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The only thing holding the track together is its breezy, infectious melody.

But just after the second verse, Talking Heads-esque guitars, analog sequencers, drum machines, and loops explode from the center. Ceu starts singing softly and breathlessly, breezing through the dark subterranean textures. First single and opening track "Perfume Do Invisível" employs a nocturnal analog synth, muted tom-tom, and a sparse bassline. She wrote all but one song here, a deliciously arranged cover of obscure psych-band Fellini's "Chico Barque Song." (Its infectious backing chorus comes right out of Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side.") The cut-and-paste stylistic juxtapositions in this mix are all drenched in groove - no matter how icy. Though her co-producers have advanced pedigrees, Ceu is clearly in the driver's seat. Here she fully indulges in late-'70s post-disco, early-'80s R&B, new wave pop, soundtrack music, and mid-20th century MPB. They make up half of her backing band, along with guitarist Pedro Sa and bassist Lucas Martins. It was co-produced with Naçao Zumbi drummer Pupillo and keyboardist Hervé Salters ( General Elektriks). It is drenched in cool, late-night atmospherics, humid musical intersections, and deliberately artificial textures. Fourth album Tropix is simultaneously her most radically futuristic and deliberately retro. Her recombinant strategies always bear her idiosyncratic melodic and lyric signature, making her a standout on the global pop scene. That said, she's never sounded like anyone but herself. She's delved into everything from EDM, trip-hop, and dubby reggae to Tropicalia, bossa, samba, and MPB.

Nicknair.On her records, Brazilian singer and songwriter Ceu soaks up influences like a sponge. Danielle Bisutti, Michelle Jones, Thomas Scott-Stanton D: Percy Angress, Livia Linden W: Livia Linden C: Luc G.