Biography
The Diva anti-diva NeoTropicalista lives in Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil's Northeast). One of the more acclaimed artists nationally for her authorial work. So much by universality of the themes of her letters, how much by the odd sonority found in her records. At Karine Alexandrino's work, the musics act like a soundtrack for imaginary film of his character Producta; character that Karine uses to do her records, shows, videos and performances.
Historical: Karine Alexandrino launched "Solteira Producta", her first record, in 2002. The album had excellent acceptance by the public and critical in all the country.
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A track of the record were included in the collections: Docas (Portugal), Tratore (S. Paulo), Abril Pro Rock 2004 (Pernambuco). Other tracks also were remixed for DJs.
The music video "Baby Doll de Nylon" had big public execution in Fortaleza through the TV União.
At the end of last year Karine was invited for the first festival edition "Com: Tradição" (festival that gathered the breakthrough names with national music consecrate references: Elza Soares, Jards Macalé, Arnaldo Baptista (Os Mutantes), Maria Alcina. In this occasion, she received the invitation from Tratore Records for the release of her second album, "Querem Acabar Comigo, Roberto".
In April 2004 she was invited for Abril Pro Rock, where received enough highlight, mostly in MTV and was also invited by the festival international attraction, the Belgian band Vive La Fête, for a special participation in the band show.
In November 2004, she launched "Querem Acabar Comigo, Roberto", her second disc. Distributed nationally and in Europe by the Tratore Records.
A track of the new disc was selected for collection Music From Northeast Brazil, produced by the producer Astronave (www.astronave.org) of Pernambuco and distributed abroad.
Karine also has a work like performer. One of their perfomances more popular is the "Mulher Tombada", in which the artist falls into public events, bank lines, squares etc.
Links:
http://www.tramavirtual.com.br/Karine_Alexandrino
http://www.fotolog.com/solteiraproducta
http://www.myspace.com/karinealexandrino
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=karinealexandrino
http://www.karinealexandrino.zip.net
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.