BEAUTY-FULLY BRAZILIAN FUSION GUITAR !!!
Gypsy Guitars | Kula, UpCountry Maui, Hawaii | 07/15/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Kiko Loureiro's "Universo Inverso" is a fresh, ground-breaking recording of a young Brazilian guitar virtuoso that integrates the electric fusion guitar format w/Brazilian traditional rhythms & song forms into a beauty-full mixture of the two styles- GRRREAT CD !!! Loureiro's playing has deep emotion, fluidity & imagination & integrates his Brazilian heritage w/ his obvious love of the electric format... his band of extremely talented musicians really compliments Loureiro's style & sound with their playing to create a recording that inspires repeated listening & dancing. Kiko has found a new niche in the wide world of electric guitar & fills a need for new world music that fuses the beauty of Brazil's traditional dance forms w/ the power of electricity & the coloration w/ effects- extrapolating the stylings of Santana 'n' Di Meola into a guitar style w/a very definite 'n' unique identity !!! Obrigado Maestro Loureiro for this wonder-full CD !!!"