Gifrants and Paulo Duo

Gifrants and Paulo play a Duo
Originally uploaded by SonicGrass.

Gifrants and Paulo have been playing together at the Harvard square T stop, every now and then, for the last few weeks. It makes for a beautiful duo. When Gifrants is singing Paulo plays the cello like a bass, lightly slapping it. Then, for the real, treat he takes a solo. The sonorous cello against the Haition rythyms that Gifrants uses makes for a sultry exotic sound that is so seductive it's hard not to shut your eyes and let your hips drift. They are both excellent musicians but the two together become somthing else. Cellos have been trendy ever since the Velvet Underground used them, but this duo is better than the trend. I've heard Paulo on more than one occasion playing the Bach Cello suite's or improvising against the squeal of the subway. So maybe this is a more succesful due to the skill of the players involved. I hope that they record this venture.