Tropicalia S/D, Classic or Classic, etc.

Btw, don't know if people have seen this, but it's apparently a clip from Brazilian TV from 1968 with Gilberto Gil performing with Os Mutantes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbv3M-AdxC0

the guy at my fave record store has a copy of the brilliant first album by Secos e Molhados and won't sell it to me. he keeps playing it in store and everyone wants it, but so does he. they're pretty much a funky Os Mutantes. a bit of googling turns up mp3s of their first 2 albums.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrxFusyX6ds&mode=related&search=

Dusty has the CD of the first two albums in stock for $9.99 and yeah, it's excellent.

Brazilian music is really just a bottomless pot of riches. been collecting to stuff for years and still continually find out about new things to investigate ... almost every album I pick up has something to recommend it.

i picked up that first secos e molhados in sao paulo earlier in the year. so good! good to see the 2nd one is on cd.

Another clip of Os Mutantes (and I think there's a glimpse of Tom Ze in the audience):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2EKghlmIyQ&mode=related&search=

Stir - do you know whether the show at the Forum ends at 11 or later? It seems like a lot of stuff to fit in if it ends early.

I'm trying to persuade some people to come and it doesn't seem to say on the trocabrahma website.

it's on until 2am (possibly 3).

Just saw this today:

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Jardim Elétrico: A Tribute to Os Mutantes

FORMAT: CD
RUNNING TIME: 64' 34''
CATALOGUE: MDCP054
TRACKS: 15
DATE OF RELEASE: JULY 21st, 2007
EXTRAS: Insert poster drawn by Arnaldo Baptista from Os Mutantes, plus booklet by Black Arrow Studio & Press (US).

Since the early Nineties, Os Mutantes finally gained recognition as one of the most original, bizarre band coming from Brasil during the psychedelic era. Thanks to the support of fans like Kurt Cobain, David Byrne and Beck, the Mutantes legend spread and their music, effortless mixing pop and experimentalism that’s both playful and weird, suddenly reaching new audiences.At last the impact made by Arnaldo Baptista, Sergio Dias and Rita Lee on future generations became clear. Now a bunch of musicians hailing from countries as diverse as Italy, United States, Brasil and United Kingdom, gather together on this disc to celebrate the wild imagination and the outstanding power of the Mutantes' songs. Nothing less than a labour of love, "Jardim Elétrico: A Tribute to Os Mutantes" is a way to remind us how great their music is, and how much the work of this band still reverberates through time. Some of the artists on this tribute are well-known, others still struggle in the underground, but what they have in common is an unabashed love for this trio and their crazy, lighthearted passion for fun and experimentation.
Time hasn’t diminished the driving exuberance and the unmistakable vibe that is the real essence of Os Mutantes: they are still alive and kicking, playing out there and probably touring in your country. Look for them and you will even find a Jardim Elétrico!
Trackilist:

Stop The Wheel "Top top"
Jennifer Gentle "Panis et circenses"
Father Murphy "Ave Lucifer"
Sean Lennon and Yuka Honda "Trem fantasma"
White Flag "Mysterious White Roses" (Os Mutantes unreleased song, taken from a 1968 movie)
Tater Toz "Bat Macumba"
Littlebrown "Senhor f."
Residual Echoes "A minha menina"
Wondermints "Arnaldo Said"
Pillar and Tongues "Magica"
Oswald "Dois mil e um"
Gomma Workshop "O relogio"
Franklin Delano/GRES Unidos Do Berimbau "Adeus, Maria Fulo"
The Earlies "Ave Gengis Khan"
Fabio Recco & Bia Mendes (Beto Salmon remix) "Tecnicolor"

"My dear Friends, it's been an honour for us Mutantes to be receiving this kind of warmth and recognition from the youth who's going to change the musical face of this century, we are so very proud of you all, and
so grateful in our hearts for this homage, I wish that our music can always touch your hearts and the magic that you do...this CD is a beautifull gesture, thank you all so very much..." Sérgio Dias, Os Mutantes
Thanks to the support of Sergio Dias and Windish Agency (Chicago, US) Jardim Elétrico will be available as official merchandase at every Os Mutantes show.

For any further information, please feel free to contact Frederico f. (Madcap Collective) feder✧✧✧@malede✧✧✧.i✧ or Marco Damiani (Silly Boy Ent.) sillyboy✧✧✧@hotm✧✧✧.c✧✧

(Marco D. posts here, of course, and can doubtless say more.)

I just got the Secos e Molhados 1st. How come the chick who does vocals for every track didn't get her head severed head a plate for the album cover?? Shame! WTF!! IT'S A GUY! Movel over Michael Quercio!

Anyway, yeah, this is great stuff. Not so keen on the boogie-woogie sounding number (so many good 197-whatever albums tainted by dud boogie woogie number), but then it's followed by that one track with the ridonculous bassline, so it's all fine in the end.

free os mutantes show in the park in SF sunday! :D

Got the tribute album the other day, will listen over the weekend...

