Fato

Formed in 1994, FATO is a South-Brazil group that aims to show, in a very particular manner, the artistic work of many poets and composers.

Each member of the band has a distinct musical background. Working with the rich panorama of Brazilian Music, FATO creates unusual combinations of various styles: fandango, baião, capoeira, maracatu, flamenco, samba and choro.

One of the sources of the music made by FATO is the fandango of Paraná seaboard, an ancient mix of Iberian fandango and Carijó Indian dance patterns that still resounds in community celebrations in places like Valadares Island, a port town of Paranaguá, in Southern Brazil.

Accompanied by rustic small guitars, fiddles and handclapping, dancers tap their wooden clogs on the ground. This percussion, taken from the fandango of Paraná and associated with conventional percussion instruments and the sonority of objects such as tins, pipes and pans are a kind of trade-mark of the group. —Courtesy Calabash Music