Video for Canção dos Povos Originários

Hi, my name is Luiz Simas and I'm fundraising for a new video project.

Not too long ago I wrote a very unusual piece of music, the “Canção dos Povos Originários”, a song about the various indigenous peoples of Brazil. The music has a mantra-like atmosphere, and the lyrics simply a list of names of several indigenous Brazilian tribes. I recorded piano and keyboards here in New York, my daughter Julia Haughton and myself recorded all vocals also here in New York, and the superb musician Carlos Malta recorded his haunting, exquisite and magical flute in Rio de Janeiro. The song was mixed and mastered by Paulo Roberto Brandão in Porto Alegre, Brazil, who also recorded some of the keyboards in the intro. The song hasn’t been released yet.

Now to the best part: I knew that adding images to this tune would bring the project to a whole new level, so I invited master designer Leon Vilhena to prepare a beautiful video for the song. Leon Vilhena has received many awards for his work. He was art director, team leader and motion designer at Globosat (part of Brazil’s biggest tv network) for twelve years before starting his own company “Intermitente” together with Duda Asfora.

Up to the present time I have always produced my own recordings and videos while bearing all the costs. In the case of this video, though, it would be impossible for me to do it alone, so I started a GoFundMe project and I’m hoping all of you will help me bring it to fruition.

You can watch here a sample with the first ideas that Leon had for the video, using a short part of the song. I think you may become as excited as I am and want to be a part of it too!