Paciencia

The latest release from Deewee, the record label run by Soulwax / 2manydjs’ David and Stephen Dewaele, comes from Phillipi and Rodrigo. Paciencia is the Brazilian duo’s 9-track debut album, recorded, produced and mixed at Studio Deewee in Gent.

Described by David and Stephen as sounding “like Stereolab in 2018 singing in Portuguese while a Batacuda band performs at a Brazilian beach techno party”, Paciencia (album) begins with Magnetico, a languid, dubby start, that opens proceedings before the upbeat, organ-heavy psychedelic pop of Retrogrado. The melancholic Minas (complete with beautiful piano, strings, and birdsong), is the first straight dance cut on the album, a torch song, sung, like the rest of the album, in Portuguese.

Previous singles, Mantra, (their second release alongside New Beach on Deewee017), and the equally acclaimed Karma (released with Gueto De Gent as Deewee010) are also included. Barberella and Rotina show the depth and width to Phillipi and Rodrigo’s sound, before the album shifts gear with the slow techno groove of Face, and Paciencia (single) closes the album with 5 minutes of hypnotic brilliance.