O Esquadrão Da Morte
Mr Bongo is proud to present an official reissue of Zé Rodrix E A Agência De Mágicos ‘O Esquadrão Da Morte’. Written, arranged and composed by the genius of Zé Rodrix and performed by his band 'Agência de Mágicos’, this Brazilian library funk beauty is the soundtrack to Carlos Imperial's 1975 film of the same title. Echoing European soundtrack maestros such as Roy Budd and Ennio Morricone, but with a Brazilian swagger, Zé Rodrix's score is a sublime gem that needs rediscovery. Rich in 70's sound…
Angeli Bianchi Angeli Neri
Another Piero Umiliani classic gets its first-ever release on 7" vinyl! Shortly after 'Sweden: Heaven and Hell', in 1969 'Angeli Bianchi, Angeli Neri' continued the collaboration between Umiliani and director Luigi Scattini, this time in the direction of magic and esotericism, as the English title of the film, "Witchcraft '70", makes abundantly clear. The two tracks included in this release reflect that direction, which informs more or less the entire score written by the Florentine composer. On…
River of Revenge: Brazilian Country Music 1929-1961, Vol. 2
The second volume in Death Is Not The End's survey of a form of Brazilian country music known as música caipira ("hillbilly music") - a stripped-back forerunner to música sertaneja, the Brazilian equivalent to US country & western which in it's contemporary form has come to dominate the domestic music industry in recent decades. This collection covers some of the earliest recordings made by the pioneering folklorist Cornélio Pires at the end of the 1920s, through to records from the 30s, 40s & 5…
Jazz In Brazil
The fruitful relationship between Brazilian music and American jazz took shape between the mid-50s and the '60s. This turned out to be one of the most prolific meetings in the history of popular music. Two music cultures that are still resonating today as a timeless combination of elements. Now if you feel like getting through the unique flavor of such musical marriage this compilation is the right place to start. This is a great selection of Brazilian flavored jazz tunes performed by top Brazil…
Atlantis
'Atlantis' is a smouldering jazz-funk, cinematic excursion courtesy of the Brazilian maestro, Daniel Salinas. A conductor, pianist, arranger, and producer, he has worked across several genres within Brazil’s rich musical tapestry, including the Beatles-inspired Jovem Guarda movement, jazz-funk, and MPB to name just a few. He featured on records by Franco, Célia, Perfume Azul Do Sol, Wilson Simonal, Juca Chaves and a whole host of Brazilian greats.
Released in 1973 on Top Tape Records, 'Atlantis’…
Assim na Terra Como no Ceu
** 2021 Stock ** Extremely rare album compiling Waltel Branco's finest incidental TV soundtrack works - Spaghetti Western to deep funk to psyched-orchestral. Originally released on Fermata (Brazil) in 1970, this brilliant - incredibly lengthy titled album - album contains incidental songs from three soap opera’s; ‘Assim na Terra Como No Céu’, ‘Passo dos Ventos’ and the most well known ‘Irmãos Coragem’. The album contains elements not dissimilar to Incredible Bongo Band, Nico Gomez, classic Blaxp…
I due evasi di Sing Sing
Edition of 500. Quartet proudly announces the first CD edition of Ennio Morricone's soundtrack to the film "I due evasi di Sing Sing " from 1964, directed by the legendary Lucio Fulci and starring the famed Italian comedy characters Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia. The label presents a pseudo unreleased gem by the greatest all-time composer at the beginning of his career. The album was originally released on an impossible-to-find promo-only library release in the late '60s with different tit…
Terra
* Limited to 500 copies on 180 gram vinyl with OBI strip. Contains insert booklet with Gelson Oliveira interview transcription. * Debut album by the influential gaucho musician Gelson Oliveira, in partnership with the drummer Luiz Ewerling, released independently in 1983, with minimal resources. In spite of all this, they made a unique and very album, with a spectacular musicality, a mix of sounds, ranging from jazz, funk and fusion. Official reissue from original mastertapes.
Drums – Luiz Ewer…
Asfalto Selvagem
"Asfalto Selvagem", arranged by João Negrão, is one of the rarest soundtracks ever made in Brazil, A truly a hard to find item and now reissued for the very first time! Deluxe reissue in super nice thick carton cover + OBI. Asfalto Selvagem is a 1964 Brazilian film directed by J.B. Tanko, a drama based on the first part of the novel "Asfalto Selvagem: Engraçadinha, Seus Pecados e Seus Amores", by writer Nélson Rodrigues.Imagine Les Baxter meets Ennio Morricone and Armando Trovajoli on Jazz Boss…
Brasilian Sound
Le Tres Groove Club present a reissue of Les Masques' Brasilian Sound, originally released in 1969. Claude Germain (Les Double Six), José Bartel, Marie Vassiliu, Pierre Vassiliu -- Indeed the singers forming Les Masques are from being unknown. In 1969 they entered Studio Davout with le Trio Camara to record Brasilian Sound. Composed of 11 tracks, it is a superb album, masterfully produced and recorded, a gripping record to listen in one go. It will transport you to atmospheres both dreamy and na…
Edson Frederico e a Transa
**500 copies** Mad About Records presents a reissue of Edson Frederico's Brazilian jazz-funk masterpiece, Edson Frederico e a Transa, originally released in 1975. Reissued for the first time worldwide, this rare album has all the hallmarks of the best to come out of Brazil during the '70s: a perfect fusion of funky rare groove, tropicalia, and jazz. A lush warm vibe throughout is underpinned by Frederico's use of Fender Rhodes for the date. Remastered from the original master tapes, top musician…
Poema da Gota Serena
An exhilarating blend of free jazz, the roots rhythms of northeastern Brazil, electronics and Asian percussion, from 1982. Zé Eduardo Nazário is a virtuoso drummer. In the late '60s he was a regular at the famous Totem night club in São Paulo, performing alongside the likes of Tenório Jr. With Guilherme Franco, he formed the Grupo Experimental de Percussão. Besides recordings with Hermeto Pascoal and Egberto Gismonti, he is most celebrated for his six years tenure with the pioneering Grupo Um. E…