Jupiter Apple

Flávio Basso was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul on 26 January 1968; his father was a physicist and his mother a teacher of German descent.{{cite book|last1=Basso|first1=Flávio|last2=Manzi|first2=Juli|authorlink2=Juli Manzi|date=2016|title=A Odisseia: Memórias e Devaneios de Jupiter Apple|edition=1st|publisher=Azougue Editorial|language=Portuguese|trans-title=The Odyssey: Jupiter Apple's Memoirs and Daydreams|isbn=9788579202032}} He learned by himself to play the classical guitar when he was 13 years old,[http://palcoprincipal.com/bandasMain/jupiter_maca/video/y5XBQE2q8V8 Entrevista de Júpiter Maçã para a TV Limão] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730030146/http://palcoprincipal.com/bandasMain/jupiter_maca/video/y5XBQE2q8V8 |date=30 July 2017 }} and cites Paul McCartney, Syd Barrett, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger and Brian Jones as some of his influences.{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/revistabastiao/docs/bastiao_15|title=Revista Bastião #15: Exageradamente Poeta|author=Douglas Freitas, Gabriel Hoewell and Wesley Borges|date=December 2012|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}} In 1984 he formed the rockabilly band TNT alongside his childhood friends Márcio Petracco, Felipe Jotz and Charles Master, being later joined by Nei Van Soria. TNT reached nationwide notoriety after their songs "Entra Nessa" and "Estou na Mão" were included in the 1985 compilation Rock Grande do Sul, made to promote rock bands from Rio Grande do Sul (such as Engenheiros do Hawaii, Os Replicantes, DeFalla and Garotos da Rua) and released by RCA Records.[http://newyeah.com.br/rock-grande-do-sul-30-anos/ NewYeah.com ~ Rock Grande do Sul – 30 Anos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909060800/http://newyeah.com.br/rock-grande-do-sul-30-anos/ |date=9 September 2018 }} {{in lang|pt}} In 1986, one year before TNT released their first studio album, Van Soria and Basso left the band due to creative divergences with RCA to form their own project, Os Cascavelletes,{{cite web|url=http://monkeybuzz.com.br/artigos/11562/cade---tnt---tnt-1987/|title=Cadê – TNT – TNT (1987)|author=Carlos Eduardo Lima|date=28 September 2014|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}} which, despite its relatively short lifespan, managed to release one EP, one studio album and a demo. They self-described their irreverent style, characterized by comical and heavily sexually explicit lyrics, as "porno rock".{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/revistabastiao/docs/bastiao_01|title=Revista Bastião #1: Com Quantos Paus se Faz Rock 'n' Roll|author=Douglas Freitas, Gabriel Hoewell and Gilberto Sena|date=August 2011|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}} The band's most famous composition was the 1989 hit "Nêga Bombom", featured in the soundtrack of the telenovela Top Model.

Os Cascavelletes broke up in 1992. In 1993 Basso re-joined TNT to record the single "Você Me Deixa Insano/Tá na Lona", but definitely left them again the following year after a falling-out with Charles Master.{{cite web|url=https://whiplash.net/materias/biografias/038341-tnt2.html|title=TNT (Brasil)|author=Daniel Peccini|date=6 April 2006|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}}

