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:::: Artist :::::::::::[ Lula Cortes E Ze Ramalho ]::::
:::: Album :::::::::::[ Paebiru ]::::
:::: Record co ::::::::[ Mr Bongo (MRBCD050) ]::::
:::: Style ::::::::::::[ Folk ]::::
:::: Releasedate ::::::[ 21-May-2008 ]::::
::::
:::: Info & tracklist :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::
::::
:::: 01. Trilha De Sume :: 6:30
:::: 02. Culto A Terra :: 2:11
:::: 03. Bailado Das Muscarias :: 4:34
:::: 04. Harpa Dos Ares :: 4:01
:::: 05. Nao Existe Molhado Igual Ao Pranto :: 7:30
:::: 06. Omm :: 6:03
:::: 07. Raga Dos Raios :: 2:30
:::: 08. Nas Paredes Da Pedra Encantada :: 7:33
:::: 09. Maracas De Fogo :: 2:34
:::: 10. Louvacao A Iemanja :: 1:53
:::: 11. Regato Da Montanha :: 3:24
:::: 12. Beira Mar :: 1:39
:::: 13. Pedra Templo Animal :: 4:15
:::: 14. Trilha De Sume :: 2:04
::::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Total Playtime :: 56:41
:::: Additional info
:::: Paebiru is an obscure Brazilian psych concept album about the
:::: four elements (earth, air, fire, water) that was lost to time
:::: in a warehouse fire in 1974, causing it to become a massively
:::: sought-after lost classic, fetching up to $1500 for vinyl copies.
::::
:::: This recording of the collaboration between Brazilian artists
:::: Lula Cortes and Ze Ramalho is a wonderfully off-kilter record,
:::: full of fantastic hooky and strange tunes that range all over the
:::: place, from full-on freakouts to quiet pastoral. The entire
:::: range of 1970s hippie Brazilian musician culture is displayed in
:::: this record. ItÆs experimental, but it's relentlessly driven
:::: towards fun. If you like good music, you will like this legendary
:::: album untouched by time.
::::
:::: Cortes, who composes and plays on many of the tracks, seemingly
:::: appears only when talking about obscure Brazilian psych reissues,
:::: Ramalho, on the other hand, has built a solid career as a
:::: Brazilian pop singer and takes on most vocal duties.
::::
:::: It's a very atmospheric blend, sung and chanted vocals are no
:::: more or less important than any of the other elements, which
:::: include classical acoustic and fuzzy electric guitar, piano,
:::: organ, flute, sax and a range of percussion. It's free and
:::: psychedelic, but just reigned in enough to keep it tense and
:::: exciting.
::::
:::: The closest comparison might be to combine Amon Duul with
:::: Sunburned Hand of the Man and perhaps Double Leopards, if they
:::: lived on a commune together in Brazil and recorded while
:::: indulging in mass quantities of narcotics.
::::
:::: In Brazil from the late 1960Æs onward, Caetano Veloso, Jorge
:::: Ben, Tom Ze, and many others blended elements of psychedelic
:::: rock, jazz, indigenous folk, with more "classic" urban styles
:::: (bossa nova, samba, etc.) and instrumentation. As much a
:::: political identity movement as a cultural, Tropicalia artists
:::: as a whole were interested in using artistic expression as
:::: removing barriers and as a means of enabling other societal
:::: freedoms. Simultaneously, but across the Atlantic, European
:::: mystical trance rock of the time, beginning with outfits like
:::: Parson Sound and Amon Duul, and continued by Trad Gras och
:::: Stenar and Algarnas Tradgard.
::::
:::: Release dedicated to our buddies in i8 ;) Enjoy!
::::
:::: Happy 5th birthday mbs!
:::: Notes
:::: Quality Above All !
:::: IF YOU LIKE IT, BUY IT !
:::: Don't be a moron: keep these files out of any
:::: public access sites, torrentsites and P2P networks.