Music Typewriter

1	Sertao Outback 3:23
2	Deusa Do Amor Goddess of Love 4:57
3	Enquanto Isso Meanwhile 4:11
4	Eu Sou Melhor Que Voce I'm Better Than You 2:53
5	Das Partes Of Parts 2:02
6	Arrivederci 3:24
7	Assim (Para Dyonne Boy) 4:50
8	Para Xo For Xo 4:07
9	Esfinge Sphinx 2:45
10	Rio Longe Far off Rio 3:21
11	O Livro and O Beijo The Book and the Kiss 4:48
12	Nenhuma None 3:19
13	So Vendo Que Beleza You've Got to See How Pretty It Is 2:32
14	I'm Wishing 3:00

Barnes & Noble

Like father, like son. That is, if you like the incandescent art-pop stylings of Brazil's poet of Tropicalia, Caetano Veloso, you're bound to love the luminous debut of his 27-year-old son, Moreno, Music Typewriter. Which isn't to say the younger Veloso trades on his father's signature sound. There's a youthful vigor fans of Beck and Cibo Matto will respond to in Moreno's mélange of bossa nova, electronica, and dashes of Dadaist noise. One gets the feeling Music Typewriter is the kind of album Caetano would make if liberated from the chamber-music clutches of his longtime director Jacques Morelenbaum. With the backing of his trio and guests such as João Donato, Daniel Jobim (grandson of Tom Jobim), and, yes, his dad, Moreno's artful yet childlike approach is hard to resist. The wonderfully guileless cover of the Disney gem "I'm Wishing" is just icing on the cake. Abraham Velez

All Music Guide

When you're the son of Caetano Veloso, one of Brazil's most beloved singer/songwriters and men of letters, you have to face a lot of expectations when you release your debut record. But Moreno Veloso is no clone; while he's inherited the wry iconoclasm of his father, he stamps himself all over this record, letting his personal musical idiosyncrasies flourish, like the theremin and sound processing that buzz like flies over his cover of the Brazilian classic "Das Partes." While the majority of the songs come from Veloso's pen, like fellow new generation artist (and musical scion) Bebel Gilberto he's not afraid to pay homage to the inspirational samba and bossa nova that's an integral part of his country's musical heritage, even venturing as far as North America for a take on "I'm Wishing" from the movie Snow White, which pitches English and Portuguese vocals against each other in a luminously simple performance. His own material can range from the rhythmic and funky "Arrivederci" to the understated, relaxed "Nenhuma," where he reaches into a falsetto range of a voice that's admittedly limited. The experimental tendencies are just enough to give an interesting quirk factor, without overwhelming his natural melodicism. While this album won't start another Tropicaliá movement, the way his father's mix of Brazilian and rock did in the late '60s, it establishes him as one of the brighter new lights in the MPB (Brazilian popular music) scene. Chris Nickson