After his second departure from TNT, Basso began to perform solo, under the moniker "Woody Apple" (as an homage to musician Woody Guthrie and record label Apple Records, founded by The Beatles). It was not until 1995 when he adopted the stage name he became famous for, Júpiter Maçã (with "Júpiter" being an allusion to the fictional spaceship Jupiter 2, from one of his favorite TV series growing up, Lost in Space), and formed the very short-lived project Os Pereiras Azuiz alongside Ubirajara Guimarães, Rogério Campos and Luiz Wilfrido; they only released a demo tape, Orgasmo Legal, before disbanding.[http://demo-tapes-brasil.blogspot.com.br/2011/11/jupiter-maca-os-pereiras-azuiz-1995.html Demo-tapes Brasil: Júpiter Maçã & Os Pereiras Azuiz (1995)] {{in lang|pt}} In 1997 he signed with independent label Antídoto to release his first solo full-length album, {{Lang|pt|A Sétima Efervescência}}, which counted with guest appearances by his former Os Cascavelletes bandmates Frank Jorge and Alexandre Barea, and by Graforreia Xilarmônica guitarist Marcelo Birck; with a heavily psychedelic and experimental sonority comparable to Pink Floyd's 1967 debut The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the album was critically acclaimed at the time of its release[http://discofurado.blogspot.com.br/2015/03/jupiter-maca-setima-efervescencia.html Disco Furado: Júpiter Maçã "A sétima efervescência" (Antídoto, 1997)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730031433/http://discofurado.blogspot.com.br/2015/03/jupiter-maca-setima-efervescencia.html |date=30 July 2017 }} {{in lang|pt}} and in 2007 was ranked 96th at Rolling Stone Brasil{{'}}s list of 100 Greatest Brazilian Music Records.{{Cite news|url=http://rollingstone.uol.com.br/listas/os-100-maiores-discos-da-musica-brasileira/bi-setima-efervescenciai-jupiter-maca-1996-antidotob/|title=Listas – Os 100 Maiores Discos da Música Brasileira – A Sétima Efervescência – Júpiter Maçã (1996, Antídoto) – Rolling Stone Brasil|access-date=23 May 2017|language=pt}} Its follow-up from 1999, Plastic Soda, came out through Trama, and unlike its predecessor, it was fully sung in English; to reflect this, Basso signed the album as Jupiter Apple. It was characterized by an increase in the experimental elements already present in {{Lang|pt|A Sétima Efervescência}}, mixing psychedelic rock with bossa nova and jazz. Even though it also had a good reception, critics considered it a very hard album to listen to.[http://discofurado.blogspot.com.br/2015/04/jupiter-apple-plastic-soda-trama-1999.html Disco Furado: Jupiter Apple "Plastic Soda" (Trama, 1999)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730033523/http://discofurado.blogspot.com.br/2015/04/jupiter-apple-plastic-soda-trama-1999.html |date=30 July 2017 }} {{in lang|pt}} After the album's release Basso temporarily moved to England, returning to Brazil in 2002.

Hisscivilization, his third album, was released soon afterwards by Voiceprint Records, and was his most ambitious and elaborate work;{{cite web|url=http://onotorioabacaxi.blogspot.com.br/2014/08/jupiter-apple-hisscivilization-2002.html|title=O Notório Abacaxi: Jupiter Apple – Hisscivilization (2002)|author=Matheus Donay|date=28 August 2014|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}} it is composed of 13 mostly instrumental tracks, the longest of which opens the album and is over 11 minutes long.[http://www.beatrix.pro.br/mofo/jupiter.htm Mofo – Jupiter Apple – Hisscivilization] {{in lang|pt}} Basso experimented more with electronic music elements in this album, what polarized critics and fans alike.{{cite web|url=http://ocktock.com.br/um-passeio-pela-carreira-de-jupiter-maca/|title=Um passeio pela carreira de Júpiter Maçã|author=Leonardo Paiva|date=22 December 2015|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}} In 2003 he moved to Europe once again – this time to Spain – alongside his then-domestic partner Bibiana "Bibmo" Morena to work on further material; after a 4-year hiatus, both returned to Brazil and he released alongside her the collaborative album Bitter through Monstro Discos.[http://gypsyroseproducoes.blogspot.com.br/p/bibiana-morena-os-multicromaticos.html Gypsy Rose Produções: Bibiana Morena & Os Multicromáticos] {{in lang|pt}}{{cite web|url=http://trabalhosujo.com.br/bitter-jupiter-apple-and-bibmo/|title=Bitter – Jupiter Apple and Bibmo|author=Alexandre Matias|date=9 July 2007|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}} Through Elefant Records and in the same year he released his fourth (and ultimately last) album, Uma Tarde na Fruteira.{{cite web|url=https://whiplash.net/materias/news_898/062095-jupitermaca.html|title=Disco inédito do Júpiter Maçã sai na Espanha|author=Rodrigo de Andrade|date=26 June 2007|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}} It was re-issued in Brazil by Monstro Discos in 2008.

In 2009 he released the non-album single "Modern Kid".

In 2006, six of Basso's songs – "Um Lugar do Caralho", "Querida Superhist x Mr. Frog", "Canção para Dormir", "The Freaking Alice (Hippie Under Groove)", "As Mesmas Coisas" and "A Marchinha Psicótica de Dr. Soup" – were included in the soundtrack of the animated film Wood & Stock: Sexo, Orégano e Rock'n'Roll, directed by Otto Guerra.

