Can you say where you are from after many years living in a country not your own? Can you belong to more than one place at the same time? These are the questions Curió Curió, a Brazilian-German duo, attempts to answer on their debut album.
Actress and singer Luiza Monteiro moved out from her hometown of Rio de Janeiro nine years ago to pursue a career in Europe. There she met Dustin Braun, a German producer, best known for his work with Berlin-based Turkish alternative musician Peki Momés, forming Curió Curió. After almost a decade abroad, Monteiro felt she was “not the same person she’d been in Rio,” but not fully from her new home, either. To address this ambiguity, Braun wrote music that is definitely Brazilian — elegant, groovy, sensual,…