{{Short description|Brazilian visual artist and musician}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2021}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox musical artist | image = Cibelle_ariel_martini.jpg | image_size = | caption = Cibelle lives in [[London]], England | birth_name = Cibelle Cavalli Bastos | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|01|02}} | birth_place = [[São Paulo]], Brazil | occupation = {{Flatlist| * Musician * performance artist * Visual artist * Record producer }} | genre = {{Flatlist| * non-conforming * [[experimental music|experimental]] }} | instrument = {{Plainlist| * Vocals * Guitar * Piano * [[Electronics]] * Sampler * Percussion * Multi-instrumentalist }} }}
'''Cibelle''' (born 2 January 1978),<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/cibelle/3538242|title=Cibelle on Apple Music|via=[[Apple Music]]|access-date=2 January 2026}}</ref> birth name '''Cibelle Cavalli Bastos''', is a Brazilian visual artist and musician. They are based in [[London]], [[Berlin]] and [[São Paulo]]. They graduated in 2015 from the [[Royal College of Art]] in London. Cibelle has released four music albums and has performed and presented work in venues such as [[Martin-Gropius-Bau]] in Berlin, [[Museo Reina Sofia]] in [[Madrid]], [[Institute of Contemporary Arts|ICA London]], and [[Carnegie Hall]] in New York.
Cibelle has an interdisciplinary practice that includes [[performance art]], [[sound art]], video, painting, sculpture and [[art installation|installation]]. Their work addresses the deconstruction and formation of [[identity (social science)|identities]] and people's interactions with each other and their surroundings.
==Biography== Cibelle Cavalli Bastos was born in [[São Paulo]], Brazil.<ref name="auto"/> They attended the Marcelo Tupinambá Conservatory in São Paulo from the age of 6, where they studied guitar, piano, percussion and theatre. They had a short career modelling in their teens, but left it to dedicate themselves to acting and art. They worked in musicals, short films, and Brazilian TV, until music took a stronger lead in their life, followed by their focus in art practice and research.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
After meeting the Serbian-born producer [[Mitar Subotić|Suba]], they appeared as the main vocalist on his album, ''São Paulo Confessions'', on Ziriguiboom ([[Crammed Discs]]' Brazilian imprint) in 1999. A mixture of traditional and electronic sounds, ''São Paulo Confessions'' is regarded as an important precursor and a landmark album for Brazilian Electronic Music. Suba died shortly after the album's release.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
Cibelle next appeared on [[Celso Fonseca]]'s album, ''Natural'' (2003). Their first solo album, ''Cibelle'', was also released in 2003. Signed to Belgian record label Crammed Discs,<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.crammed.be/ | title = Crammed|website=Crammed.be}}</ref> at the age of 22, they started spending more time in Europe, specifically Paris. By the completion of their first album, they moved to London's [[Brick Lane]] in East London.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.soundsandcolours.com/articles/brazil/an-interview-with-cibelle/ | type = interview | publisher = Sounds & Colours | title = Brazil | access-date = 20 July 2010 | archive-date = 11 April 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110411175207/http://www.soundsandcolours.com/articles/brazil/an-interview-with-cibelle/ | url-status = dead}}.</ref>
==Music and methodology== Cibelle creates concept albums.<ref>{{Citation | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILFrXREiLrA | title = You tube | publisher = Google | place = UK | type = video}}.</ref>{{better source needed|date=September 2021}}
Their band is made up of around 10 musicians or more who each get together as trios.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
Cibelle works by building tracks live on stage, with special guests and audience members contributing to their "bric-a-brac DIY" sound through vocals, playfulness and instrumental experimentation. Since moving to [[Dalston]], they have been working more with visual arts and performance, taking part in the [[abravanista]] movement with [[Rick Castro]] – also a part of [[Assume Vivid Astro Focus]] – and collaborating as a part of collective and artzine FUR, run by photographer [[Cássia Cabatini]] and artist/printmaker [[Fábio Gurjão]].<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.ur.uk.com/ | title = Furzine |website=Ur.uk| place = UK}}.</ref>
===Collaborations=== Cibelle has collaborated with a range of music and visual artists all over the world for recordings, film, performance, and installation, including: [[Devendra Banhart]], [[The Real Tuesday Weld]], [[Seu Jorge]], [[Celso Fonseca]], [[Cocorosie]], [[Rio en Medio]], [[Gilberto Gil]], [[Júnio Barreto]], [[Vanessa da Mata]], [[Orquestra Imperial]], [[Vetiver]], [[Lightspeed Champion]], [[Josh Weller]], [[David Shrigley]], [[Tom Zé]], [[Johnny Flynn (musician)|Johnny Flynn]], [[Quist]], [[Tunng]], members of [[Nação Zumbi]] and [[The Legendary Tigerman]].{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''Cibelle'' (2003) * ''The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves'' (2006) (cover art by Cibelle) * ''Las Vênus Resort Palace Hotel'' (2010) * ''Unbinding'' (2013)
===EPs=== * ''About a Girl EP'' (2005) * ''Noite de Carnaval/Matthew Herbert Remixes'' (2005) * ''Green Grass EP'' (2007) * ''White Hair EP'' (2008)
===Collaborations=== * {{Citation | title = [[São Paulo Confessions]] | author = [[Mitar Subotić|Suba]] | publisher = [[Crammed Discs]] | year = 1999 | type = vocals on 3 tracks}}. * {{Citation | title = Tributo | author = [[Mitar Subotić|Suba]] | publisher = [[Crammed Discs]] | year = 2002 | type = vocals on 4 tracks}}. * {{Citation | title = [[O Cheiro do Ralo]] | publisher = OST | year = 2006}}. * {{Citation | title = Electric Gypsyland 2 | publisher = [[Crammed Discs]] | year = 2006}}: 1 track by Kocani Orkestar remixed by Cibelle. * {{Citation | title = Res Inexplicata Volans | first = Apollo | last = Nove | publisher = [[Crammed Discs]] | year = 2005}}: vocals on 3 tracks * ''Worried Noodles'' (TomLab Records, 2008): 1 original track * ''Femina'' by The Legendary Tiger Man (2009): vocals on 2 tracks
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Citation | url = http://crammed.be.dd5126.kasserver.com/index.php?id=34&art_id=34&bio=full | title = Cibelle | publisher = [[Crammed Discs]] | access-date = 4 August 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120804153749/http://crammed.be.dd5126.kasserver.com/index.php?id=34&art_id=34&bio=full | archive-date = 4 August 2012 | url-status = dead}}.
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