Brazilian music is really just a bottomless pot of riches. been collecting to stuff for years and still continually find out about new things to investigate ... almost every album I pick up has something to recommend it.

-- Stormy Davis, Friday, July 6, 2007 12:45 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Link

so otm

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111616420

Arthur Verocai: Return Of A Brazilian Secret Egon from Stones Throw piece

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need to get that s/t

me too

ya heard

huh never heard of him before - sounds great must find

just got the verocai, very nice

i have that Ivan Lins album. picked it up because verocai produced it. it kinda sux. luckily i picked it up for a buck and it sells for 25-35$ (if i were ever to actually sell stuff on ebay)

I saw Os Mutantes tonight. WOW. I actually liked the tracks from the new album the best. What a KILLER live band.

I'm hoping to see the DC area show in October. How many original members are in the group?

I saw the re-formed Os Mutantes a couple of years ago in NYC. They were great. The Baptista brothers are there from the original line-up. No Rita Lee - they had the singer Zelia Duncan sort of taking her place.

I'm seeing them TONIGHT in Vancouver! Really stoked by the positive comments. If anyone's going tonight note the venue has been changed to the Rio.

the Verocai is nice, not really very tropicaliaish tho (or very funky - kinda surprised at its DJ cachet tbh) Nice orchestral stuff

really digging this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAAFzOUYgc0&feature=related

It's only one of the Baptista brothers now. But whatever. The band is EXCELLENT. And the main dude is one of the best guitar players I've ever seen in my life.

So much positive energy and awesome jamming. Loved it.

Secos & Molhados - Sempre. Dusty Groove has this, but as far as I'm aware, the group only put out two albums in 1973 and 74. Anyone know what this is?

I have a comp with both albums on it, maybe its that...?

I'm pretty sure it is a new "best of" - google found me a list of 14 tracks, which appeared to be a mix of the two albums. MAybe remastered or something.

There is also a live album of the original line-up, and I think one that was cut by the two other guys after Ney left that came out under the Secos name.

I think I am that Trend Person who goes around professing general love of Tropicalia based on having one compilation where he can't remember any of the tracks or artists other than Os Mutantes.

congrats

seeing mutantes on saturday

Last month's Mutantes show I was at was a real rave-up. What a band!

oh god this was awful.

no rita lee = gtfo imo

they played a new song called "baghdad blues" :( :( :(

Just saw the movie doc "Beyond Ipanema: Brazilian Waves in Global Music" last night at the AFI theater in suburban DC (the movie's showing just one more time there--Thurs. Oct. 8th). In it one of the guys from Os Mutantes says (and I'm paraphrasing)"I contacted Rita Lee when we were reforming the group, she said she wasn't interested." So they moved on and hired someone else.

As for the movie, its goal seems to be to show every non-Brazilian artist who has espoused an interest in Brazilian music since the 1980s. So you get interviews with members of Theivery Corporation,MIA, Diblo, and mentions of Os Mutantes performing at the Pitchfork festival. The movie does offer some cool old footage(Carmen Miranda, tropicalia, beach shots) and some interesting interviews (author Ruy Castro), and Harlem kids playing samba, but there's way too much Devandra Barnhart saying "wow, man I love tropicalia," David Byrne talking about buying records, and some guy badmouthing that damn kids music like the Rolling Stones that was so clearly less challenging than bossa nova (kinda funny I guess). Trying to cover Brazilian music in 90 minutes is impossible of course and so it's easy to name performers who were left out of this flick. I'd reccommend seeing it anyway, but just don't expect much.

Os Mutantes live, in English, in color in 1969 with an orchestra on French TV

Wow, thanks!

one of the other tropicalia threads
Tropicalia

Just discovered that a movie doc called Tropicalia is showing at the American Film Institute Theatre in Maryland near Washington DC tonight and Sunday

TROPICÁLIA
"What was the message we were sending to everyone? Be free! And that was extremely subversive at the time." Tropicália was a relatively short-lived but hugely influential movement in Brazilian arts and music during the late 1960s. This playfully expressionistic documentary delves deep into the Tropicália story, including amazing archival footage of Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes, Maria Bethânia, Gal Costa, Elis Regina, Tom Ze, and Jorge Ben Jor, among many others.

DIR/SCR Marcelo Machado; SCR Vaughn Glover, Di Moretti; PROD Paula Cosenza, Denise Gomes. Brazil/US/UK, 2012, b&w and color, 87 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles. NOT RATED

No passes accepted.Fri, Sep 28, 10:00; Sun, Sep 30, 7:15--note new time!

http://www.waxpoetics.com/music/new-music-blog/gilles-peterson-sonzeira-brasil-bam-bam-bam

SONZEIRA – THE COLLECTIVE

Elza Soares:

Brazilian Samba singer – now in her late 70s – she emerged into the Brazilian music scene from her favela upbringing after winning a talent contest in the 50s. She is one of the seminal Brazilian voices and it was a major thing for Gilles to have recorded with her on this project.Very well known in Brazil yet not as much international recognition as many feel she deserves . Discovered by Ary Barroso who wrote ‘Aquarela do Brazil’ the song she sings on the album .

