Tropicalia- A Brasilian Revolution In Sound

A movement championed by DAVID BYRNE, BECK, KURT COBAIN, STEREOLAB and many more, Tropicalia in the late 1960s revolutionized Brazilian music mixing Psychedelic Rock, avant-garde musique concrete, Samba, Funk and Soul into a truly unique combination. This is the first album to bring together all the artists involved in Tropicalia – OS MUTANTES, GILBERTO GIL, CAETANO VELOSO, TOM ZE, GAL COSTA and more. Os Mutantes, the sophisticated musical anarchists from Sao Paulo not only became the musical template for Beck, they were also discovered by Kurt Cobain on tour in Brazil who tried (and failed) to get them to support NIRVANA. David Byrne has also released a collection of their work in the USA. The “A Minha Menina” track is also very well known to all from THE BEE’s remake used recently in the Mars Bar television campaign. Tom Ze, a true Brazilian original avant-garde singer was brought into the open in the 1990s when he toured in the USA backed-by post-rockers supreme TORTOISE. Mind blowing 52 Page book of sleeve-notes contextualising Tropicalia, exclusive photos etc