Tropicalia

demonrail666 · 07.16.2007, 09:39 AM

Have been listening to quite a lot of this stuff lately. An avant-gardist Brazillian thing from the sixties that fuses jazz, poetry, funk and rock, with a definite political edge. Key artists are Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Os Mutantes. Really wonderful stuff. I was just wondering if anyone else likes it and/or knows anything more about it.

edit: just found a really nice website dedicated to it:

http://www2.uol.com.br/tropicalia/

edit2: just looked through and depite having an English/Brazillian option 90% of it is in Portugese.

val-holla-ing · 07.16.2007, 09:43 AM

yeah! i have some caetano veloso and gilberto gil LPs and 45s as well as an awesome tropicalia compilation put out by soul jazz records.

you should check out the "+2" series. it features the son of caetano and it feels almost like an extention of tropicalia.

demonrail666 · 07.16.2007, 09:56 AM

Thanks for that, I ordered the Soul Jazz comp yesterday so I should get it tomorrow(ish).

MellySingsDoom · 07.16.2007, 09:56 AM

Yes, me likey. The nauseous Beck once tried to jump on this bandwagon with a song called (what else?) "Tropicalia".

jico. · 07.16.2007, 09:57 AM

nothing new here.

demonrail666 · 07.16.2007, 09:57 AM

LOL. Yeah, I heard about that. Needless to say I've tried to avoid it like the proverbial.

demonrail666 · 07.16.2007, 10:12 AM

beautiful album covers too:

cryptowonderdruginvogue · 07.16.2007, 10:20 AM

http://sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthr...ght=tropicalia

http://sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthr...ght=tropicalia

Iain · 07.16.2007, 11:20 AM

A lot of this stuff has been reissued which is nice. The first couple of Gal Costa lps are essential I think. She went a bit patchy after that but there's an lp with a lady in bikini showing major camel toe on the front which has one killer track on if I remember correctly.

Iain · 07.16.2007, 11:22 AM

I think it's her second and third albums that I am thinking of and not the first and second. I don't think I've heard the first. The other one I mentioned was India.

demonrail666 · 07.16.2007, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cryptowonderdruginvogue

http://sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthr...ght=tropicalia

http://sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthr...ght=tropicalia

Oops sorry. Seems like every summer some new convert starts a Tropicalia thread.

Toilet & Bowels · 07.16.2007, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iain

I think it's her second and third albums that I am thinking of and not the first and second. I don't think I've heard the first. The other one I mentioned was India.

i've got the first and second, they're both superb.

07.16.2007, 09:39 AM	#1
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Have been listening to quite a lot of this stuff lately. An avant-gardist Brazillian thing from the sixties that fuses jazz, poetry, funk and rock, with a definite political edge. Key artists are Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Os Mutantes. Really wonderful stuff. I was just wondering if anyone else likes it and/or knows anything more about it. edit: just found a really nice website dedicated to it: http://www2.uol.com.br/tropicalia/ edit2: just looked through and depite having an English/Brazillian option 90% of it is in Portugese.
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val-holla-ing invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: baton rouge. the 225, big raggedy. Posts: 2,731	yeah! i have some caetano veloso and gilberto gil LPs and 45s as well as an awesome tropicalia compilation put out by soul jazz records. you should check out the "+2" series. it features the son of caetano and it feels almost like an extention of tropicalia. __________________ please do not misconstrue the previous statement as an invitation for same sex relations or as negative towards anyone of another sexuality. -cam'ron (formerly "no homo")
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Thanks for that, I ordered the Soul Jazz comp yesterday so I should get it tomorrow(ish).
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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Yes, me likey. The nauseous Beck once tried to jump on this bandwagon with a song called (what else?) "Tropicalia". __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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jico. expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,417	nothing new here.
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	beautiful album covers too:
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cryptowonderdruginvogue invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the party Posts: 10,281	http://sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthr...ght=tropicalia http://sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthr...ght=tropicalia
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07.16.2007, 11:20 AM	#9
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	A lot of this stuff has been reissued which is nice. The first couple of Gal Costa lps are essential I think. She went a bit patchy after that but there's an lp with a lady in bikini showing major camel toe on the front which has one killer track on if I remember correctly.
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07.16.2007, 11:22 AM	#10
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	I think it's her second and third albums that I am thinking of and not the first and second. I don't think I've heard the first. The other one I mentioned was India.
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