Tropicalia S/D, Classic or Classic, etc.

I've been devouring this stuff lately. The Soul Jazz comp got me going last year and since then I've picked up the first five Os Mutantes, Rita Lee's second album (possibly pick of the bunch), Africa Brazil by Jorge Ben, Lobo by Edu Lobo, the Som Imaginario, Gil e Jorge, Caetano Veloso's self-titled, Gilberto Gil's self-titled... I think that's about it. It's pretty much all fantastic.

Going by what Beta says, this might be post-Tropicalia, but Via Lactea, the follow-up to Lo the Borges sneakers album (how cool is that cover!?), also has some great, great, dreamy arrangements and accompaniment. So good. Also has a different version of Club de Esquina, although I can't say if it's better or worse than the original, as I haven't heard it...

Yeah, Lo Borges and his chums from Minas Gerais were not tropicalistas, but I love love love that whole "dreamy" sound, as you describe it, gnarly. Clube da Esquina 2 (from 1978) by Milton Nascimento is simply one of my favourite albums ever.

I want the sneakers album!
http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s91649.jpg

Check out Vento de Maio from La Via Lactea... his voice and the guitar, oh oh oh oh oh. Apparently his sister sings on it too.

The sneakers album is going for £95 secondhand on Amazon.

Or $19.99 on ebay.

Hahahaha!

Does Louis Jagger like Os Mutantes?

Nick, if you run across any of the earlier Gal Costa albums, I recommend them as well.

Aye, I've had a browse around but they're either not available or else expensive as hell.

i don't really think Tom Ze fits neatly into any category. i know he was in with the tropicalistas in the late sixties, but i think the connection ends there.
and the lady @ Aquarius spells her name Windy, fwiw. sorry for the nitpick, but i like her name

Os Mutantes are playing Kentish Town Forum July 27th! I'm away that weekend though :(

i'm going to see if i can get the uk gigs recorded. if i can i'll make it available to download.

if you don't mind me asking, how come it is billed as "os mutantes meet jd twitch"? are you collaborating or something? either way it is going to be awesome

i've been working on a track with sergio dias which we will perform before os mutantes play their set. basically i have written the backing and sergio has written lyrics which he will sing and also add some guitar parts. if we have enough time to rehearse beforehand some other members of the band will contribute parts to it too. i will also be playing records.

ps - i kind of wish it hadn't been billed like that. i may get lynched by the tropicalia purists.

nah, they'll love it, stirmonster. sounds great.

can't seem to find the tracklist for the new Universal Latino comp--anyone got it? does anyone else feel as though the (excellent) Soul Jazz comp might get outside of tropicália proper, with the Jorge Ben track for example? the Hip-O Tropicália Essentials is OP, I guess, and a real good one-disc overview.

Caetano Veloso's first three solo albums are self-titled!

Oops, many xposts. to Nick S.

Great thread! I've been looking for more places to branch out in my exploration of Tropicalia music, and this thread has given me a lot of ideas. Like a lot of people, I guess it was the Soul Jazz comp from last year that kicked my interest into high gear (I did already have the first Os Mutantes album, but that one hadn't spurred me on in quite the same way, though it is good). Since then, I've picked up one each solo album by Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso, both excellent. Obviously there's still quite a bit more out there.

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.