Two incredible musicians generating an intense , moving and very special musical relationship During a Fado night, the voices are authentic: no external amplification, no adornments, no filters. Just nerve, talent, soul, passion. Raul Refree understands passion well, he produced “Los Angeles”, the album that revealed to the world the phenomenon Rosal?a, and he had no doubt when he heard Lina singing at Clube de Fado one of the most renowned Fado venues, home to many great singers and great musicians carefully nurtured by M?rio Pacheco, guitarist to the stars, including the eternal Am?lia. There in a solemn, authentic moment, Raul Refree was blown away by Lina?s voice. The idea of getting together in the studio was immediate. Shortly after, they met at a special recording studio, outside Lisbon. There, surrounded by vintage synthesizers, Moogs and Arps, Oberheims and Rolands, but also with a piano nearby, Raul framed Lina’s voice in analog clouds; Fado’s traditional guitars only in our imagination, but the strength of this truthful voice all there, all the time. Lina proved herself more than a match. A close student of Am?lia’s work, she selected some timeless classics from the Diva’s repertoire, to be used as a basis to communicate. As if this project was born out of a search for the haunting, the haunted essence. Raul and Lina agreed they ought to explore Am?lia’s repertoire, removing the instrumental dogmas of fado, while maintaining the profundity of the soul. In this project the arrangements are extraordinary!
