From the age of seventeen Carla Alexandar has toured the whole world . First
as a professional dancer for Jorge Ben and later as a singer. In 1999
she was playing with the legendary Brazilian band Daúde at
the Roskilde Festival. Here she meets up with her old friend the percussionist
Fernando Negalé that convince her to stay in Denmark.This is
the beginning of a new era in Carla’s life.
Soon she is introduced to Morten Varano (that is running Murena Records).
They start working together on a project that is build on Carla´s
poems, Brazilian music tradition, electronics and breaks. The first
result was É Assim that was essential leftfield single in 7
magazine.
The lyrics of Carla Alexander are modern, conscious and based on her
written poems. It´s about leaving Brazil and living in a foreign
country in Scandinavia. About how it shapes your senses and you see
things different. About the memories about brazil with the samba dancing
and the Caipirinha-drinks.
With a varied interest in new styles of music D&B, Break Beat
and House as well as her Brazillian influences it is easy to see why
DJs such as Kruder & Dorfmeister, LTJ Bukem, Coldcut and Phil
Mison have all picked up on her previous records.