Flea Market Music

● Long-awaited fourth solo effort by one of today's most talented Brazilian artists and the follow up to the now classic Early Bird album.

● Entirely written and recorded at the Ilha Do Corvo studio in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

● 180g heavy vinyl pressing, reverse board print, comes with lyrics and their English translation.

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"I imagine this record to be just like a flea market, an ensemble of nostalgia, a collage of memories, of dreams, ideas, sounds, words, feelings, places, eras and styles. A unique sonic sound space that I've been trying to create for my own music. This is also a record about getting old, about the uneasiness of life, but also about how to embrace it and enjoy the ride. About taking a trip to a place and a time that we have never been to, but that we long for. " - Leonardo Marques

A multi-talented musician, singer songwriter and record producer full of tales to tell, Leonardo Marques has released three solo records – Dia e Noite no Mesmo Céu in 2012, Curvas, Lados, Linhas Tortas, Sujas e Discretas in 2015, and Early Bird in 2018. All of Leonardo's solo albums have been released in Japan by Disk Union and the latest one, Early Bird, has also been released worldwide on vinyl format by 180g x Disk Union.

Leonardo was the guitar player of Diesel (later called Udora), one of the main alternative rock bands in Brazil in the early 2000's. The band was on the main line up of the Rock in Rio III Festival, playing for over 250,000 people as an opening act for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverchair, and Deftones. Leonardo then moved to Los Angeles with the band and signed a record deal with Clive Davis (J Records / RCA) and worked with Matt Wallace (Maroon 5, Faith No More), Gavin Macklop (Goo Goo Dolls, Toad the Wet Sprocket), Camus (David Byrne, Arto Lindsay), Bob Marlette (Black Sabbath, Tracy Chapman, Alice Cooper), and 16-time Grammy Award winner Thom Russo (Michael Jackson, Audioslave, Johnny Cash, Maná).

Back to Brazil a few years later, Leonardo launched his Ilha do Corvo recording studio in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The studio is equipped with vintage instruments and gear from various decades which creates a unique sonic landscape and sound signature in each record it produces.

With Flea Market Music, Leonardo Marques presents his long-awaited fourth solo effort and the follow up to the now classic Early Bird album, with a majestic and unique musical trip into nostalgia, dreamy textures and lo-fi flavors, entirely written and recorded at his Ilha Do Corvo studio. This is essential Brazilian contemporary music at its best!

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All music and lyrics by Leonardo Marques

Produced by Leonardo Marques

Recorded by Leonardo Marques at Ilha do Corvo Studio - Belo Horizonte - Brazil

Mixed by Jérôme Caron at Felix Studio - Paris - France

Mastered by Anderson Guerra at Bunker Analog - Lagoa Santa - Brazil

Leonardo Marques: Vocal, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Maestro Rhythm King, Wurlitzer, Fender Rhodes, Piano, Mellotron, Optigan

Pedro Hamdan: Drums on tracks 2, 5 and 8

Felipe Continentino: Drums on tracks 1, 3, 7 and 9

João Machala: Trombone on tracks 1, 2 and 3

Felipe D'Angelo: Piano on track 9

Rodrigo Garcia: Cello on tracks 5 and 9

Yannick Falisse: Spoken Word on track 7

Yohei: Vocal on tracks 4 and 8, Mandolin on track 8, Banjo on track 8 and Marimba

Artwork by Lucca Mezzacappa

Photos by Gabriela Nascimento - Corumbau - Bahia - Brazil

LP additional design by Nicolas Kerembellec (nker.fr)

LP executive produced by Greg Gouty (180g)

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180GDULP09 - Manufactured and distributed by 180g in collaboration with Disk Union Japan, under license from Leonardo Marques.