So when I first met Marcio Local – he wishfully thought I was the pot dealer, then he called my tattoo beautiful…an hour later and much the wiser I was being invited to Brazil.
His album is titled: Marcio Local says, ‘Don dree don day don don’: Adventures in Samba Soul – which kinda explains it all and will be out in the Spring on David Byrne’s eclectic-ly kooky world music label Luaka Bop.
Marcio was given the last name Local because he’s all about being ‘local’ wherever he’s at – he makes music ‘thinking about lazy Saturday afternoons at the beach, a game of soccer, the drama of sexual seduction, and the bustle of the urban scene.’
He says his music offers ‘a mixture of Jorge Benjor, Seu Jorge, Banda Black Rio, Wilson Simonal, but model 2008, 4×4 and turbocharged.’ URB caught up with him recently over dinner in Brooklyn:
What is your inspiration?
Everything that I see. I am much more inspired by the things that I see than by the things that I hears or read. I consider myself to be like a musical writer – an author –
So you respond to the things that you sees by writing about them?
Yes – people’s daily lives, day to day simplicity, Summer in Rio, Samba and the streets.
Can you explain to me the connection between Samba and soccer?
I used to play for a famous football team – the Flamingos. I grew up on soccer and where there is soccer there is Samba – it’s part of the day to day life in Rio. Whenever there is football, it always ends up with Samba.
When did you start playing music?
When I was fourteen I started to compose. I took two guitar lessons and then wrote a song.
Would you say you come from a musical family?
No – I’m the only one in my family that knows anything about music – my family wanted me to join the military – every young person in Brazil has to go through compulsory service and they wanted me to continue. My dad was a policeman – my mother is a lawyer. Nobody had anything to do with music. I’m the black sheep of the family.
So what were your parent’s reactions to you choosing to be a musician as a profession?
I was thrown out of home when I was fifteen because of music.
So what do they think about it now?
…not sad about it. It was an opportunity to be everything I am – an opportunity to be on my own and fulfill what it is I needed to do.
So are your parents ok with it now?
My dad died last year – I had not spoken to him in sixteen years he was dead for three days in the house without anyone knowing. My mom loves my work and has always supported me. Mothers hold their children. She does everything she can to make sure I’m always happy with the choice I made.
What song is the most personal to you and why?
‘Sentimento Rei’ – which means king feeling – it’s about the feeling of God – it’s the song that connects me to the spiritual world.
What is your favorite part of performing live?
The direct contact with the people – to see people getting pleasure from the things that I do and the things that I say even though sometimes they don’t know exactly what it is I am saying…the personal contact.
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