Martin Andrade de Mendonça[1] (born 3 June 1976, Salvador, Bahia) is a Brazilian singer, musician and guitarist. He became known for playing alongside singer Pitty and also in the side project Agridoce.[2]
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| Birth name | Martin Andrade de Mendonça |
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| Born | 3 June 1976 Salvador, Bahia |
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Career
editMendonça began playing acoustic guitar and started playing electric guitar between the ages of 16 and 17.[3]
He played in the Bahian band Cascadura and with which he moved, in 2003, to the city of São Paulo in order to try to have a career on a national level, but the members' attempts failed, taking the guitarist back to Salvador, Bahia. In December 2004, Mendonça was invited to play with Pitty and returned to São Paulo in 2005.[3]
Solo career and other projects
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In 2010, Mendonça released the album Dezenove Vezes Amor in partnership with drummer Duda Machado.[4] They play nine songs, including “Passa em Volta”, “Daqui pra Frente” and “Me Perdi”.[5]
After a decade of accompanying Pitty in her band guitarist Mendonça – with whom Pitty also created the Agridoce project – announced the release of his first solo album. The musician, who in 2010 released the album Dezenove Vezes Amor in partnership with drummer Duda Machado, was finally going to present his own work. The album was called Quando Um Não Quer... and was only released in digital format.[6]
The work was out on Deckdisc and featured nine tracks, most of which are original. The only exception is "Coisas Boas", the first track on the album to be made available, which was written by Fábio Cascadura and Ricardo Alves. The second single was made available on February 12, 2015, the song "Mesmo", featuring Lira and Pitty.[6]
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After the release of the album, Mendonça travelled around Brazil with the show Quando Um Não Quer Acústico accompanied by Guilherme Almeida. The concert was a reinterpretation of his songs in a more intimate format. The setlist included songs from the new album, songs from Dezenove Vezes Amor, some partnerships and songs that influenced him.[7]
In 2020, Mendonça teamed up with Gui Almeida and Paulo Kishimoto to record the entirely instrumental album Martin, Kishi & Gui, Vol. 1. The work was all recorded remotely, with the musicians producing their parts in their own home studios. Mendonça (guitar), Almeida (bass) and Kishimoto (keyboards) brought their ideas and each recorded three of the nine tracks, making it varied and with a little of each artist's influences and inspirations.[8][9]
Personal life
editMendonça was born in Salvador, Bahia and moved to São Paulo City in 2005, when he became Pitty's official guitarist.[3]
Mendonça is the father of Tomaz and Valentina as a result of his long-term relationship with Juana Diniz.[10][11][12]
Discography
edit- Solo
- Quando Um Não Quer... (2015)
- With Martin & Eduardo
- Dezenove Vezes Amor (2010)
- With Agridoce
- Agridoce (2011)
- Agridoce E.P. (2012)
- With Pitty
- Anacrônico (2005)
- Chiaroscuro (2009)
- Setevidas (2014)
- Matriz (2019)
References
edit- ^ "Praia Dos Artistas - Produtora » CNPJ de São Paulo / SP". consultas.plus (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ Maísa Cachos (8 November 2021). "Agridoce, duo de Pitty e Martin Mendonça, celebra 10 anos com single duplo". FolkdaWorld (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Marcia Scapaticio (31 March 2015). "Entrevista: Martin Mendonça". SCREAM & YELL (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ "Martin e Eduardo - "Dezenove Vezes Amor" (clipe)". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). 28 July 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Martin e Eduardo". VEJA SÃO PAULO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ a b Paula M. Higa (30 January 2015). "Martin Mendonça prepara o lançamento de seu 1º disco solo". Música na Veia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Martin Mendonça". Audio Rebel (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Músicos da cantora Pitty lançam projeto paralelo". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Martin Mendonça, Paulo Kishimoto e Gui Almeida – Martin, Kishi e Gui – Vol.1". Deckdisc (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ Fernando Guifer. "Saindo do forno esse #podcast muito especial com o @martin_mendezz, que, além de músico da #Pitty, do #Agridoce e do #CascaduraRock, é o paizão dedicado do Tomaz e da Valentina. Bora curtir esse papo muito leve, descontraído e muito enriquecedor?". Twitter (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Fernando Guifer. "#33 Martin Mendonça (Pitty/Agridoce/Cascadura)". Paternidade.doc. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Ramon Prates (1 November 2021). "Conheça a Praia dos Artistas – Produtora". BahiaRock (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
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