Cibelle

Cibelle has released four music albums and has performed and presented work in venues such as Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, ICA London, and Carnegie Hall in New York. Cibelle has an interdisciplinary practice that includes performance art, sound art, video, painting, sculpture and installation. Their work addresses the deconstruction and formation of identities and people's interactions with each other and their surroundings.

• Birth Name — Cibelle Cavalli Bastos • Born — 2 January 1978 • Birthplace — São Paulo, Brazil • Occupation — * Musician • performance artist • Visual artist • Record producer • Genre — * non-conforming • experimental • Instrument — * Vocals • Guitar • Piano • Electronics • Sampler • Percussion • Multi-instrumentalist

Cibelle Cavalli Bastos was born in São Paulo, Brazil. They attended the Marcelo Tupinambá Conservatory in São Paulo from the age of 6, where they studied guitar, piano, percussion and theatre. They had a short career modelling in their teens, but left it to dedicate themselves to acting and art. They worked in musicals, short films, and Brazilian TV, until music took a stronger lead in their life, followed by their focus in art practice and research. After meeting the Serbian-born producer Suba, they appeared as the main vocalist on his album, São Paulo Confessions, on Ziriguiboom (Crammed Discs' Brazilian imprint) in 1999. A mixture of traditional and electronic sounds, São Paulo Confessions is regarded as an important precursor and a landmark album for Brazilian Electronic Music. Suba died shortly after the album's release. Cibelle next appeared on Celso Fonseca's album, Natural (2003). Their first solo album, Cibelle, was also released in 2003. Signed to Belgian record label Crammed Discs, at the age of 22, they started spending more time in Europe, specifically Paris. By the completion of their first album, they moved to London's Brick Lane in East London.

Cibelle has collaborated with a range of music and visual artists all over the world for recordings, film, performance, and installation, including: Devendra Banhart, The Real Tuesday Weld, Seu Jorge, Celso Fonseca, Cocorosie, Rio en Medio, Gilberto Gil, Júnio Barreto, Vanessa da Mata, Orquestra Imperial, Vetiver, Lightspeed Champion, Josh Weller, David Shrigley, Tom Zé, Johnny Flynn, Quist, Tunng, members of Nação Zumbi and The Legendary Tigerman.

• Cibelle (2003) • The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves (2006) (cover art by Cibelle) • Las Vênus Resort Palace Hotel (2010) • Unbinding (2013)

• About a Girl EP (2005) • Noite de Carnaval/Matthew Herbert Remixes (2005) • Green Grass EP (2007) • White Hair EP (2008)

•. •. •. •: 1 track by Kocani Orkestar remixed by Cibelle. •: vocals on 3 tracks • Worried Noodles (TomLab Records, 2008): 1 original track • Femina by The Legendary Tiger Man (2009): vocals on 2 tracks

Cibelle is recorded with the occupation jazz musician. Recorded with the occupation singer. Recorded as singer, musician and songwriter.