Press Quotes for Renato's Album "Indaiá"

"... a movie without cuts, with panoramic images ...pictures of landscapes through sounds, in the most natural possible way ...natural, contemporary, universal, it contemplates vitality, diversity ..."

"Indaiá" is one of the best instrumental music records launched recently in Brazil. An unique brazilian jazz ..."

O Jornal

"... The multiinstrumentalist Renato Martins reveals hidden drums of Brazil ... the diversity of elements from diverse cultures and the strong "brasilidade" are characteristics that justify the "world music" atmosphere in the record ... ... a renewer of the Brazilian percussion ... ... great reviews from the press... reaffirming the value of instrumental music of Brazil... "

Submarino

"It had been six years waiting for this beautiful recording to arrive for the public and to sound so recent as if it had been released today. The multiinstrumentalist Renato Martins switches from the piano to the percussion, showing his musical abilities in nine own compositions. He plays with his close and talented friends, like Roberto Sion (on flute and sax on three tracks) and the excellent Célio Barros on the acoustic bass. Pure Brazilian languages are creatively rearranged as on the percussive Sambacatu. "

João Marcos Coelho, Bravo Magazine, Sao Paulo - 03/03".

"Brazilian Rhythms mixed with Latin, African and Indian influences, and still jazz, flamenco and classical - everything lead by a percussive base. This is the recipe presented by multiinstrumentalist Renato Martins on his first album "Indaiá". Considered a renovator of the Brazilian percussion, Renato already played with a great number of Brazilian jazz and MPB artists. Inventive and full of great technique. "

Isaac Ribeiro, Tribuna do Norte, Natal (RN), 12/03/03

"Percussionist that already played with Ulisses Rocha, André Geraissati, Celso Pixinga, Sá & Guarabira and Moacyr Luz, Renato Martins presents his acoustic sounds, also on the piano, on his first solo album. It's on Boca Suja and Sambacatu that he shows his master percussion."

Daniel Valentim, A Crítica, Manaus (AM), 04 de fevereiro de 2003.

"The musician launches a record with great guests like Oswaldinho do Acordeon and Roberto Angerosa. Brazilian jazz and excellent instrumental music..."

MTV Magazine, 02/2003.

"Considered one of the renovators of the Brazilian percussion, Renato Martins uses everyday objects as percussion instruments, with such creativity. ... The record is marked by the modernity and the quality of the tracks, as Pianíssima, Boca Suja and Sambacatu."

Jose the Prado Netto - Jornal do Sul de Minas, Varginha (MG), 25 and 27/01/03.

"Partner of masters of instrumental music, as Mozart Mello, Celso Pixinga and Taj Mahal, the multiinstrumentalist Renato Martins presents his talent as a composer on "Indaiá", his first solo album launched by the label LUA MUSIC. There are nine tracks, all composed by him, being two of them partnerships. ... It has tunes like Sambacatu, that announces the mixture that he intends to make ... full of percussive elements, solo piano (Pianíssima) or piano and acoustic bass duets (Segredos) ..."

Henrique Nunes, Diário do Nordeste, Fortaleza, 12/03/03

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