The successor to Aporia already has defined performance dates: February 24th at the Hard Club, Porto, and March 9th at the Capitol, in Lisbon, both venues already sold out.
And because no man is an island, Sebastião Caldeira had to leave his own for people to see him. From Funchal to other coasts, Van Zee has found the sea as a great metaphor for his artistic and even personal journey. The structure of his first full-length with Virgin Music Portugal therefore follows an undulating logic, with ups and downs of opposing energies that are simultaneously harmonized in a single body.
Directly from the Dutch, from which he inherited his artistic name “Van Zee”, the literal translation results precisely in do.mar, a title that ends up encompassing everything that this album represents. Through diffuse currents, Aporia’s successor finds a perfect balance between home and world, between comfort zone and experimentation, between identity and innovation.
With Nort as a cornerstone in terms of the album’s production — and with FRANKIEONTHEGUITAR also playing a decisive role in this matter — Van Zee also had a number of heavyweight appearances on his second solo project. In addition to the surprising collaborations that were unveiled, from “Underwater” by FRANKIEONTHEGUITAR with Diogo Piçarra to “Chamadas” with Ivandro, Carolina Deslandes now joins in “À Tua Porta” — the last single before the launch of the project —, Julinho KSD in “Só Dá”, Pikika in “Saudade” and Yuri NR5 in “So Flawless”.