Dois em Um

Their February 2009 album received top ratings from Jornal O Globo (RJ) and had a track ranked 30..th.. among the 100 Best Songs of the Year (Laboratório Pop magazine).

The duo was awarded “Best New Artist” and “Song of the Year” prizes by “Bahia de Todos os Rocks” festival.

Buy the record: ..www.mmrecords.com.br/loja.. or ..www.cdbaby.com/cd/DoisEmUm..

“Dois Em Um injects bossa nova into melancholic indie pop – A collection of songs which were originally recorded to be played for a group of friends turned out to be the new promise of the Brazilian indie pop scene.”

Filipe Albuquerque (Rolling Stone Brazil)

“ Please tell Luisao and Fernanda that I have enjoyed ‘E Se Chover’ several times and I find their beautiful song poetic and sensitive. I'm delighted my film ‘Father and Daughter’ can be of use to them. ”

 Michael Dudok de Wit (Animator/Director, Academy Award winner)

“The duo roams a territory in which bossa nova and indie pop intertwine, honoring 60’s aesthetics.  Dois em Um shows promise while mixing noise, psychedelia   and erudition.” Bruno Yutaka Saito (Folha de São Paulo)

“One of the best new bands in the Brazilian pop music scene”

Leonardo Lichote (O Globo)

“True Bahian diversity, which has priceless treasures in store and isn’t showcased during Carnival, is yet to be discovered. One of such hidden gems is, nevertheless, beginning to shine through: Dois em Um. What is their secret and why does their music entice so many people in so many different places? Maybe the answer lies in the simplicity with which the couple blends the languages of soft electropop, bossa nova and classical music to craft soothing, melancholic melodies whose beauty takes our senses by storm.”

Chico Castro (A Tarde)

“One of the most promising bands in Salvador (in Brazil, in the world). That’s right. Their music is somehow (un)defined by bossa nova, rock and electronica. Luisão Pereira and Fernanda are the couple to blame for these songs of rare and almost unbearable lightness.”

Lima Trindade (Verbo21)

“Luisão Pereira moves ahead even further by associating with carioca cellist Fernanda Monteiro. Some highlights are ‘Dias’, with its delightful easy-listening mood a la Burt Bacharach and ‘Deixa’, neobossa with Nara Leão tinges.“

Hagamenon Brito (Correio da Bahia)

“The good humour in ‘Carbono’ and the genetically modified samba ‘Quem era eu?’ bring fluency to an album of minute details, whose secrets must be delicately unveiled”

Tiago faria (Correio Brasiliense)

“Highlights are ‘Eu sempre avisei’ – a breathtaking blend of Roberto Carlos and Portishead; also ‘E se chover?’, whose brass section, xylophone and fanfare arrangement -not to mention the melody itself- places Dois em Um in its musical prime so far. I consider it (the album) my greatest discovery this year. And I’m thankful to both for that.”

Silvana Malte (Overmundo)

“Tras algunos años de pocas novedades en el indie-pop nacional, me encontré, en esa galaxia sin fin llamada myspace, con los extraordinarios Dois Em Um. De un lado, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, el samba y la bossa nova. Del otro, el mundo, con toques de Múm y Grizzly Bear.”  
Rodrigo Maceira (Global-Art)

“The duo knows their craft and smoothes the edges of their influences, setting up a well-rounded cross between Grizzly Bear, Burt Bacharach, Stereolab and bossa nova in songs like ‘Eu sempre avisei’ (a la Fernando Mendes) or the fanfare ‘E se chover?’ as well as ‘Deixa’ (a song that could have figured in Nara Leão’s repertoire).”

Arthur Dantas (Soma)

“Luisão and Fernanda have managed to craft 11 classics in this album. Luisão is a genius, an accomplished composer.”

Rodrigo Lariú (journalist / producer as interviewed by Correio Brasiliense)