Mari Merenda | A L P H A B E T | Brighton

Yoyomá Live presents Mari Merenda On her first visit to Brighton and the UK, the rising Brazilian singer-songwriter Mari Merenda brings her live show featuring songs from ‘Reverbero’, her latest EP. With an expressive voice and a magnetic stage presence, Mari breathes new life into contemporary Brazilian music. Support act: Borges Machado As a multi-instrumentalist and singer, Mari will be playing the piano and the asalto (a traditional West African percussion and rhythm instrument), and Guilherme Monteiro will be playing bass, guitar & vocals. Tábata Zeronian serves as the artistic director of the concert. The recording of her EP featured the songs ‘Reverbero’ and ‘Fúria’, produced by a team of Latin Grammy winners: Felipe Vassão, mixed by João Milliet, and mastered by Felipe Tichauer. *Mari will also be facilitating an asalato workshop on Oct 13 at the Providence Studio between 6:30-8:30pm. More info at https://www.yoyoma.uk/artists/mari-merenda ABOUT MARI MERENDA Mari Merenda is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, musical producer and multi-instrumentalist. Her videos playing asalato turned her into a worldwide reference on the instrument, a teacher and a pioneer. She also developed her own musical notation system for the instrument with symbols called ‘Método das Esferas’ (Sphere Method). Her first album ‘Crônica’ (2022) was self-produced and recorded in her room. On her new EP ‘Reverbero’ (2025), Mari went viral with her original song ‘Bote no Lugar’. ABOUT BORGES MACHADO Borges Machado is an experimental duo consisting of André Borges and Fernando Machado that explores improvisation and field recordings. Their debut album, Building Sites, released in the summer of 2020, features sound art pieces inspired by urban soundscapes, reflecting their approach of discovering and recording environments in the field, interacting with them, and building a dialogue through free improvisation. The duo’s performances take an interdisciplinary approach, integrating visual arts, movement, and music to create immersive sensory experiences.