Cabine C (, Portuguese for "Cabin C") was a short-lived

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band from

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. With their sonority inspired by acts such as

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, and vocalist

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's lyrics influenced by Romantic and

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poets such as

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and

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, and by playwright

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, they are considered to be one of the first and most famous Brazilian

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bands (even though Pessoa publicly rejected any associations with the

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at the time), as well as forerunners of the

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movement in Brazil. Despite their short lifespan, they have a strong

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to the present day.

History

Cabine C was formed in 1984 by

, who had parted ways with his previous band,

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, the year prior. Its initial line-up comprised Pessoa on vocals, his then-wife Wania Forghieri on keyboards,

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on guitar,

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(who had just joined Titãs) on drums and Sandra Coutinho of Mercenárias on bass (Sandra later left the band and was replaced by Ricardo Gaspa, also from Ira!). They recorded some songs with this line-up, and performed some shows in bars and clubhouses of

, but with the exception of Pessoa and Forghieri, everybody would leave the band afterwards, in order to focus on their respective alternate projects. In 1986, former Akira S. e as Garotas que Erraram members Anna Ruth dos Santos and Marinella Setti joined Cabine C, and with this line-up they would release in the same year their first (and only) studio album, '' Fósforos de Oxford'', through RPM Discos, so called because it was founded by

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members Paulo Ricardo and Luiz Schiavon. The album, which counted with guest appearances by Fernando Deluqui and Akira Tsukimoto (the titular "Akira S." of Akira S. e as Garotas que Erraram), was well-received, but suffered from bad promotion, resulting that most people didn't even know it existed, and so it was a commercial failure. Because of that, a lengthy judicial battle between Cabine C and RPM Discos ensued then, resulting in the end of both Cabine C and RPM Discos in 1987. Prior to their disbanding, Cabine C was working on a second studio album, which would be called ''Cotonetes Desconexos''; however, the project did not come to fruition. Their song "Tão Perto" ("So Close") is present in the compilation of Brazilian underground post-punk music '' The Sexual Life of the Savages'', released in 2005 by British label

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. In 2017, Pessoa wrote a song in tribute to Cabine C entitled "Cabine C/Na Primavera", for the self-titled debut album of his latest project Flying Chair. He died on May 5, 2020, following complications from a cancer and

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Members

– vocals , electric guitar * Wania Forghieri – keyboards * Anna Ruth dos Santos – bass, backing vocals * Marinella Setti – drums *

– electric guitar *

– drums * Sandra Coutinho – bass * Ricardo Gaspa – bass

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

Unreleased songs

* "Cotonetes Desconexos" * "Recado Chinês" * "Nossas Cabeças São Nossos Erros" * "Inundação de Amor" (written by Ciro Pessoa and Júlio Barroso of

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, it would later be performed by

) * "A História do Meu Delírio" * "O Lado Bom da Bomba" (written by Ciro Pessoa and

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)

References

External links

An article about the band's history
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