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Arto Lindsay and Vinicius Cantuária: Songs for modern lovers

David Toop, The Wire, April 1999

Arto Lindsay transformed himself from extreme noise guitarist into the age's most intimate lover through his archaeology of Brazilian modernism. Now working in tandem with the singer-songwriter Vinicius Cantuária, he is redefining bossa nova as a personal soundtrack for rootless cosmopolitans everywhere.

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