sax: Moacir Carneiro, Trombone: Carlos Alberto / CARROSSEL (CARROUSEL): Chorus: Kenedy, Ana Paula, Ezequias / ESQUINAS DO BRASIL (CORNERS OF BRAZIL): Cello: Dany Cecco / PIT BULL: Chorus: Kenedy, Ana Paula, Ezequias / SANTO FORTE (UNBREAKABLE): Oboe: Fernado Thá Filho, Guitar: Maurílio Ribeiro / MERCADORES DE ILUSÃO (ILLUSION MERCHANTS): Chorus: Kenedy, Ana Paula, Ezequias, Locution: Reinaldo Godinho / REX LOVED BABY, THAT LOVED WOLF, THAT LOVED...: Sax tenor: Reginaldo Saturno / SUPER-HERÓIS (SUPER–HEROES): Chorus: Nilo Argolo, Ervin Fast, Helmut Fast, Gerson Fisbein / VIDA CIGANA (GYPSY LIFE): Flute: Angela Sasse, Acordeon: Jair Petry, Chorus: Kenedy, Ana Paula, Ezequias / SLEEPLESS NIGHT: Harmonica: Jonas Bach Jr. / Artistic production: Nilo Argolo, Ervin Fast / Recording and mixing technician: Ricardo Petracca / Mixing: Ricardo Petracca, Nilo Argolo, Ervin Fast / Masterization: Ricardo Petracca / Studio Master / Recorded between January and December 2000 / Graphic design and illustrations / Fábio Argolo / Very special gratefulness to Ricardo Petracca, for the friendship and competence and “atmosphere” in studio. To Gerson Fisbein, for the affection and attention. To Fábio Petry great friend, great musician and fundamental person in the elaboration of that work. To Fábio Argolo and Helmut Fast, for the companionship and complicity in all the “clues”... And to all the people that participated or collaborated in some way for the accomplishment of this project. This disk is dedicated, with admiration and respect, to Plínio Marcos' memory.

Location Curitiba, PR - Brazil

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