Luis Maurício dos Santos is composer, singer and guitarist.
He is one of the greatest hit makers of our history and the unique Pop Rock musician who remains successful after 80's.
Lulu always seeks connections with new musical movements, unlike others who stay “frozen” with rooted concepts of the Brazilian music. He has the intelligence to update himself without losing his own identity.
History: Born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1953, Lulu Santos lived in São Paulo, Rio and in the USA during the childhood. The USA formed his musical and technological preferences. Influenced by his parents who loved jazz, He decided to be musician since He was a child.
During the adult age his opinions became so important that He was called to select songs for famous soap operas in the Som Livre Records; in addition to write articles in music magazines.
The genius Nelson Motta sees in Lulu Santos a great talent. The friends divided almost half of the compositions in the first album, in 1982. Their partnership was so successful that in the 3 maiden albums, they shared hits like Tesouros da Juventude (theme of the movie Meninos do Rio), De Repente California (theme of the soap opera Três Irmãs), Sereia and Como Uma Onda. All of them unforgettable for 80’s generation.
Lulu is a good singer, not fantastic; but is so original that refuses to imitate any other person. In his youth, composed complex harmonies with the ability of a veteran. The bass, arrangements and remix also were very well performed. His lyrics about love, life or subjects part of the youth aspirations, became extremely popular!
After a lot of hits that explored mainly the BR Rock, Lulu became progressively less popular from 1988. Unexpectedly, in 1994 He rises up again, connected with the electronic music and enchanted by the Funk Melody Carioca.
The partnership with the DJ Memê - on the album Eu e Memê, Memê e Eu - was historic! Highlights for the tracks Assim Caminha a Humanidade that was played for 4 years as the main song of the soap opera Malhação; Descobridor dos Sete Mares, theme of a slipper commercial, and the revival of Toda Forma de Amor that introduced him to the 90’s generation. At the same time that the duo Claudinho e Buchecha made a very popular version of Tempos Modernos - an old song composed by him.
Lulu Santos was famous again! With new sounds and lyrics, conquered the youth! Radiophonic and with commercial sensibility, He would never disappear from the media again.
Despite being known by the Pop Rock “label”, He has composed Reggae, Bossa Nova, Samba, Jazz, Samba Rock, Soul, Electronic Music, Baião, Funk, Rap, Cuban Music, mixed Electronic Music with Samba and so on.
With the thought “Pop is text”, composes lyrics so wise that make him close to the life and dilemmas of everyone. On the other hand “it is also important the listener enjoys my music without obligation to think”.
Despite some polemic positions, Lulu had the wisdom to not sing controversial songs. He, for example, never had troubles with the dictatorship, neither composed acid songs.
Always mixes good lyrics with good rhythms, introductions, pleasing both who wants to dance and who wants to reflect about the text. For him, the life of a person can be told through the songs that tell about its life history. In fact, many of his lyrics are philosophic classes that never communicate clichés.
In an interview He said “Brazilians listen music with the heart and the ass”; meaning Brazilians love both dancing and feeling emotions through the music.
With so much merit, Lulu is juror of The Voice Brazil, since the first edition.
More than a famous musician, Lulu Santos is a genius.
ALBUMS ADVISED: Eu e Memê, Memê e Eu (RCA, 1995) and MTV Ao Vivo (BMG, 2004)
He is one of the greatest hit makers of our history and the unique Pop Rock musician who remains successful after 80's.
Lulu always seeks connections with new musical movements, unlike others who stay “frozen” with rooted concepts of the Brazilian music. He has the intelligence to update himself without losing his own identity.
History: Born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1953, Lulu Santos lived in São Paulo, Rio and in the USA during the childhood. The USA formed his musical and technological preferences. Influenced by his parents who loved jazz, He decided to be musician since He was a child.
During the adult age his opinions became so important that He was called to select songs for famous soap operas in the Som Livre Records; in addition to write articles in music magazines.
The genius Nelson Motta sees in Lulu Santos a great talent. The friends divided almost half of the compositions in the first album, in 1982. Their partnership was so successful that in the 3 maiden albums, they shared hits like Tesouros da Juventude (theme of the movie Meninos do Rio), De Repente California (theme of the soap opera Três Irmãs), Sereia and Como Uma Onda. All of them unforgettable for 80’s generation.
Lulu is a good singer, not fantastic; but is so original that refuses to imitate any other person. In his youth, composed complex harmonies with the ability of a veteran. The bass, arrangements and remix also were very well performed. His lyrics about love, life or subjects part of the youth aspirations, became extremely popular!
After a lot of hits that explored mainly the BR Rock, Lulu became progressively less popular from 1988. Unexpectedly, in 1994 He rises up again, connected with the electronic music and enchanted by the Funk Melody Carioca.
The partnership with the DJ Memê - on the album Eu e Memê, Memê e Eu - was historic! Highlights for the tracks Assim Caminha a Humanidade that was played for 4 years as the main song of the soap opera Malhação; Descobridor dos Sete Mares, theme of a slipper commercial, and the revival of Toda Forma de Amor that introduced him to the 90’s generation. At the same time that the duo Claudinho e Buchecha made a very popular version of Tempos Modernos - an old song composed by him.
Lulu Santos was famous again! With new sounds and lyrics, conquered the youth! Radiophonic and with commercial sensibility, He would never disappear from the media again.
Despite being known by the Pop Rock “label”, He has composed Reggae, Bossa Nova, Samba, Jazz, Samba Rock, Soul, Electronic Music, Baião, Funk, Rap, Cuban Music, mixed Electronic Music with Samba and so on.
With the thought “Pop is text”, composes lyrics so wise that make him close to the life and dilemmas of everyone. On the other hand “it is also important the listener enjoys my music without obligation to think”.
Despite some polemic positions, Lulu had the wisdom to not sing controversial songs. He, for example, never had troubles with the dictatorship, neither composed acid songs.
Always mixes good lyrics with good rhythms, introductions, pleasing both who wants to dance and who wants to reflect about the text. For him, the life of a person can be told through the songs that tell about its life history. In fact, many of his lyrics are philosophic classes that never communicate clichés.
In an interview He said “Brazilians listen music with the heart and the ass”; meaning Brazilians love both dancing and feeling emotions through the music.
With so much merit, Lulu is juror of The Voice Brazil, since the first edition.
More than a famous musician, Lulu Santos is a genius.
ALBUMS ADVISED: Eu e Memê, Memê e Eu (RCA, 1995) and MTV Ao Vivo (BMG, 2004)