Tom J Connell Lets the Tape Roll on 'Passando Flutuando'
A loose samba groove, a few nylon-string runs, and dusty bedroom synths that drift like a warm breeze.
By 40MAG ·
Tom J Connell pieced this together in Reaper from a spare bedroom, starting with a basic fingerpicked samba progression and letting the recorder run. Rather than chopping the take onto an exact tempo grid or dialing in flashy Latin jazz solos, he just layered quiet synth pads and let the timing breathe naturally.
The Milton Nascimento influence shows up in the gentle, wandering changes that never feel in a rush to wrap up. It sounds like an open window on a slow Sunday afternoon, with the guitar lines and soft synth sweeps just coasting by together without getting in each other's way.