Emanuelle Araujo:

Singer and soapstar / actress. Gilles first came across her and her vocal talent on an Orquestra Imperial rehearsal when he was in Rio previously. She provides vocals on the “Southern Freeez” cover, “Xibaba” and “Brazil Pandeiro”.

Lucas Santtana:

Singer, composer and producer contemporary artist electronic fusion music. Plays concerts in Brazil itself and internationally.

Mart’nalia:

Singer and songwriter – she is the daughter of prominent sambista Martinho da Vila and singer Analia Mendonca [her name is a blend of the two]. She vocals “Mystery of Man” on the Sonzeira record. Very popular live shows within Rio where she can command big audiences but not internationally known, making her interesting to work with for this project.

Wilson Das Neves:

Drummer,vocalist and percussionist. Has played with international artists and many Brazilian big names. Still making music with the Ipanemas with whom he has recorded since the 60s – check him in the film ‘Brasilintime’.

Arlindo Cruz:

Songwriter, composer and musicians – he began age 7 learning the cavaquinho [small guitar] – he works in the samba and pagode styles of music. In 2012, Arlindo Cruz recorded ‘Tatu Bom De Bola’ the official song for Fuleco the Armadillo the official Mascot of FIFA 2014 World Cup. He has his own TV show in Brazil.

Marcos Valle:

Key player of Brazilian music – especially in terms of export to the UK etc – he is a prolific writer [over 20 albums] and his career spans over 50 years. His record Samba 68 features English language versions of some of his tracks. He has collaborated with Sarah Vaughan and in his later career Leon Ware and Chicago. He performed at Gilles’ Worldwide Awards 2013.

Alexandre Kassin:

Producer and musician. Released his own album recently that Gilles featured on his 6Music show. Has played as part of “Plus 2s” and “Orquestra Imperial” amongst others .Was once thought to be a member of the Ramones after having his picture taken with them and it appearing in the national paper.

Nina Miranda:

Brazilian vocalist living in London; released music under the name Smoke City and various collaborations. Appears on “Mystery of man” and “City of Saints”.

Seu Jorge:

Singer and Actor that gained international reputation when he appeared in ‘Life Aquatic ‘ the Wes Anderson film. He lives in LA and Gilles had to go there to record him. He is probably the most famous Brazilian in the world today …excluding Pele, maybe.

Gabriel Moura:

Nephew of Paulo Moura very well known samba musician and singer. Friends with Seu Jorge since Paulo Moura ran a programme to help youths in the area, one being Seu Jorge .They were both in the influential group Farofa Capioca too.

Nana Vasconcelos:

Seminal percussionist , together with Airto became the face of Brazilian percussion internationally. Has worked with big names all over the world. His work with guitarist Egberto Gismonti has been in great demand. Originally from Bahia has lived in New York, London and Paris.

Sean O’Hagan:

Artist and string arranger for this record. Deep knowledge of Brazilian music; played guitar and arranged strings on “Mystery of man” and “Aquarela do Brazil”. His bands “Stereo Lab” and “The High Lamas” have provided some of the most innovative and moving music of recent times.

Wowie... what a group.

A Night in 67 (Uma noite em 67) (Brazil, 2010)
Directed by Ricardo Calil, Renato Terra.
Brazil’s music “festivals” of the mid-1960s were boisterous, televised competitions akin to American Idol today. One such show in 1967 was a particularly raucous affair that sparked a revolution that forever changed Brazilian music. Captivating archival performances by Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes and Chico Buarque—alongside contemporary interviews from the key players—helps recreate the night when the still-forming Tropicália movement was introduced to the public. DigiBeta, b/w & color, in Portuguese with English subtitles, 85 min.

Has anyone seen this? It was shown in Los Angeles last year, and is gonna be shown in DC next weekend. parts of it seem to be on Youtube without English subtitles.

no but would watch a DVD

At one point the whole thing was on either youtube or vimeo or something. I watched most of it and it was pretty cool.

I will keep an eye on youtube and vimeo, thanks for the tips!
From my blogged Pazz & Jop '14 comments:
Tom Ze, Vira Lata na Via Lactea: Tropicalia maestro & friends in fine vox, tight & tuneful, unfazed by maze(gtrs snares etc customize it). Not one of his big avant etc projects, but contemplative and witty, in that seemingly casual, but always on point A-to-Ze way.
I've seem him called the Beefheart of Brazil(!), but in sets like these, if there must be a comparison, Cole Porter as quirky socio-poitical (incl sexual politics) pop-rocker (of Brazil!) would be a relatively closer fit.

I know this Arthur Verocai album isn't properly tropicalia, but fuuuuuck it's good.