Almir Ricardi

Kicking off a party seems to be a simple task, even more so than wrapping it up, since it requires not so much of a huge effort, but some special care. After all, it is at the beginning that the tone is set, the same that will conduct the moods and energies up until the end. And this is a concern that appears to have been taken as a priority by Almir Ricardi when he created the title-track that culminated in the album.

"Festa Funk" delivers exactly what it boasts: heaviness and swing in the same molds that propelled the fun in balls across Brazil. A feat that is revealed in each one of the tracks that became classics among dancers and selectors alike, as his version of his cousin's song "Raça", as well as both the fabulous "São Paulo High Society" and "Se Você Quer Brigar", each one wreaking havoc in their own particular ways, or even more tender lyrical moments such as the ones offered in "Tô Parado Na Tua", where we can see Almir's skills as a songwriter work in perfect consonance with the rhythmic and melodic assets provided by a team of experts that counted Tony Bizarro on backing vocals and the canonic duo of Lincoln Olivetti and Robson Jorge, the architects of the Brazilian groove, on production and arrangement duties.