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From an artist in his seventies, you probably wouldn’t expect to hear an album like this. Coming out next friday, Poison Fruit is Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti - one third of cult Rio jazz-funk trio Azymuth - first solo album in over twenty years, mixing a traditional samba compass with jazz influences and space age electronics.
Read MoreThe best we've heard and wrote about during this month. December brought us the electronic vibes of Prequel, Kamaal Williams, Contours, Kaidi Tatham Mark de Clive-Lowe or Vertiqua. We felt that jazz never left them and they keep driving us to it in modern forms.
Read MoreBrazil is rhythm disguised as a country. During the 70's and 80’s arranger, producer, composer, instrumentalist Robson Jorge, together with his partner Lincoln Olivetti, sets the foundations of Brazilian soul music. The rare Robson Jorge’s 1977 is a testimony of his genius.
Read MoreOriginally released on Continental Records in Brazil in 1974, Arnaud Rodrigues’s Murituri is reissued across the Atlantic Ocean by Lisbon-based label Groovie Records. Including arrangements from artists like Octavio and Arthur Verocai, the LP hails the creativity of a young Arnaud Rodrigues.
Read MoreAn all-time classic Brazilian album released in 1970 is reissued through one of the worlds best houses for vintage, classic, vinyls: Mr Bongo. The musicality, the poems of Toquinho are timeless.
Read MoreFar Out Recordings drops another overlooked masterpiece from one of the greatest minds in brazilian instrumental music. Pedra do Espia is edited for the first time in vinyl format, reminding us about the infinite gold produced in Brazil on the past decades.
Read MoreRecorded in Kuwait in 1980, Jazz, Jazz, Jazz is the only album compiled by the Sudanese band The Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr. The album is reissued in its entirety, complete with all the stirring horn arrangements and vibrant percussion housed on the original.
Read MoreA masterpiece of hip Brazilian swing, Ataque reflects the deeper, groovier side of that magical, hazy sound of sixties Rio de Janeiro, with sweet samba scents backing big brass arrangements and scorching organ solos.
Read MoreEver since its release in 1996, Buena Vista Social Club has played an integral role in reintroducing the world to Cuban music. But while it’s a crucial entry in Latin music history, the story of Buena Vista Social Club actually begins with a different album — A Toda Cuba le Gusta, by the Afro Cuban All Stars — and a legendary two-week recording session in Havana.
Read MoreAugust running down the drain with a eclectic choice of 50 tracks that reviews the best we've talked about this month, remembers music icons and rediscovers modern classics.
Read MoreBrazilian hits that never were. Back in time to listen to obscure 1980's Brazilian lo-fi synthesized music, released by Soundway Records. After the success of Onda De Amor, the british label re-masters and re-issues A Festa É Nossa, the only existent album from the duo Grupo Controle Digital.
Read MoreAugust playlist carries on with a summary of the best we've showed during this hot few days. Some tracks were not on spotify, so we had to make a little stop to dance in the moonlight.
Read MoreThe first recap coming during sunny August begins and ends with the sweet portuguese accent coming from Brazil. Marcos Valle extensive carreer is honored and followed by the usual summary of artists we've showcased here during this month.
Read MoreMore than just a rare record and definitely more than just a vinyl share for insatiable collectors, Feeling So Good by Kiki Gyan is a prime example of overflowing talent coupled with a passion for music and the hunger for life right at the moment.
Read MoreFar Out Recordings is preparing a very special release for September. Marking sixty years of Bossa Nova, and twenty years since Marcos Valle’s first release on the label, it is the time to repress Nova Bossa Nova, an era-defining classic from the Brazilian master composer.
Read MoreHabibi Funk Records dedicates its efforts to discover and release sounds from an unknown world to most of us. Muslims and Christians from Sudanese artist Kamal Keila is their latest album. It is the result of a little bit of luck and insatiable music exploration.
Read MoreHavana Cultura is back with another release scheduled for June. "¡Súbelo, Cuba!" showcases an extended network of like-minded, forward-thinking musicians driving Cuba’s music forward.
Read MoreWith more than three years of history o sótão has been a secret platform dealing some of the highest carat underground music released by independent artists and labels. It focuses on music made by people that understand it or play it on a superior level.
Read MoreO primeiro lançamento da novíssima editora Smiling C vem de eras perdidas. Conectamos com o rapper marroquino Shams Dinn. Aquilo que se iniciou como um esforço para relançar uma só música gravada - "Hedi Bled Noum" - evoluiu para uma compilação com seis faixas inéditas de três momentos distintos da carreira do desconhecido músico.
Cheios de pó, os arquivos de Ben Bouchta Mohammed (Shams Dinn), foram uma autêntica revelação depois de vários meses de buscas. Sonoridades magrebinas reinventadas ao sabor de algo que se assemelha ao B-Side do lendário álbum "Paid In Full" de Eric B & Rakim. Um paraíso musical!
O pacote contém uma manga interna exibindo fotos de Shams Dinn com um estilo supremo e um pequeno bate-papo que a label teve com ele. Para quem gosta de histórias bem contadas
Reconstruídas a partir das fitas originais, todas as faixas são escritas por Ben Bouchta Mohammed. Vale a pena a escuta e, porventura, a compra de uma peça de coleção raríssima. Os previews de todas as faixas seguem aí em baixo.
“Sabendo que eu fico a olhar
com malícia.
A sua pele preta
com malícia.
Seus olhos azuis
com malícia
Seu sorriso branco
com malícia.
Seu corpo todo enfim,
com malícia.”
Jorge Ben - Menina Mulher da Pele Preta