On 23 November 2011, Basso performed live at the Bar Opinião in Porto Alegre, accompanied by his newly founded supporting band, J.A.C.K. (an acronym for "Jupiter Apple Corporation and Kingdom"), at the time composed of Julio Sasquatt (drums), Julio Cascaes (electric guitar), Felipe Faraco (bass guitar) and Astronauta Pinguim (keyboards). A DVD of the performance, entitled Six Colours Frenesi, was released in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://whiplash.net/materias/news_814/205613-jupitermaca.html|title=Júpiter Maçã lançando seu primeiro DVD|author=Karen Waleria|date=22 June 2014|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=https://whiplash.net/materias/news_811/209732-jupiterapple.html|title=Jupiter Apple: Informações sobre o DVD "Six Colours Frenesi"|author=Álan Heluany|date=4 September 2014|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}}

On 20 July 2012, he accidentally fell off the second floor of the building where he lived, and fractured one of his wrists and a vertebra.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectorsroom.com.br/2012/07/jupiter-maca-cai-de-predio-em-porto.html|title=Júpiter Maçã cai de prédio em Porto Alegre, mas passa bem|work=Collectors' Room|date=21 July 2012|access-date=11 August 2018|language=Portuguese}} He was then admitted at the Hospital de Pronto Socorro de Porto Alegre, and eventually recovered after a successful surgery.{{cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/musico-jupiter-maca-internado-apos-cair-de-predio-5541250|title=Músico Júpiter Maçã internado após cair de prédio|work=O Globo|date=20 July 2012|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}}

His final releases were the digital singles "Constantine's Empires" and "They're All Beatniks", which came out through Marquise 51 Records in 2015. The first one is available for listening at the record label's official SoundCloud page.[https://soundcloud.com/marquise-51-produtora/jupiter-apple-constantines-empires Jupiter Apple – CONSTANTINE'S EMPIRES]

Alongside Tatá Aeroplano he wrote and directed in 2001 the short film Apartment Jazz, which was broadcast for the first time by MTV in 2010.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBzHoMU_Jf8 Jupiter Apple – Apartment Jazz] In 2011 he appeared in "Kreuko", a segment of the anthology film Mundo Invisível, alongside José Wilker and Sônia Braga. In 2015 he began work on a second short, Jane's Nightmare; a trailer was uploaded to YouTube on 15 July,[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hXvabgZ9VQ& Trailer of Jane's Nightmare | A movie by Jupiter Apple] but the film was left unfinished following Basso's death. He also hosted the short-lived talk show Júpiter Maçã Show on MTV.

Basso played his final show on 5 December 2015 at the Panamá Studio Pub, in Porto Alegre.{{cite web|url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/cultura-e-lazer/noticia/2016/01/colega-de-banda-publica-video-do-ultimo-show-de-jupiter-4961405.html|title=Colega de banda publica vídeo do último show de Júpiter|work=Zero Hora|date=27 January 2016|access-date=1 February 2018|language=Portuguese}}

Known for his extravagant lifestyle, Basso struggled with alcoholism and drug abuse (he claimed he took Diazepam and used LSD and cocaine on a regular basis) throughout most of his life, and was undergoing a treatment for cirrhosis on his later years. On 21 December 2015, he was found dead on the bathroom floor in his apartment;{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/rs/rio-grande-do-sul/noticia/2015/12/morre-em-porto-alegre-o-musico-jupiter-maca.html|title=Morre em Porto Alegre o músico Júpiter Maçã|work=G1|date=21 December 2015|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}} his cause of death was later revealed as being multiple organ failure.{{cite web|url=https://whiplash.net/materias/news_796/235609-jupitermaca.html|title=Júpiter Maçã: divulgada a causa da morte do músico gaúcho|author=Bruce William|date=22 December 2015|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}} His wake was held at the Teatro Renascença in Porto Alegre, and he was buried the following day at the Cemitério Ecumênico João XXIII.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/rs/rio-grande-do-sul/noticia/2015/12/corpo-de-jupiter-maca-e-sepultado-em-cemiterio-de-porto-alegre.html|title=Corpo de Júpiter Maçã é sepultado em cemitério de Porto Alegre|work=G1|date=22 December 2015|access-date=30 May 2018|language=Portuguese}}

