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12"
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P 006LP
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2014 release. Features DJ Télio, DJ Lycox, DJ B.Boy, and Puto Márcio.
"All are created by young producers and DJs from deprived areas, who use cheap and cracked software to craft lo-fi, intoxicatingly unfamiliar dance music. Both in lovelorn mood and title (which translates to 'It's Like We Won't Die Anymore'), Tia Maria Produções' remarkable debut EP recalls another crew of unabashedly romantic young prodigies, Bow's Ruff Sqwad. But it's the melodies that really linger; Puto Márcio's buzzy saw wave harmonies on 'Tia Maria Da Vida' are stately and sorrowful enough to prick up the hairs on the back of your neck." --Wire
"For the most part, the vibe here is rather melancholy. In '7 Maravilhas (Damas Da Cor Do Pecado),' DJ Télio piles on the layers of bell-tones and smudged chords, softening the impact of that unmistakable lilting beat. 'O Tempo Da Vida' translates roughly as 'life's time.' Its throbbing minor key chords suggest that Lycox takes a rather dim view of existence. B.Boy and Márcio's 'Hino Da Noite' is the most elegant of the lot, sporting a light-footed groove that bends and flexes in marvelously subtle ways. But Lycox's 'Underground' tops it in expressive urgency, its blaring horns and marimbas reaching almost Ruff Sqwad levels of sorrowful intensity. Márcio's crew anthem 'Tia Maria Da Vida.' At first the track sounds totally broken, its congas and MIDI wind instruments slouching disjointedly. Somewhere around the minute mark, though, things snap thrillingly into focus. Just when you think you've got the Príncipe lot pegged, they show you how wrong you were." --Resident Advisor
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