Title: Seu Jorge – The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
Year/Genre: 2005, Soundtrack
Condition: New (repackaged at Power Plant Records)

Cultural Facts:

1. Recorded for Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, these performances were captured on set as Seu Jorge played Portuguese versions of David Bowie songs.

2. The project highlighted Brazil’s long conversation with Anglo pop, filtering Bowie’s catalog through samba-influenced guitar and Rio-born street-musician traditions.

3. David Bowie publicly praised Jorge’s interpretations, saying they revealed new dimensions in his writing and brought a different emotional light to familiar material.