Rock and Gauderiadas (1)

Doidivanas (From the portuguese: doido = crazy): strange;
insane person; crazed; Mad; bizarre; eccentric; fantastic; quixotic; wild

After a 13 year career, Doidivanas have recreated themselves: releasing a new homepage, allowing free downloads in MP3 (licensed in Creative Commons), remixing their first album, preparing the release of a new album and much more.

Once Upon a Time…  The band was created in March 1995, in Pelotas, a small city located in the south of Brazil. Everything started with a group of friends wanting to fuse rock with other musical genres. Felipe Mello (voice), Rodrigo Osorio (bass), Con6 (guitar) and dMart (drums and lyrics) started to create and compose music based on international bands and musicians such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Living Colour, Pearl Jam and Faith No More and the influence of the vast range of brazilian musicians such as Chico Science e Nacao Zumbi, Almondegas, Vitor Ramil, Mano Lima, Engenheiros do Hawaii, Nei Lisboa, Cenair Maica and Kleiton e Kledir to name but a few.

The first gigs were done in pubs, parties, clubs and alternative locations. In 1995, the Doidivanas were selected as finalists in the Circuito do Rock (Rock Circuit Music Award) from RBS, one of the biggest TV channels in Brazil. In this same year they also joined the Musivale Festival, in Lajeado City (RS), recording singles in the compilation.

Balada Bovina. Still in 1996, performing in Moenda da Cancao Music Festival, in the city of Santo Antonio da Patrulha (RS), they were surprised with the excellent response from the media, artists, and ever-growing legions of fans with the single Balada Bovina, a mixture of rock, funk and vanerao (2). From this, the band intensified the research and mixtures of rock and also the entire variety of global music elements from the brazilian music and regional folk music. In 1998, the first album was released called Liber Pampa. With this first CD the band started to develop musical ideas which crossed the geographical and cultural boundaries from Rio Grande do Sul.

From Clubs to Galpao (3). With the amazing performances of Liber Pampa, the group started to tour around Rio Grande do Sul (RS), in Brazil, and Uruguay, realising around 40 shows. Playing in music festivals, fairs, cultural events and many others. One example of this variety are Festa da Uva (Grape Festival) in Caxias do Sul; Payada, Folk Art Festival from Cone Sul, in Arroio Grande; RS Musica, in Porto Alegre; Ato Show Lagoa Limpa (supporting ecological movements), Acorde - Festival da Cultura e Arte; Fenadoce (National Party of Sweets), Cabobu in Pelotas, Musicanto, in Santa Rosa; Moenda in Santo Antonio da Patrulha, Verao com Vida (Summer Alive), in north coast of the state, Circuito Estadual de Musica, also in RS, Folk Art Festival in Minas Y Abril, in Uruguay and many more. After all these performances, Doidivanas received the revelation award in Premio Açoriano de Musica 99 (Music Award), event in which the best from musical production from Rio Grande do Sul is shown.

Music and Comic Books. In December 99, the band creates the project Sou de Pelotas, Por Quê?! (I Am From Pelotas, What’s Up?!) together with the comic books artist and designer Andre “Alma” Macedo. The project includes a kit with a CD and a comic book magazine, in which the band were transformed in cartoon characters. Alma is the creator of the characters Liborio and Betinho [www.andremacedo,com,br], well know at  Pelotas and Rio Grande do Sul.

From 1999 to 2001, Doidivanas, composed lots of demos and developed the direction of the band. The most important change was the use of samplers and electronic rhythm using computers as part of the component in music. In this period more than 40 pieces were created.

Another Trip. In 2000, the band started their own record studio, where they produced their new project. In 2002, the band released their second album, Viagem ao Sul da Terra (Journey to the South of the Earth), using their own record label, Bugioganga Records.