Commenting on his death, Basso's former Os Cascavelletes bandmate Frank Jorge said that he was a "tireless creator, a guy who broke away from all commonplaces and predictability".{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/rs/rio-grande-do-sul/jornal-do-almoco/videos/t/porto-alegre/v/fas-e-familiares-se-despedem-de-jupiter-maca-considerado-um-icone-do-rock-gaucho/4691920/|title=Fãs e familiares se despedem de Júpiter Maçã, considerado um ícone do rock gaúcho|work=G1|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}} Musician and poet Rogério Skylab has once stated that Basso was one of his major influences,[http://tc.batepapo.uol.com.br/convidados/arquivo/musica/ult1753u1594.jhtm Bate-papo com Rogério Skylab | Bate-papo UOL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118085014/http://tc.batepapo.uol.com.br/convidados/arquivo/musica/ult1753u1594.jhtm |date=18 January 2017 }} {{in lang|pt}} and besides interviewing him for his talk show Matador de Passarinho he has also covered his songs "Na Casa de Mamãe" (for Skygirls), "Eu e Minha Ex" (for Trilogia dos Carnavais: 25 Anos de Carreira ou de Lápide) and "A Marchinha Psicótica de Dr. Soup" (for Crítica da Faculdade do Cu). Former Os Replicantes vocalist Wander Wildner covered "Um Lugar do Caralho" for his 1996 solo debut Baladas Sangrentas. Rock band Ira! covered "Miss Lexotan 6mg Garota" for their 1998 album Você Não Sabe Quem Eu Sou.

Basso's semi-fictional autobiography, A Odisseia: Memórias e Devaneios de Jupiter Apple, co-written by Juli Manzi, was published posthumously by Azougue Editorial in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/literatura,devaneios-de-jupiter-maca-sao-externados-em-livro,10000083678|title=Devaneios de Júpiter Maçã são externados em livro|author=Alberto Bombig|work=O Estado de S. Paulo|date=22 October 2016|access-date=1 February 2018|language=Portuguese}} Work on the book began in 2014;{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/pt/article/biografia-jupiter-maca/|title=As memórias e devaneios do Júpiter Maçã viraram um livro|work=Noisey|date=29 November 2016 |access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}} it was reissued in 2022 in a limited deluxe edition by Psico BR. Another biography of the musician, Júpiter Maçã: A Efervescente Vida e Obra, written by journalists Cristiano Bastos and Pedro Brandt, was published on 5 September 2018 by Plus Editora.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectorsroom.com.br/2018/08/vida-de-jupiter-maca-sera-contada-em.html|title=Vida de Júpiter Maçã será contada em livro|work=Collectors' Room|date=10 August 2018|access-date=11 August 2018|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=https://www.jornaldocomercio.com/_conteudo/cultura/2018/08/646421-biografia-de-jupiter-maca-e-lancada-nesta-quarta-em-porto-alegre.html#.W45rrncmNeA.facebook|title=Biografia do músico Júpiter Maçã conta parte da história do rock gaúcho|work=Jornal do Comércio|date=4 September 2018|access-date=4 September 2018|language=Portuguese}}

On 4 July 2016, Nei Van Soria released a song in tribute to Basso, entitled "Balada para Flávio". He originally wrote the song in November 2015, one month before Basso's death.{{cite web|url=http://zh.clicrbs.com.br/rs/entretenimento/noticia/2016/07/nei-van-soria-lanca-musica-em-homenagem-a-jupiter-maca-6378933.html|title=Nei Van Soria lança música em homenagem a Júpiter Maçã|work=Zero Hora|date=4 July 2016|access-date=10 June 2017|language=Portuguese}}

