GURGEL, DANI - Tuqti (Sealed) (CD)

TUQTI, Dani Gurgel's new album is released by BERTHOLD records in April 2019. The Brazilian singer and composer uses precise and unique scatting to highlight the percussive and syncopated sound of the Portuguese language. TUQTI, says Gurgel, is not a word but an onomatopoeia. Her samba scat opens the album. For Gurgel, who is also writing her PhD in communication science, scatting is commonly tied to the singer's language, particularly to the sonority of its poetry and spoken word.