Estrela acesa

"The album in general has such depth and texture, and each time you listen you can have a completely different experience. Do you want a night of moving your body, or one of candlelit reading in the bathtub? You can have both with Estrela Acesa".

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"Sergio Sayeg's unhurried nylon string guitar and softly danceable rhythms put a smooth, minimalist flourish on the vibrant musical heritage of Brazil ... Sessa's terminally chill music sounds like he's been lounging on the beach or just smoked a joint before entering the studio. Yet on his second album, Estrela Acesa (Burning Star), [he] moves past the honeymoon phase of his 2019 debut to express both passion and pain. Paying tribute to the music of Brazil in the classic styles of Caetano Veloso or Antônio Carlos Jobim, Sessa augments his nylon string guitar, softly danceable rhythms, and airy vocal harmonies with understated orchestral arrangements. There aren't many contemporary artists replicating the sounds of tropicália, bossa nova, or MPB as immaculately as Sessa does, but he favors minimalist flourishes over the madcap approach of a band like Os Mutantes".

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"Top of the world" - "The São Paulo-born singer explores sounds of tropicália, samba, and bossa with hints of spiritual jazz across 12 tracks of dreamlike, echoing grooves that recall parts of Devendra Banhart's Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon in mood and palette of timbres. The album's lead single, 'Canção da Cura' (Song of Healing), sums up the vibe of the album nicely. Led by clicks and brushes on the drums, plucked double bass and nylon guitar with a bossa-esque groove, the sparse framework leaves space for Sessa's delicate, textured voice to float over dreamy backing vocals ... An exceptionally strong follow-up to his first album, released in 2019, Grandeza. A must-have for fans of the old-school Brazilian sound looking to update their collection".