one of the best albums of 2017. . . .

Charlotte Dos Santos has a subtle way of creating soft nu soul music which does not sound experimental at first but is definitely outstanding and groundbreaking.She is part of a new generation of artists who, like for example Kadja Bonet, are reinventing that lusty orchestral music from the 60-70´s chic era when everything was produced usually in studio with pretty high budgets. With her first album Cleo, the music is coming out from laptops with a DIY spirit but manages to throwback the listener to these old times. (Good Sign, Watching you, It´s over Boby)Sometimes she´s clearly inspired by more current references (Red Clay flirts lightly with Little Dragon)But she always manages to put her own distinguishable mark on each and every track.Nowadays it is not enough to be a good singer, you have to be a musician too and this is what gives Charlotte Dos Santos credits for what she is doing.A part from having an effortless and “impacting at first” sensual voice, she is the producer of more than an half of the titles included on this first piece of work (Fredfades collaborates on several tracks).Cleo is clearly one of the best electronic soulful album of 2017!