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The Netherlands (1999 – present)

Zuco 103 is a Latin trio from The Netherlands formed in 1999, lead by Lilian Vieira that brilliantly mixes traditional Brazilian singing and European electronic music. The great majority of the lyrics are in Portuguese with the exception of a few written in English.

It has been 13 years since Lilian Vieira, from Rio de Janeiro, moved to The Netherlands. It was there that Lilian, a former nursing student, started singing nights in Amsterdam and Zuco 103 was born.

The name of the band, Zuco 103, was suggested by the drummer Stefan, who, with his poor Portuguese, wanted to say “suco” which means “juice” but instead said “zuco”. Lilian liked the mis-pronunciation so much that the name was approved. “The 103 is the alcohol tax” in Amsterdam, explained the singer.

After having given up to start nursing school again in the Netherlands, Lilian started singing in the night, and taking singing lessons in the Conservatory of Rotterdam, where she met Stefan Kruger, a drummer who had a passion for Brazilian music. “We made a bossa nova and jazz quintet”, tells Lilian.

Later, when they were taking part in a project with Indian and African musicians, Lilian met Stefan Schmid. The three made a song together and, later, recorded a CD. They also had one song included in a compilation of Brazilian music released in New York - for the Ziriguiboom stamp, of Béco Dranoff, who discovered the band. After this, the first CD was released by the Belgian label Crammed (partner of the Ziriguiboom), and were indicated to the local prize Edson Awards.
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  • Giuseppe1173

    demais

    July 2011

  • Hodja

    Free download of a remix of Begrimed by Zuco 103: http://www.mixedgrill.nl/2011/02/21/twee-gratis-remixes-van-nobody-beats-the-drum/

    February 2011

  • civplayer

    I'm surprised too by their number of plays here, but think it's just a matter of time for them to be "discovered" on last.fm. They have too much going for them in their sound and sexy lead singer to remain overlooked to some segments of listeners around here. I'm scrobbling all the Zuco tracks I own.

    September 2010

  • Avondschemer

    this band really has that many plays? damn. [wist niet dat ze zo bekend waren haha]

    August 2010

  • revolution_II

    Q Baiano / Humana

    June 2010

  • jj6z

    leve leve leve

    June 2010

  • cazepeda

    boa música!

    May 2010

  • SaloMusic

    днб с таким латинским вокалом вообще прикольно конечно.:)

    April 2010
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Zuco 103: Retouched! released in Canada

18 Feb 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/zuco103

The Retouched! album of Zuco 103 is released in Canada. Today see’s the release of Retouched! , the new remix project from Brazilian electro pioneers Zuco 103.  Mixes come in all shapes …

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