Se Segura
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album Package Including:
a.
b. Se Segura (The Allergies Remix)
Includes unlimited streaming of Se Segura via your DSP of choice, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
About
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LAÍZ & THE LOVE EXPERIENCE "Se Segura"
release date: 13 June 2025
7" Single | Digital
Laiz’s love for music is rooted in tropicália, Brazilian music old and new, and soul. Think Tom Zé, Marcelo D2 and Sampha the Great. Like so many Brazilians, the deep reverence Laiz has for home grown funk, bossa and samba artists from the second half of the twentieth century runs deep.
This track, ‘Se Segura’, is an homage to warm and fuzzy-funk sound of 70’s Brazil and two of her favourite artists Jorge Ben Jor & Quarteto Em Cy.
The song is a play on the song ‘Salve o Verde’ by Quarteto Em Cy, that was originally composed by Jorge Ben addressing climate change and pollution in the cities. In the chorus they sang “god save the green, that the men is destroying, by constructing grey, save the green”. On Lais’ version, she uses the lyrics of the chorus but the ‘green’ instead relates to money.
Laiz surmises “Money is not the root of all evil, but it is accumulating in the hands of humans without morals who seek destruction for profit. Money, just like everything else, was colonised. And now the world is rapidly changing, empires are falling. The best we can do is to invest in our cultures, hold on to our communities. And take charge of the little that we have and make sure that art and music help us humans to survive this global rupture”
"The structures are falling so hold on to something"
Credits
Laiz - vox, lyrics, composition
Pachakuti (Sonic Interventions) - producer, keys, horns, choir
Leon Raum (Bokoya) - Drums
Skyline Sun - Guitar
Vane - choir, pandeiro
Eric Owusu (Jembaa Groove) - congas, shekere
Wesley Bemboy- cuica, garrafa, pandeiro, Tantan
Paulrythms (Sonic Interventions) - bass
young.vishnu - mix
Dylan Hunter Cher Greene (Sonic Interventions) - Drums
Dumama (Sonic Interventions) - Backing vocals
Nane Kahle (Sonic Interventions) - Backing Vocals
additional production by The Allergies.
Artwork by Laíz. Mastered by Kelly Hibbert at Almachrome.
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released June 13, 2025
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