It’s 1983. A chance encounter between Congolese musician Bony Bikaye, Algerian-born French composer / producer Hector Zazou & electronic duo Cy 1, resulted in this visionary (and until recently, rare) […]
Category: Brazil
Outro Tempo: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992
Earlier this year Netherlands-based reissue outfit Music From Memory released the wonderful and exquisitely strange compilation, Outro Tempo: Electronic And Contemporary Music From Brazil 1978-1992 . A collection of exotic, otherworldly futurism and electronics, born from the . […]
Bola Sete :: Ocean
“Bola Sete’s music comes from everywhere and nowhere. The subconscious really is universal. Bola Sete’s music is the best reminder of this that I have ever heard. He is a […]
Marcos Valle :: Dez Leis (1970 / Reissues)
In 2013 Light In The Attic Records is set to reissue four of Marcos Valle ‘s 70s studio albums; now available for the first time in North America. Complimented by legendary Brazilian […]
Tecnicolor: Os Mutantes Lost Album
In October 1966 Rita Lee and brothers Arnaldo Baptista and Sérgio Dias walked on stage for the first time as Os Mutantes to perform on a Brazilian TV show. In hindsight, it […]
Som Imaginario :: (Self-Titled)
This was Som Imaginario’s (Imaginary Sound) debut album from 1970; a Brazilian band that often backed the great Milton Nascimento just as Os Mutantes had backed Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso on […]
Os Mutantes :: Mutantes
Any Mutantes record is a mind-blower and this one makes an unforgettable introduction. The music and voice of Os Mutantes transcends any language barrier such that even the most literary […]