Brazilian Music

lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4t3-cv4lGY

Azymuth had their own section among a big slab of tunes in my old man's record collection, this was a sunday summer favourite:

an olde acid house anthem in certain quarters (of all contexts) @ day-break many moons ago:

another Dad vinyl favourite, sublime groove from master Hermeto Pascoal feeling the rapture:

certain artists from brazil have created my all time favorite music.

In the 'post-bossa nova' era there was this explosion of creativity from all corners, and it all got lumped into "Música popular brasileira" (MPB). The music was sometimes referred to as 'university music' and as an analogy I'd liken it to a whole scene of Donald Fagens all doing radically diferent things—it really wasn't ever a coherent genre, it was a scene were unique voices and singular talents rose ( and composed and produced and performed some of the very best music (IMO) ever. I could gush eternally about the level of creativity and innovation achieved by some of these artists eternally.

some names already mentioned:

Milton Nascimento: he and his musical colleagues such as Lo Borges and Toninho Horta were their own type of musical movement, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clube_da_Esquina). here is a clip that I feel portrays the raw talent and brilliance of these musicians:

mind you, Wayne Shorter did a collab album with M. Nascimento.

(those chords...those harmonies...the sensitivity...the subtleness...live...it astounds me)

check out this unbelievably complex and psychedelic and unbelievable composition, 'milagre dos peixes':

joao bosco: 

joyce moreno: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz4RYrZ7f58

undoubtably my favorite era of musicians.

+1 on Azymuth. 

I'll just leave these here:

also. fucking FLORA PURIM!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vSoDaofcHE

she might be the kate bush of MPB

e também sem esquecerê-lo, Wagner TIso:

Also, everyone should have this compilation:

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Brazuca-Samba-Rock-And-Brazilian-Groove-From-The-Golden-Years-1966-1978/master/853150

And this:

Slowly burning through all the other vids posted here, so much top stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcdre7cMuDk

+ this mix is pretty much essential IMO, really good selection in there:

https://soundcloud.com/floatingpoints/floating-points-back-in-brazil

azymuth are great, also that manfredo fest tune is one of my all-time favourites. it's one of the alarm-tracks on my phone too.

From David Byrne's documentary Ile Aiye (The House Of Life):

Elejigbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DjdAcXDmfY

Candomble drumming

https://youtu.be/uoMbX6NQNh8?t=7m39s

that last one is incredible - listen to the subtle synth chords Byrne blended with the drumming, freaking amazing.

  On 10/5/2010 at 8:50 PM, Adamovich said:

João Gilberto and Baden Powell

doot doot doot 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qle1OrunKnE