Cibelle (born 1978), birth name Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, is a Brazilian visual artist and musician. They are based in

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and

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. They graduated in 2015 from the

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in London. Cibelle has released four music albums and has performed and presented work in venues such as

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in Berlin, Museo Reina Sofia in

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, ICA London, and

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in New York. Cibelle has an interdisciplinary practice that includes

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, video, painting, sculpture and installation. Their work addresses the deconstruction and formation of identities and people's interactions with each other and their surroundings.

Biography

Cibelle Cavalli Bastos was born in

, Brazil, on 2 January 1978. They attended the Marcelo Tupinambá Conservatory in São Paulo from the age of 6, where they studied guitar, piano, percussion and theatre. They had a short career modelling in their teens, but left it to dedicate themselves to acting and art. They worked in musicals, short films, and Brazilian TV, until music took a stronger lead in their life, followed by their focus in art practice and research. After meeting the Serbian-born producer Suba, they appeared as the main vocalist on his album, ''São Paulo Confessions'', on Ziriguiboom ( Crammed Discs' Brazilian imprint) in 1999. A mixture of traditional and electronic sounds, ''São Paulo Confessions'' is regarded as an important precursor and a landmark album for Brazilian Electronic Music. Suba died shortly after the album's release. Cibelle next appeared on Celso Fonseca's album, ''Natural'' (2003). Their first solo album, ''Cibelle'', was also released in 2003. Signed to Belgian record label Crammed Discs, at the age of 22, they started spending more time in Europe, specifically Paris. By the completion of their first album, they moved to London's

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in East London.

Music and Methodology

Cibelle creates concept albums. Their band is made up of around 10 musicians or more who each get together as trios. Cibelle works by building tracks live on stage, with special guests and audience members contributing to their "bric-a-brac DIY" sound through vocals, playfulness and instrumental experimentation. Since moving to

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, they have been working more with visual arts and performance, taking part in the abravanista movement with Rick Castro – also a part of Assume Vivid Astro Focus – and collaborating as a part of collective and artzine FUR, run by photographer Cássia Cabatini and artist/printmaker Fábio Gurjão..

Collaborations

Cibelle has collaborated with a range of music and visual artists all over the world for recordings, film, performance, and installation, including:

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, The Real Tuesday Weld, Seu Jorge, Cocorosie, Rio en Medio,

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, Júnio Barreto, Vanessa da Mata, Orquestra Imperial, Vetiver, Lightspeed Champion, Josh Weller, David Shrigley, Tom Zé, Johnny Flynn, Quist, Tunng, members of Nação Zumbi and The Legendary Tigerman.

Discography

Albums

* ''Cibelle'' (2003) * ''The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves'' (2006) (cover art by Cibelle) * ''Las Vênus Resort Palace Hotel'' (2010) * ''Unbinding (2013)

EPs

* ''About a Girl EP'' (2005) * ''Noite de Carnaval/Matthew Herbert Remixes'' (2005) * ''Green Grass EP'' (2007) * ''White Hair EP'' (2008)

Collaborations

* . * . * . * : 1 track by Kocani Orkestar remixed by Cibelle. * : vocals on 3 tracks * ''Worried Noodles'' (TomLab Records, 2008): 1 original track * ''Femina'' by The Legendary Tiger Man (2009): vocals on 2 tracks

References

External links

* . {{Authority control 1978 births Living people Singers from São Paulo Musicians from the London Borough of Hackney Brazilian contemporary artists 21st-century Brazilian singers 21st-century Brazilian women singers People from Dalston Six Degrees Records artists Singers from the London Borough of Hackney Brazilian expatriates in England