SEM FRONTEIRAS

Description

Bruno Berle is a singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and figurehead of a contemporary Brazilian music movement. With a quiet mastery of songwriting and an astonishing voice, his music has won hearts around the world. Since the release of his debut album No Reino Dos Afetos (2022), Berle has performed across the UK, Europe, Japan, South Korea, and China, only leaving his home country for the first time in 2023. Shaped by these journeys, Berle’s third studio album, Sem Fronteiras (Without Borders), reflects a utopian vision of a unified world. Recorded across London, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Germany, and Maceió, the album–co-produced alongside his longstanding musical partner Batata Boy–is the most expansive canvas Berle has worked on to date. Shot through with the imagery that has always animated his songwriting: open skies, morning light, vivid colours and the magic of human connection, Berle’s carefully crafted poetics and warm, delicate instrumentation drive this vivid body of work. “I came from nothing”–Berle doesn’t take his rise to global prominence for granted. Born to a working class family from Brazil’s northeastern Alagoas state, one of Brazil’s most economically deprived, Bruno moved frequently in his youth to follow any job opportunities his parents could find, before eventually settling in the coastal capital of Maceió. “I used to travel to Caruaru, Santa Cruz, Recife, Garanhuns, Arapiraca, which I loved and feel it made me ready to be in this rhythm i’, but at the same time I think not having friends from childhood and being in constant change made me a little numb to the constant upheaval”. On Sem Fronteiras, there is a similar duality at play. The album celebrates the collective joy and human connection that live touring brings, but it also sits with the darker realities of crossing borders. While music moves more freely around the world than ever before, our bodies are not granted the same privilege. Though he’s never lacked self-belief, Berle recognises that talent alone doesn’t guarantee opportunity. “Before my second album No Reino Dos Afetos 2 everything I had ever recorded was made with the help and kindness of people who believed in my ability”. Determined to pay that kindness forward and help others from the sharp end of Brazil’s desperately unequal society, Berle produced and featured on the recent self-titled albums by his northeast Brazilian compatriots, Nyron Higor and Phylipe Nunes Araújo (both 2025), helping propel both onto the international stage. In turn, following the successes of Nyron & Phylipe’s albums alongside his own, Bruno finds himself at the forefront of a thriving community of artists now based in São Paulo, but primarily originating from northeastern states like Alagoas and Pernambuco. Much like the famed Clube Da Esquina movement that spawned in 1970’s Minas Gerais, they operate with a free-exchange of ideas, writing songs with and for each other, performing on each other’s albums and on the live circuit together. Lead single ‘Manha’ flows from this ethos. It was written by Berle’s friend and fellow Alagoan João Menezes (writer of ‘Ate Meu Violao’ and ‘Te Amar Eterno’ from Bruno’s previous albums) and Marvin Viera, and originally recorded on their 2018 album Areia e Mar. Sem Fronteiras opens with ‘Você Já Sabe Que Eu Te Amo’, just six beats of one nylon guitar chord ring out before changing key, paving the way for the gentle strike of fender rhodes and the arresting call & response duet between Berle and Higor. On ‘Amor Inteiro’, the album reaches a celebratory burst of catharsis, with the punch-packing drums of Pedro Lacerda and Nina Maia’s joyous backing vocals encapsulating the live energy that Berle and his band bring to the stage. With the abundant talents of this musical community at its heart, Sem Fronteiras releases 10th July 2026 via Far Out Recordings, supported by a summer tour across Europe. Bruno Berle will perform in a four-piece band alongside Nyron Higor, Phylipe Nunes, and Batata Boy, culminating in an appearance at Roskilde festival, Berle’s biggest live show to date. He’ll continue to carry a hopeful vision of a world where artists and musicians can move as freely as their music flows. Tracklist: A1 “Você Já Sabe Que Eu Te Amo” (Nyron Higor / Bruno Berle) Nyron Higor – drums, bass, acoustic guitar, electric piano, synthesizers, vocals Bruno Berle – piano, vocals Batata Boy – piano Jorik Bergman – score preparation and conducting Klara Gronet – violin Ségolène de Beaufond – violin Cristina Ardelean Montelongo – viola Ilektra Stevi – cello A2 “Não Posso Viver Sem Você” (Batata Boy / Bruno Berle) Batata Boy – electric piano, organ, synthesizer Bruno Berle – drums, bass, synthesizer, vocals Jorik Bergman – score preparation and conducting Klara Gronet – violin Ségolène de Beaufond – violin Cristina Ardelean Montelongo – viola Ilektra Stevi – cello A3 “A Noite de Estrelas” (Nyron Higor / Bruno Berle) Nyron Higor – synthesizers Bruno Berle – bass, drums, vocals A4 “Outra Noite” (Bruno Berle) Nyron Higor – drums Bruno Berle – acoustic guitar, bass Felipe Berle – congas Lucca Francisco – guitar, vocals B1 “Amor Inteiro” (Bruno Berle) Pedro Lacerda – drums, choir Nyron Higor – bass, choir Batata Boy – guitars, organ, electric piano, choir Nina Maia – choir Bruno Berle – guitars, acoustic guitar, congas, vocals B2 “Ideias Mágicas” (Batata Boy / Bruno Berle) Heloisa Alvino – trombone Batata Boy – synthesizers, beats, electric piano, organ, bass Bruno Berle – synthesizer, vocals B3 “Vim Dizer” (Batata Boy / Bruno Berle) Batata Boy – electric piano, organ, synthesizer Thomas Stankiewicz – synthesizer Nyron Higor – synthesizer Bruno Berle – acoustic guitar, bass, vocals B4 “Tô Assim” (Bruno Berle) Bruno Berle – acoustic guitars Batata Boy – synthesizer Nyron Higor – bass, synthesizer B5 “Manhã” (João Menezes / Marvin Silva) Bruno Berle – acoustic guitar, vocals, congas, shaker Batata Boy – piano, shaker, electric piano, vibraphone, synthesizers Nyron Higor – drums, bass B6 “Sem Fronteiras” (Bruno Berle) Filipe Mariz – guitar Bruno Berle – acoustic guitar, vocals, bass Jennifer Souza – vocals, acoustic guitar Rudson França – drums Credits: Produced by Bruno Berle and Batata Boy Mixed and mastered by Bruno Berle, Batata Boy and Felipe Berle Audio engineering: Nyron Higor (track 1 – production; track 4 with Felipe Berle) Joe Osborne (tracks 7 and 9) Victor Gelling (strings on tracks 1 and 2) Filipe Mariz (track 10) Photography: Claudio Virgínio Design: Minchai Recorded in: Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil Tamandaré, Pernambuco, Brazil Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil London, England Cologne, Germany