MATO GROSSO

Mato Grosso think of their songs as short cinematic stories; stories about love in Life, emotion in Love, respect to the Other. Named after one of the states of Brazil and formed by musicians from Athens, Greece, Mato Grosso is a collective alternative indie / rock band that travels (with) its music around the world... Mato Grosso ("Thick Bushes") is largely covered with Amazon rainforest, wetlands and savanna plains. The band chose the name in support of a court decision in 2012 that suspended the construction of a dam in the Brazilian Amazon, a project that seriously threatens the livelihoods of indigenous tribes in the area of Sete Quedas ("Seven Waterfalls"), an area that is considered sacred for the Kayabi, Mundurucu and Apiaká peoples... Singer-song writer and performer. He has studied composition and English literature and has studied Popular Music Research at Goldsmiths University of London. He has been vocalist and co-writer in alternative pop duo Hometaping and indie pop-..