NEW ALBUM
Nø Førmat ! / February 2026
The Bahian artist Lucas Santtana’s tenth studio album is expected early 2026.
Born 1970 in Salvador de Bahia, son of Roberto Sant’Ana, legendary producer of the Tropicalistas (Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso and Santtana’s uncle, Tom Zé), Lucas Santtana was called upon by his elders to play on “Tropicalia 2” and Gilberto Gil Unplugged, before braving the electro-rock of Chico Science and Naçao Zumbi. In 2000, he released his first album “Eletro Ben Dodô” whilst continuing to write songs for the stars of MPB, from Marisa Monte to Daniela Mercury, Céu etc.
In 2011, Lucas Santtana made his mark in Europe with the help of the British label Mais Um Disco! who introduced the artist to DJ Gilles Peterson’s and his BBC radio programme Worldwide. In 2014, Santtana signed to the French label No Format! who helped him to gain access to the Francophone world.
Santtana, with his suave voice and gentle guitar, already used electronic sampling and atmospheres in the past (on “O Deus Que Dévasta Mas Tam Ben Cura” in 2012, “Sobre Noites e Dias” in 2014, “Modo Aviao” in 2017), before returning to the simplicity of guitar-voice in “O Ceu E Velho Ha Muito Tempo” in 2019.
The last album to date “O Paraiso” was released in 2023 as “a message sent to us by the animal kingdom in the face of a suffocation that has now long been foretold. The floods, fires, droughts, tsunamis, delayed monsoons, melting glaciers and oil spills are all alarm bells that we don’t want to hear.” We should be listening to the shamans, Santtana sings, the indigenous people, the ones who are really civilised.
in agreement with
PRESS “O PARAISO”
German Music Critics Award winner 2022
in the category “World Music”
PRESS “O Ceu E Velho Ha Muito Tempo” Oct 2019
“Political music for the age of Bolsonaro” The Financial Times ★★★★
“Santtana abets his mix of muted strum, ender pluck and fingers taps with nakedly emotional vocals” MOJO ★★★
“Santtana’s focus for this excellent album is clearly on the body politic” New Internationalist ★★★★
“Time to take a stand with Santtana” The Morning Star
Live – Paris, Café de la Danse – Fev 2023
Video clip – The Fool on The Hill feat. Flore Benguigui (L’Impératrice) – Dec 2022
Video clip – Muita Pose, Pouca Yoga feat. Flavia Coelho – Nov 2022
Video clip – Vamos Ficar Na Terra – first excerpt of the new album – November 2022
Live – Antena 3 – Womex Porto – October 2021
Video clip – Ninguém Solta A Mão De Ninguém – November 2019
Video clip – Meu Primeiro Amor feat. Duda Beat – September 2019