Zopelar

𝙍𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙤-𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙠, 𝙨𝙪𝙣-𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡-𝙙𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙝𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙢—𝙕𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙧’𝙨 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙎ã𝙤 𝙋𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙤’𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙡𝙮, 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙫𝙚-𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙡𝙥.

A key figure in Brazil’s contemporary club culture, Zopelar returns to Apron Records for his third solo album, weaving together the deep, the playful, and the emotionally charged. Known for blurring the lines between house, funk, R&B, and electronic soul, he frames Call It Love as a journey equally suited to the dance floor and late-night listening. The nostalgic-yet-forward “We Can Make It” pairs Ashira’s silky vocals with classic R&B textures, while “Je t’aime” enlists L’Homme Statue and Retromigration for a tropical-leaning house cut built for warm nights. On the other end of the spectrum, “Hernbean5150” slows things down into soulful downtempo terrain, laced with a lyrical flow reminiscent of MF Doom.

From shimmering grooves to raw, analog punch, Call It Love captures Zopelar’s versatility—drawing on his roots in São Paulo’s scene, his international collaborations, and a sonic language honed across art spaces, clubs, and galleries worldwide. It’s a record that breathes, moves, and invites you into its orbit, wherever you drop the needle.