Fausto Borel Cardoso (born May 10, 1957), better known by his stage
name Fausto Fawcett, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, rhythm
guitarist, lyricist, novelist, short story writer, playwright,
journalist, actor and screenwriter, famous for his frequent
collaborations with fellow musician Laufer and for being a major
exponent of rap rock and cyberpunk literature in Brazil. His best
known compositions are the 1987 hit "Kátia Flávia, a Godiva do
Irajá" and "Rio 40°", recorded by Fernanda Abreu in 1992.Fausto
Borel Cardoso was born on May 10, 1957 in Rio de Janeiro. He graduated
in Journalism at the PUC-RJ (where he met and befriended Laufer) in
1983, and in his free time used to perform short theatrical sketches
which mixed poetry and music in clubhouses and cafés of Rio, under
the stage name Fausto Fawcett â€" an homage to one of his favorite
actresses, the late Farrah Fawcett.He began his musical career in
1986, after listening to a suggestion by one of his college friends,
filmmaker Carlos "Cacá" Diegues, and signed with WEA (present-day
Warner Music Group) to release his debut album, Fausto Fawcett e os
Robôs Efêmeros, the following year. Described as a "cyberpunk
concept album that strolls through a Blade Runner-esque Copacabana",
it spawned his most memorable song, "Kátia Flávia, a Godiva do
Irajá", that would be included in the soundtracks of the telenovela O
Outro and of the films Bitter Moon (by Roman Polanski) and Elite Squad
(by José Padilha), and would also be covered by Fernanda Abreu. Its
follow-up from 1989, Império dos Sentidos, produced by Os Paralamas
do Sucesso frontman Herbert Vianna, is a "porno-futuristic opera"
which follows closely the experimental and minimalistic sonority of
its predecessor. A photograph of then-model SÃlvia Pfeifer was used
as its cover art.
name Fausto Fawcett, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, rhythm
guitarist, lyricist, novelist, short story writer, playwright,
journalist, actor and screenwriter, famous for his frequent
collaborations with fellow musician Laufer and for being a major
exponent of rap rock and cyberpunk literature in Brazil. His best
known compositions are the 1987 hit "Kátia Flávia, a Godiva do
Irajá" and "Rio 40°", recorded by Fernanda Abreu in 1992.Fausto
Borel Cardoso was born on May 10, 1957 in Rio de Janeiro. He graduated
in Journalism at the PUC-RJ (where he met and befriended Laufer) in
1983, and in his free time used to perform short theatrical sketches
which mixed poetry and music in clubhouses and cafés of Rio, under
the stage name Fausto Fawcett â€" an homage to one of his favorite
actresses, the late Farrah Fawcett.He began his musical career in
1986, after listening to a suggestion by one of his college friends,
filmmaker Carlos "Cacá" Diegues, and signed with WEA (present-day
Warner Music Group) to release his debut album, Fausto Fawcett e os
Robôs Efêmeros, the following year. Described as a "cyberpunk
concept album that strolls through a Blade Runner-esque Copacabana",
it spawned his most memorable song, "Kátia Flávia, a Godiva do
Irajá", that would be included in the soundtracks of the telenovela O
Outro and of the films Bitter Moon (by Roman Polanski) and Elite Squad
(by José Padilha), and would also be covered by Fernanda Abreu. Its
follow-up from 1989, Império dos Sentidos, produced by Os Paralamas
do Sucesso frontman Herbert Vianna, is a "porno-futuristic opera"
which follows closely the experimental and minimalistic sonority of
its predecessor. A photograph of then-model SÃlvia Pfeifer was used
as its cover art.
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