Ridiculously Deep – Arto Lindsay (1998)

He was born on the May 28th 1953 in the USA. When he was 3 years old, his parents went to live in the North-East of Brazil as missionaries. He lived in Brazil for 15 years but always felt like a stranger. For him it was more an advantage which allowed him to go buy marihuana in the slums as well as going surfing with the stranger’s children.

His first musical discoveries happened in Brazil with artists like Gal Costa, Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso or even Gilberto Gil. Moreover, he stated that he discovered Beatles song in protuguese before the original ones.

When he came back in New York, he was a singer in a Rock band, but he was more interested by writing than music. But when he discovers the beginnings of Punk-rock, his choice is made. At that time, he listen at bands like Ramones or even Television.

His first important group: DNA, became famous, particularly thanks to a compilation made by Brian Eno at the end of 70s.

In the 90s, Arto Lindsay start a solo carrier. His music is widely influenced by his brazilian roots. The quality of his productions and his capacity to work with other artists made him work with a large number of groups like: Animal Collective, Laurie Anderson, They Might Be Giants, David Byrne, Cibo Matto, Bill Frisell or even Ryuichi Sakamoto.

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