As of September 2017, a documentary about Basso, entitled O Garoto de Júpiter, is being made. Directed by Biah Werther and produced by Gabriel Flag, its production was being crowdfunded through website Catarse.{{cite web|url=http://culturissima.com.br/cinema/documentario-sobre-jupiter-maca-busca-financiamento-coletivo/|title=Documentário sobre Júpiter Maçã busca financiamento coletivo|work=Culturíssima|date=16 September 2017|access-date=22 December 2017|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=https://www.catarse.me/ogarotodejupiter|title=O Garoto de Júpiter|work=Catarse|access-date=22 December 2017|language=Portuguese}} The movie was still in production by 2020, when work on it was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 29 January 2018, friends of the musician performed a special show in his honor at the Bar Ocidente in Porto Alegre, to celebrate what would have been his 50th birthday on 26 January.{{cite web|url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/cultura-e-lazer/musica/noticia/2018/01/amigos-de-flavio-basso-celebram-a-carreira-solo-do-musico-em-tributo-a-jupiter-maca-no-ocidente-cjcz6zetv04wc01kenuedny64.html|title=Amigos de Flávio Basso celebram a carreira solo do músico em tributo a Júpiter Maçã no Ocidente|work=Zero Hora|date=28 January 2018|access-date=30 January 2018|language=Portuguese}}

In April 2018 a vinyl deluxe edition of Basso's debut album {{Lang|pt|A Sétima Efervescência}} came out through Monstro Discos.{{cite web|url=http://rogerlerina.com.br/post/1365/a-setima-efervescencia-ganha-relancamento|title="A Sétima Efervescência" ganha relançamento|work=RogerLerina.com.br|date=2 April 2018|access-date=6 April 2018|language=Portuguese}} Monstro Discos announced in November 2018 that a double-vinyl reissue of Uma Tarde na Fruteira was underway; it was released in January 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.tenhomaisdiscosqueamigos.com/2018/11/14/uma-tarde-na-fruteira-jupiter-maca-vinil/|title=Uma Tarde na Fruteira, de Júpiter Maçã, será relançado em vinil duplo|work=Tenho Mais Discos que Amigos|date=14 November 2018|access-date=17 November 2018|language=Portuguese}}

On 11 March 2021, the posthumous album Apartment Jazz was released, originally intended to serve as the soundtrack of his eponymous film.{{cite web|url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/cultura-e-lazer/musica/noticia/2021/03/disco-inedito-de-jupiter-maca-e-lancado-cinco-anos-apos-a-morte-do-roqueiro-gaucho-ckm9kyn060043016uhbt875j3.html|title=Disco inédito de Júpiter Maçã é lançado cinco anos após a morte do roqueiro gaúcho|work=GauchaZH|date=14 March 2021|access-date=14 October 2021|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=http://www.popload.com.br/cena-acharam-um-disco-de-jazz-do-jupiter-maca-e-levaram-ao-streaming/|title=Acharam um disco de jazz do Júpiter Maçã e levaram ao streaming|work=Cena|date=11 March 2021|access-date=14 October 2021|language=Portuguese}} Later in June, a long out-of-print extended play recorded in 2007 and entitled Ano XXI – № 4 – Incredible News!!!, was re-issued through streaming platforms.{{cite web|url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/cultura-e-lazer/musica/noticia/2021/06/gravado-em-2007-ep-inedito-de-jupiter-apple-e-lancado-em-plataformas-digitais-ckqbchnth008z018m6cro6v6i.html|title=Gravado em 2007, EP inédito de Jupiter Apple é lançado em plataformas digitais|work=GauchaZH|date=25 June 2021|access-date=14 October 2021|language=Portuguese}} A second posthumous album containing nine tracks, The Man Was... Jupiter Apple, was released in May 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.correiodopovo.com.br/cadernodesabado/com-nove-músicas-inéditas-the-man-was-traz-de-volta-júpiter-maçã-1.825760|title=Com nove músicas inéditas, 'The Man Was' traz de volta Júpiter Maçã|work=Correio do Povo|date=21 May 2022|access-date=27 July 2022|language=Portuguese}} A compilation of demos and outtakes dated from the recording sessions of Uma Tarde na Fruteira, Sugar Doors – A Jupiter Apple 4-Track Experience, came out in February 2023 by Monstro Discos.{{cite web|url=https://roadiecrew.com/monstro-discos-lanca-album-inedito-do-genial-jupiter-maca/|title=Monstro Discos lança álbum inédito do genial JÚPITER MAÇÃ|work=Roadie Crew|date=25 January 2023|access-date=11 June 2023|language=Portuguese}}

: For a more comprehensive list, see Os Cascavelletes#Discography

• Apartment Jazz (2001; released in 2010)
• Mundo Invisível (2011; acted only)
• Jane's Nightmare (2015; unfinished)

• A Odisseia: Memórias e Devaneios de Jupiter Apple (Azougue Editorial, 2016; co-written by Juli Manzi)

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