Céu: Tropix review – laidback electro bossa from a modern Astrud Gilberto

(Six Degrees)Céu has a cool, sensual, laidback voice that provides an instant reminder of Astrud Gilberto and the bossa nova movement that seduced the US in the early 60s. But she’s from São Paulo, the home of Brazilian electronica and fusion, and her skill in mixing Brazilian tradition with contemporary experiment has earned her four Grammy nominations. The last album, Caravana Sereia Bloom, was mysteriously brief and overly commercial, but Tropix is a return to form. Perfum