Founded in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 2011

Brazilian band CARAVELA ESCARLATE is rooted in the early Nineties: David PAIVA had composed songs for many years (inspired by English and Italian progressive rock and popular Brazilian music) and started to experiment making music with several different line-ups. The band Caravela Escarlate name is derived from one of his compositions. The group alternated between active periods and a long hiatus.

In 2010 David and keyboard player Ronaldo RODRIGUES got in touch, David showed some of his compositions to Ronaldo and presented his idea of founding a trio, without a guitar player in the line-up. But both musicians were working with different drummers and there was a question about who would occupy the drummer post, the solution was to form two different bands.

The new Caravela Escarlate history began in 2011, with rehearsals and their first gig in October 2011 at the Rio Prog Festival. In early 2012 the band began to record their repertoire, but the drummer failed to impress and left. Not until 2015 did David and Ronaldo looked for a new drummer: Ronaldo contacted the drummer Leandro PIRES, who had already played with Marcus MOURA (BACAMARTE) and the rehearsals re-started. The band evolved fast and a new recording process started in late 2015. In early January 2016 everything was aborted and a lot of work was discarded.

In late 2015 Ronaldo got in touch with the experienced veteran drummer Elcio CÁFARO and asked him to give names to fill the job for a new drummer. Elcio asked why Ronaldo did not invite him! Caravela Escarlate entered 2016 with renewed hopes. When David proposed to Ronaldo an entirely new repertoire that could be played and recorded as a duo, resulting in their first album entitled "Raschuno". It was well received by the public. Simultaneously the rehearsals with Elcio Cáfaro took place with the band and its debut was July 2016.

In late 2017 Caravela Escarlate released their second, eponymous album. In 2018 the band signed with Karisma Records, to re-release their second album worldwide (on CD and LP) in March 2019 and for the release of upcoming albums. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.