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Arthur Verocai with AUKSO Orchestra

  • SAT 15.8.

Arthur Verocai is a Rio-born Brazilian composer and arranger whose name carries real weight among musicians, producers, and deep listeners. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1945, he shaped a sweeping orchestral psych-funk language that feels both cinematic and grounded, with melodies that linger and arrangements that move in wide, confident arcs.

Across the late 60s and early 70s, Verocai became a sought-after collaborator and arranger, working with figures like Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Marcos Valle, and Tim Maia, among others. Everything crystallised on his self-titled 1972 album, a stunning bridge between late 60s Brazilian experimentation and the deep-groove decade that followed. Released during a period when creative expression in Brazil was under pressure, the record slipped into obscurity, and Verocai moved into composing for advertising.

Then came the long, deserved return. In the mid-2000s, the album resurfaced as producers and hip-hop sampling culture pulled its harmonies and textures back into circulation, and it finally received the acclaim it always deserved. Verocai re-emerged in 2016 with No Voo do Urubu, and his influence kept expanding through high-profile modern collaborations, touching worlds as different as BadBadNotGood, Hiatus Kaiyote, and Marisa Monte, as well as work connected to Tyler, the Creator and a Louis Vuitton show honouring Virgil Abloh.

Verocai’s story is the rare kind that only happens when the music is genuinely timeless. It disappears, waits, and comes back louder, not through hype, but because the work is too good to stay hidden. To Flow, the master brings the Polish 27-strong AUKSO – Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy. It’s a moment not to be missed.