In this same period, the band performed in the final step of Rock’n’ Halls Festival, in Sao Paulo city.   Their band was one of the fourth final classified among 2400 that started the selection process. Doidivanas also made performances in a TV program called Novo Som do Brasil (New Sounds from Brazil), from Jornal Hoje (Today News), a news program linked to Globo Television and watched nationally around Brazil. The album Journey to South of the Earth supported the band to release the first videoclip, Bah!. In 2003, the single Balada Bovina was recorded in the compilation album Conexao RS (RS Connection), released by Pop Rock FM, a radio of metropolitan region of Porto Alegre. Together in this release are the bands Vera Loca, Gallaxy Trio and more.
 
Uns Rock. The band creates, organizes and gets in the Uns Rock Festival, a little sample of the independent music created from discussions in the official homepage of the band. The publicity manager Daniel “Cuca” Moreira created the list in May 2002. The event was done with 8 bands, which one could present the diversity of styles and tendencies of the actual scene of rock from Rio Grande do Sul. Played in this event Tom Bloch, Irmaos Rocha!, Freak Brotherz, Auto Retrato and other bands. In this event were created some areas for T-shirt from bands, independent albums, fanzines and leaflets. The festival was transmitted in internet.

Nosotros. In 2003, Doidivanas goes into the studio to record and produce their new project. A job that will take lots of south brazilian and latin american musicians and bands. Most of them already played during the historical performances of the band. Almondegas, Nei Lisboa, Mano Lima, Sui Generis (band from Charly Garcia), Nelson Coelho de Castro, Cenair Maica, Mario Barbara are included in this album. All the singles are replayed with a dash of rock and worldwide music and regional cultures. The selection of these albums was researched together with the composer Edu daMatta. Joing in the record DJ Anderson (Ultramen), Leonardo Oxley Rodrigues, the acordeon player Mano Jr., Bira do Cavaco (Pra Todas as Raças Groups), and the usual ones: Negrinho Martins, Eber Barbosa, Juca de Leon and Edu daMatta.

By the end of 2004, the band recorded another compilation Arte Daqui (Art From Here), produced by RadioCom FM, the main community radio from Pelotas (RS). The project introduces 20 artists and prints a view of rock production of the region. Together in this one are Psyco Say Caniggia, Freak Brotherz, Nacao Suburbana, Edu da Matta, Auto Retrato and others.

Tim Tirim Tirim Tim. In october 2005, the band joined in the advertising campaign for Tim in RS. One of the fifth mobilephone companies of Brazil. Beside Tambo do Bando (Santa Maria), Piriska Grecco (Uruguaiana) e Kriz (Caxais do Sul), the single “Conto de Fraldas”, from Tom Ze is played. This advertise was used in TV, radios, newspapers, cinemas, outdoors and sales points from Tim.

10 Years of Rock and Gauderiadas (1). In 2005, the band celebrates 10 years and to register this fact the band reinvent themselves: creates new homepage, releases their albums in internet (download MP3 free), remix the first CD and prepares new launches. The project Nosotros is released in 2006.
Seven years later, the first CD, Liber Pampa, is remixed and remastered from a digitalized version from the original tapes. It’s in true a new job musical engineering made by the bass player Rodrigo Osorio. The new site is produced by the publicity manager Daniel “ Cuca” Moreira and by the web designer Diego Mello. The band is already working at least around 40 new singles. Musical material to be released in 2009. Notes:

from “gauderio”,  individual that is always travelling, with no defined direction, with no fix job, usually living from others help, going nowhere, usually a bad definition from the antique “gaucho”.

One of the most popular folk rhythm from Rio Grande do Sul, a little faster than Vanera. This one with origin in the Cuban rhythm Habanera, how was written initially. From Havanera to Vanera lot of changes happen from the writing to the timing, faster now than before. After more than 30 years the Brasilia folk musicians have been made lots of innovative experiences in this rhythm but always using the basic instruments for this performance: Accordion, guitar, drums and Pandeiro.  Nowadays it’s a regular rhythm in South Brazilian Balls, and also with dash of choro and valsa.

Galpao: Definition of a very rustic warehouse in the farm, usually used to stock animals and utensils. I t was also used as a meeting point among the “Gaucho” after a day of hard working for chatting, playing guitar and drinking the typical hot tea from the region called Chimarrao.