Casaca formed in Salvador, Bahia in 1995 with Mário Moura on guitar, André Lessa on bass, and Ramon Cruz on drums. Their debut album two years later included 'Barra,' a track that became their calling card with its distinctive rhythm. The song's groove felt both familiar and new, pulling from Brazilian traditions while moving with its own pulse.
That 1997 album also had 'Anjo Samile' and 'Da Da Da,' songs that shared the same rhythmic sensibility without sounding like copies of 'Barra.' The band kept that core trio together through subsequent releases like 'Barra Atlantic' in 2000 and 'Praieiro' in 2013. They worked with artists including Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, collaborations that felt natural rather than calculated.
Casaca's music never strayed far from that rhythmic foundation they established early on. Even later songs like 'Ilha' and 'Ligado' maintained the same grounded, percussive approach that made their first recordings stand out. They built a catalog where the through-line was always more about feel than flash.
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