Superbacana (Ep 12") [VINYL]

After a long pause, during which he has produced Toco's "Memoria", S-tone Inc. returns with an EP that anticipates a new album due to release in autumn 2017. "Superbacana" features Toco as main guest and contains four tracks (one in two different versions) with a funky Brazilian flavour, inspired by the Black Rio sound that represents the encounter between samba and the American soul funk music since the '70s. "Superbacana", on the A-side, is a mid-tempo (104 bpm) track that might be ranked in the soul brazuca style but with a modern touch, and that features the spaced-out vocals of Toco, Paola Silva and Luzia Dvorek; Fabrizio Bernasconi here plays a fantastic groovy solo on Fender Rhodes. A dub version of this song completes the side, with an outstanding Marquinho Baboo's performance on percussion. "Zona Norte" (108 bpm), with Paola Silva on backing vocals, is the first B-side track, a funky-disco effort that reminds of Marcos Valle in the early '80s. As the title suggests, it names