CSS (band)
- Not to be confused with CCS, a British musical group.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Genres | Indie rock, new wave, electronic rock, electroclash, new rave, alternative dance, indietronica |
| Years active | 2003 – present |
| Labels | Sub Pop |
| Associated acts | EMA |
| Website | Official site |
| Members | |
| Lovefoxxx Luiza Sá Ana Rezende Carolina Parra |
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| Past members | |
| Maria Helena Zerba Iracema Trevisan Clara Ribeiro Adriano Cintra |
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CSS is a Brazilian rock band from São Paulo. The band was labeled as part of the explosion of the New Rave scene. Their songs are in both English and Portuguese. CSS is an abbreviation for Cansei de Ser Sexy ([kãˈsej dʒi seɾ ˈsɛksi]), literally "I've grown tired of being sexy" in Portuguese.
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[edit] History
[edit] Formation and Cansei de Ser Sexy (Brazilian album): 2003–2006
CSS formed in September 2003, consisting of a group of friends.[1] Their name was taken from a reported quote by Beyoncé, who allegedly declared that she was "tired of being sexy".[2]
The band first garnered fame through the internet. Some of its members, like Adriano Cintra, had been previously known in São Paulo's underground club scene, but not outside of the local alternative subculture. Others, like Lovefoxxx, were owners of popular Fotolog and Flickr pages. Their collective band fotolog also gained popularity and their songs were frequently downloaded from Trama Virtual's website. Several songs by CSS were featured in mainstream media, for example "Meeting Paris Hilton" was featured in the Latin American broadcasting of The Simple Life, "Superafim" was used in the Brazilian version of Big Brother. Still without a record deal, they released two independent EPs – Em Rotterdam Já É uma Febre in 2004, and A Onda Mortal / Uma Tarde com PJ in January 2005 – and played at the TIM Festival in 2004.
In 2005, they signed with the Trama Virtual label, and in October their first album, Cansei de Ser Sexy, was released in Brazil, along with an 7-track EP CSS Suxxx, that was sold at concerts. A limited edition version of the album had a blank CD-R included, so the buyer could burn a copy of the album to give away as a gift.[1] In Brazil, the album has reportedly[weasel words] sold 5,000 copies to date, but neither the album nor the singles have reached charts. Two music videos were also released: "Off the Hook" and "Alala". "Off the Hook" was directed by guitar player Ana Rezende, and filmed at the home of band members Carolina Parra and Adriano Cintra, where CSS recorded most of their songs.
[edit] Cansei de Ser Sexy (international album): 2006–2008
In the beginning of 2006, CSS signed with Sub Pop to release their international debut album, Cansei de Ser Sexy. The first single was "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above", released on June 6, with an accompanying video directed by Cat Solen. In July 2006, along with DJ Diplo and funk group Bonde do Rolê, they began their first international tour. As of February 2007, CSS sold as many as 60,000 copies in Europe and the United States.[3]
They played at various festivals across Europe in the summer of 2007. The band were also scheduled to play at the American festival Lollapalooza on August 4, 2007, but were left stranded at LaGuardia Airport en route to Chicago after an overbooking error. They did arrive in time for their performance at Virgin Festival in Baltimore the next day.
CSS came to wider attention when their song "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex" was used in a worldwide television commercial by Apple Inc. for the iPod. Due to the song's exposure in the United States, it charted at #63[4][5] on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the highest charting single in the United States by a Brazilian band to date.[citation needed] Coincidentally, the same song had been used in a promotion for the competing Zune media player a year prior.[6]
Several of CSS's songs feature on the soundtracks of video games. Their singles "Alala" and "Off the Hook" have been featured in the video game Forza Motorsport 2. The video game FIFA 08 also features "Off the Hook".[7] Their song "Jager Yoga" features in the soundtrack of video game FIFA 09.[8] and "Rat Is Dead (Rage)" appears in the video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles.[9]
In April 2008, Iracema Trevisan left the band; Adriano Cintra replaced her on bass guitar. The band subsequently worked with a session drummer, [10] Jon Harper of The Cooper Temple Clause.
[edit] Donkey: 2008–2010
"Rat Is Dead (Rage)", the first single to be taken from their second album, was made available as a free download from the CSS website in April 2008. The album, Donkey, was released on July 21, 2008, with first single proper, "Left Behind", having been released earlier in the month.
