any Tropicalia fans
 

jorge ben
os mutantes
gal costa
gilberto gil
caetano veloso
tom ze

discuss

Several months back I bought a soul-jazz Tropicalia compilation. Really awesome stuff, and I have been meaning to search deeper into some of the artists but I dont really know where to start. Any suggestions?

Gilberto Gil
Jorge Ben
Os Mutantes
Caetano Veloso

yeah, the sould jazz compilations was hottt shit! I haven't really heard much other stuff from them other than the compilation except Caetano Veloso's 1969 album and the first Os Mutantes album which are both great.

A friend played in a band that wasn't on the comp called Os Braveos or something like that. From that one time I heard them I was pretty impressed.

what specific albums by these bands do you guys think are the best?

Gal Costas first 2 albums are fantastic. Those are the only ones of hers I have heard though.

I can vouch for the first 3 (I think) os mutantes albums as well...they are fabulous.

bump of love

And i bump you too crypto!

there was a big exhibition in london (in fact i think it is going round the world too) which had an album released to accompany it which is beUTIFUL/AMAZING. saddly right now i am too broke to buy it so have to content myself with fondling it in record stores.I couldn't go to the exhibition but i heard that it to was ace/fun/bonkers too.

mutantes
tom ze
gilberto (going to see him in a couple months!)
gal costa
marconi notaro
som imaginario

i've been digging the brasilia as of late.

We have a ton of these threads, and for more Brazilian music check out the World Music thread.

But yes. Gal Costa is my wife.

I spun Gal Costa's "Gal" tonight.
Excellent!

i have all the first five os mutantes albums (i.e. when rita lee was a member), plus a second copy of divinia comedia on vinyl, how many people can say that?

Good artists! I have albums of the first 3, and I really want to get into tom ze more (I read the article a few months back in WIRE about him).

http://brnuggets.blogspot.com
Brazilian nuggets- every album i've downloaded from here so far has been pretty awesome.

I only know Os Mutantes, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil (and a bit of Gal Costa), but I really loved what I heard from them, and now want to listen the other big names of the genre (and listen to more stuff by Gal Costa). Yes, that Soul Jazz compilation was really lovely.

That blog seems promising...