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Geo Benjamin recalls when Bruno first showed him this song, which he had written in the days before traveling to Rio to begin recording. Bruno grabbed a guitar and demonstrated a song entitled “Ó Paí Ó” in the studio and Geo began laughing uncontrollably. The way Bruno had found to imprint his Bahian essence on the songs he wrote for this album was hilarious and brilliant. Geo and Bruno played all the instruments and created the recording with nobody else present in the studio. They experimented with Yamaha DX-7 sounds, created presets, chose electronic drum sounds on the Emax sampler and created bass lines. Geo used a hi-hat pattern listed from “Fricote,” a 1985 hit by singer Luiz Caldas from the latter’s “Magia” LP. For backing vocals, the two were augmented in the studio by the beautiful Varinia Govea, a Uruguayan singer- actress-model living in Brazil.