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The second album from the creative Brazilian trio of Moreno Veloso, Alexandre Kassin and Domenico Lancelloti, Domenico + 2's Sincerely Hot is the follow up to Moreno + 2?s Musical Typewriter. Whereas the quiet Typewriter featured Moreno Veloso front and center with acoustic guitar and vocals, Hot is altogether more electronic and beat-oriented with drums higher in the mix. Domenico co-wrote and sung all the songs and resulting album is an interesting collision of styles that range from the bossa nova of "Solar" to the punk of "Você E Eu" to the American R&B of "Felizes Ficaremos Na Estrada." Those songs in the Brazilian electro-pop middle ground are typically denser with electric keyboards and bass, horns, loops or even cello filling out the sound. If the beautiful Moreno album was a wistful look back to bossa nova and the Tropicalia movement, Domenico + 2 steadfastly moves forward in the here and now with its eclectic influences and avant-garde flavoring. ?-Tad Hendrickson