[edit] La Liberación: 2010–present
CSS recorded tracks for their third studio album, La Liberación, while touring. They reportedly recorded a song in Spanish titled "¡Ay, Qué Horror!"[11]
According to lead singer Lovefoxxx in an interview with MTV Brazil,[12] the first single of the new album will be released in May. The album, also according to her, will hit store shelves August 2011, with 11 tracks. The title will also be in Spanish.[13]
In a recent interview with Folha de S. Paulo, Adriano Cintra said that the band's third album "is not a themed album. It has influences from clubs, reggae and punk." Ana Rezende, however, said that "we sometimes do a reggae that nobody thinks it's actually reggae. But in our head is very reggae."[13]
On November 11th 2011, Adriano Cintra announced that he left CSS and declared that he did not authorize any of the band members to use his songs in any of their forthcoming concerts.[14] He also stated that the reason behind his departure was due to attitude problems from other band members, claiming that they let fame go to their heads[14]. It was also reported that the band members' musical incompetence was also a factor.[15]
[edit] Discography
- Cansei de Ser Sexy (2005/2006)
- Donkey (2008)
- La Liberación (2011)
[edit] References
- ^ a b "CSS: Gig tickets, tour dates for CSS". Gigwise. August 4, 2006. http://www.gigwise.com/profile.asp?contentid=20647.
- ^ "CSS". Prefix Mag. http://www.prefixmag.com/features/C/cansei-de-ser-sexy/493.
- ^ "Leia os dois textos polêmicos do Folhateen sobre a banda CSS". Folha. March 12, 2007. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u69195.shtml. (Portuguese)
- ^ "The Billboard Hot 100: Music Is My Hot Hot Sex". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=379&cfgn=Singles&cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100&ci=3088156&cdi=9507334&cid=11%2F24%2F2007.
- ^ "Billboard Artist Chart History for CSS". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=769852&model.vnuAlbumId=781685.
- ^ Tzounopoulos, Kostas (October 30, 2007). "iPod Touch ad uses music from a Zune ad!". Zune-Online.com. http://www.zune-online.com/news/zune/ipod-touch-ad-uses-music-from-a-zune-ad.html. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
- ^ "FIFA 08 Soundtrack announced". http://fifa2008.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/fifa-08-soundtrack-announced/.
- ^ "EA’s FIFA Soccer 09 soundtrack scores". EA Sports. August 14, 2008. http://www.fifa09.ea.com/us/readnews/entryid/25050. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ^ "Midnight Club Los Angeles : Music : Tracklist". Rockstar Games. http://www.rockstargames.com/midnightclubLA/music/tracklist.html. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ^ "CSS split with bassist". NME. April 11, 2008. http://www.nme.com/news/css/35861.
- ^ Cintra, Adriano (February 25, 2011). "Portunhol Rules". Csshurtssuxxx.blogspot.com. http://csshurtssuxxx.blogspot.com/2011/02/portunhol-rules.html. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "CSS faz show em SP e conta ao Portal MTV detalhes sobre novo CD". MTV Brazil. April 4, 2011. http://mtv.uol.com.br/musica/css-faz-show-em-sp-e-conta-ao-portal-mtv-detalhes-sobre-novo-cd. (Portuguese)
- ^ a b "CSS mostra influência espanhola do novo disco em São Paulo". Folha. April 4, 2011. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folhateen/898024-css-mostra-influencia-espanhola-do-novo-disco-em-sao-paulo.shtml. Retrieved 2011-04-09. (Portuguese)
- ^ a b "Cansei de Ser Sexy: autor das músicas sai da banda e "bloqueia" uso das mesmas". Blitz. 2011-11-11. http://blitz.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&op=view&m=5&fokey=bz.stories/77660.
- ^ "Cansei de Ser Sexy: compositor abandona banda e proíbe utilização das suas canções em palco". Palco Principal. 2011-11-11. http://palcoprincipal.sapo.pt/noticias/Noticia/cansei_de_ser_sexy_compositor_abandona_banda_e_proibe_utilizacao_das_suas_cancoes_em_palco/0006356.
[edit] External links
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- CSS on VYou!
- CSS's channel on YouTube
- Cansei de Ser Sexy on Flickr
- CSS Profile on Facebook
- CSS Profile on Twitter
- CSS Band Profile on last.fm
- CSS Band Profile on Songkick
[edit] Interviews and live reviews
- Review at www.metacritic.com
- Review at www.cloudspeakers.com
- CSS' Luiza Sa: The New Gay Interview
- Adriano Cintra talks about Donkey, gay karaoke & The Beatles
- CSS at Gold Coast VFestival video feature. April 2008.
- CSS first UK cover feature. Plan B Magazine. October 2006.
- "Brazil nuts!". The Guardian.
- Interview with CSS. KrugerMagazine.com. January 21, 2007.
- Live performance on BBC 6 Music Hub Session. February 27, 2007.
- Live performance on BBC 6 Music Hub Session. July 17, 2008.
- "I predict a riot". The Times. May 6, 2007.
- "Brazil Nutters". The Times. December 8, 2006.
- "CSS: Too sexy for São Paulo". The Independent. April 13, 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
- "Pop CD of the week: CSS - Donkey". The Telegraph. July 19, 2008.
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