Rising from Sao Paolo's underground rock scene in the 1980s, Arnaldo Antunes led
wired post-punk band Titas to international recognition, before launching a solo
career in the 1990s and intertwining multimedia, visual art and contemporary
poetry into his all-encompassing work.
Growing up, Antunes was exposed to his father's piano playing and classical
records, his older brother's Led Zeppelin and Yes albums and the bossa nova
sounds that dominated local radio. He started playing acoustic guitar and
writing songs with Paulo Mikos when he was in high school. The pair went on to ...