The +2's

'''The +2s''' is a Brazilian band from Rio de Janeiro that composes samba while also incorporating the sounds of funk and psychedelia into its music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kassin-2-mn0000996059 |title=Kassin +2 - Music Biography, Credits and Discography |website=AllMusic |date=2008-05-13 |access-date=2013-05-13}}</ref> The music group consists of Moreno Veloso, Domenico Lancelotti, and Alexandre Kassin (who also recorded the music to the anime ''Michiko & Hatchin''). Each of them released a single album under his name with the suffix "+2", meaning "and two others".

+2 is signed to the record label Luaka Bop. This world music label has released three +2 albums: ''Music Typewriter'',<ref name="luaka bop, +2" /> ''Sincerely Hot'',<ref name="luaka bop, +2" /> and ''Futurismo''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Futurismo - Kassin+2, Alexandre Kassin |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/futurismo-mw0001089853 |website=AllMusic |access-date=12 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

== History == === Moreno +2 === In 2000, the first CD released was ''Máquina de Escrever Música'' ("Music Writing Machine"), with Moreno Veloso leading the project, which focused dramatically on Moreno's voice and guitar. The album was released by the labels "ROCKiT!"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockit.com.br/index1.php |title=Rockit! |website=ROCKiT! |access-date=2013-05-13}}</ref> and "Luaka Bop", owned by David Byrne. Several of the musical resources presented are unusual, such as tubes or handheld video games. Compositions by Moreno and some cover versions such as ''Eu sou melhor que você'', by Maurício Pacheco, and ''I'm Wishing'', from the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, are mixed with timbres from iron shovels, electronic percussion and the unpredictable theremin, the "grandfather" of all modern synthesizers. The project also performed at the now-defunct Free Jazz festival (today the TIM Festival), even receiving an initial boo from an audience not accustomed to the project's aesthetic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/br/Acontecendo/Acontecendo.asp?Nu_materia=993 |title=Cliquemusic : Matéria : Distraído, Moreno + 2 vence no Free Jazz |trans-title=Cliquemusic: Article: Distracted, Moreno + 2 wins at Free Jazz |access-date=2017-06-18 |work=Cliquemusic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112075012/http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/materias/ver/distraido--moreno---2-vence-no-free-jazz |archive-date=2015-01-12 |url-status=live}}</ref> The album was included in the book ''1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die''.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Dimery |editor-first=Robert |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |publisher=Universe Publishing |year=2005}}</ref>

== Discography == * Moreno+2: ''Máquina de Escrever Música'' (2000, ROCKiT!)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockit.com.br/index1.php |title=Rockit! |website=ROCKiT! |access-date=2013-05-13}}</ref> ** released by Luaka Bop first as Moreno Veloso+2: ''Music Typewriter'' (2001)<ref name="luaka bop, +2" /> and later as Moreno+2: ''Music Typewriter'' (2005)<ref name="luaka bop, +2" /> * Domenico+2: ''Sincerely Hot'' (2003, Luaka Bop)<ref name="luaka bop, +2" /> * Kassin+2: ''Futurismo'' (2006, Luaka Bop)<ref>{{cite web |title=Futurismo - Kassin+2, Alexandre Kassin |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/futurismo-mw0001089853 |website=AllMusic |access-date=12 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

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<ref name="luaka bop, +2">{{cite web |url=http://www.luakabop.com/plus_two/index.html |title=The +2's Moreno +2 Music Typewriter |access-date=2007-07-24 |archive-date=2007-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809071414/http://www.luakabop.com/plus_two/index.html |url-status=dead |quote=Welcome to the revolving musical door that is Moreno, Domenico, and Kassin. The vanguard of a new generation of Brazilian musicians, heirs to a family heritage of Tropicalia and Samba, respected producers, the three artists whose unique mix of traditional Brazilian songwriting with the quirky beats, loops, and noises of contemporary electronica is defining the sound of New Brazil. Domenico + 2 is Domenico Lancellotti, Moreno Veloso and Kassin.}}</ref>

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