Psychedelic Pernambuco CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Sorriso Selvagem - The Gentlemen ~ Various Artists

2. Tempo, O - Flaviola E O Bando Do Sol ~ Various Artists

3. Mister Mist?rjo - Geraldo Azevedo/Al?eu Valen?a ~ Various Artists

4. Antropologica - Marconi Notaro ~ Various Artists

5. 78 Rota?oes - Geraldo Azevedo/Al?eu Valen?a ~ Various Artists

6. Nordeste Oriental - Lula C?rtes ~ Various Artists

7. Novena - Geraldo Azevedo/Al?eu Valen?a ~ Various Artists

8. Noite Pr?ta - Lula C?rtes ~ Various Artists

9. Maracatu - Marconi Notaro ~ Various Artists

10. Bailado Das Muscarias - Lula C?rtes/Z? Ramalho ~ Various Artists

11. Desesp?ro - Flaviola E O Bando Do Sol ~ Various Artists

12. Bahjan - Ora?ao Para Shiva - Lula C?rtes ~ Various Artists

13. Fidelidade - Marconi Notaro ~ Various Artists

14. Planet rio - Geraldo Azevedo/Al?eu Valen?a ~ Various Artists

15. Ah Vida Avida - Marconi Notaro ~ Various Artists

16. Mar cas De Fogo - Lula C?rtes/Z? Ramalho ~ Various Artists

17. Virgem Virginia - Geraldo Azevedo/Al?eu Valen?a ~ Various Artists

18. Alegro Pirad¡ssimo - Lula C?rtes ~ Various Artists

19. Beira Mar - Lula C?rtes/Z? Ramalho ~ Various Artists

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Liner Note Author: David Buttle.
	Recife, the capital of Brazil's Pernambuco state, doesn't have the cultural profile of Salvador or Rio, but the port city has certainly made its contributions. It is perhaps best known for the heavily African-influenced maracatu styles in the 1990s for its Mangue Bit fusion movement. That said, it was also the center of an experimental rock and psych scene in the '60s and '70s. The Pernambuco bands all shared the same influences, from England and America, as well as a pastiche of Indian styles, but none of the bands resembled one another; they combined what they had assimilated in their own highly original ways. Psychedelic Pernambuco commences with the overdriven fuzz guitar unit, the Gentlemen (one of the best tracks on offer here, and one can only hope for more by them being uncovered and released one day), the disc actually focuses on four other artists. The most well-known of these is Lula C?rtes, who made records as a way of pissing off the government and therefore avoided compulsory military service. C?rtes' work is a complex -- and uneven -- amalgam of everything from bossa and samba to classically oriented choral works and electric and acoustic rock. The most fascinating tracks are by Geraldo Azevedo, who was, for all intents and purposes, a Donovan-styled pop crooner, though the sometimes Baroque psychedelia behind his voice often moved toward far more experimental terrain, some of it dissonant and acid-tinged, more of it simply lovely and framed in Brazilian folk styles. Marconi Notaro's cuts are almost indescribable save for their maracatu rhythms and the sitar-flavored folk-rock that flits across them all-too quickly. Finally, there's the drippy hippy group Flaviola e o Bando Do Sol, whose 12-string acoustic guitars, flutes, bongos, and vocal harmonies are almost painfully dated and were no doubt pretentious even at the time. Psychedelic Pernambuco is a very uneven, but sometimes engaging compilation, and is certainly worth sampling one's way through. ~Thom Jurek

Technical Info

	Release Date : 07/11/2011
	Catalog ID : MRBCD 074
	Label : Mr. Bongo (UK)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher)
(p.104)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[They] eschew melody for effects and discord and come up with an unhinged variation on flower power, driven by traditional percussion."

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