MOVIE/DOCUMENTARY
2013. Long before the so-called global village came into existence, and the Internet made it easy to spread your name around the world, Brazil was already global. It is a country which is culturally cannibalistic by..
TROPICALIA
2008. Originally released in 1969, this album is one of the most significant in Brazilian musical history, spearheading the musical Tropicalia revolution lead by Brazilian legends Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, no..
MOVIE/DOCUMENTARY
2013. Long before the so-called global village came into existence, and the Internet made it easy to spread your name around the world, Brazil was already global. It is a country which is culturally cannibalistic by..
GIL GILBERTO
1970. - haiti,cinema novo,nossa gente,rap popcreto,wait until tomorrow,tradicao,as coisas,aboio,dada,cada macaco no seu galho,baiao atemporal,desde que o samba e samba
MELLOW YELLOW BANANA MOON
BORGES SOLANGE
2021. A true gem of Brazilian tropicalia, originally released in 1984, sees its awaited reissue on vinyl. Solange Borges was the only female member from the 'Clube Da Esquina' movement, which was led by Milton Nasci..
OS MUTANTES
2021. Repress on white vinyl! Third album, released in 1970, by these geniuses of wacked out Brazilian psychedelic rock. They may have been trying to pay homage to their better known icons back in the States, but in..
COSTA GAL
2016. A vinyl reissue of the s/t 1969 album by this legendary and groundbreaking artist from Brazil. Perfectly fitting in with the country's Tropicalia movement of the era, this album is one of her most psychedelic ..
SELVA JOAO
2021. With 'Navegar', his second album, Joao Selva pays tribute to Creole music traditions and Brazilian Tropicalia, but he doesn't shy away from using bits and pieces of funk, jazz and disco either.
SELVA JOAO
2021. With 'Navegar', his second album, Joao Selva pays tribute to Creole music traditions and Brazilian Tropicalia, but he doesn't shy away from using bits and pieces of funk, jazz and disco either.
KIT SEBASTIAN
2020. Kit Sebastian are back with a special stand-alone 7" release that presents an appetising taster of what is to follow from their much-anticipated sophomore album. After losing themselves in the magic of th..
BADGE EPOQUE ENSEMBLE
2019. Badge Époque Ensemble comprises an eclectic cast of characters from the Toronto underground music scene that came together to play largely instrumental compositions by Maximilian 'Twig' Turnbull. Using ..
JAIME & NAIR
2020. A wicked deep rock/jazz/fusion post-Tropicalia album from Brazil gets reissued on vinyl. The LP was originally released in 1974.
GIL GILBERTO
2020. The third self-titled release from bossa nova and tropicalia legend Gilberto Gil was originally released in 1971, while Gil was living in exile in London. That highly regarded album is now reissued on TRANSPAR..
KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZA
2020. Reissued on SPLATTER COLOURED VINYL, this 2017 album from King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard is a jazz and Tropicalia infused collaboration with Mild High Club.
ODESSEY & ORACLE
2020. Named after a classic Zombies-LP, this French group of retro-futurists releases its 2020 album under the influence of the more adventurous bands from the '60s and '70s (including White Noise, 10cc), the Brazi..
ODESSEY & ORACLE
2020. Named after a classic Zombies-LP, this French group of retro-futurists releases its 2020 album under the influence of the more adventurous bands from the '60s and '70s (including White Noise, 10cc), the Bra..
SESSA
2020. Based in Sao Paulo, Sessa's songs are sung in Portuguese, with visceral, sensual lyrics reminding of Caetano Veloso, and the melodic flourishes of Tom Jobim and Arthur Verocai. However, the music gets a delibe..
LEE RITA & TUTTI FRUTTI
2020. As a founding member of innovative Brazilian psychedelic group Os Mutantes, Rita Lee's reputation is assured as a ground-breaking pioneer. Born Rita Lee Jones in 1947 in the upscale Vila Mariana district of S..
SESSA
2020. Featuring lyrics in Portuguese, this superb album by a contemporary Brazilian artist is largely inspired by the psychedelic side of the country's tropicalia movement of the late '60s and early '70s. Fans of Os..
BEAUTIFY JUNKYARDS
2020. Lisbon's Beautify Junkyards meld breezy fado with more eldritch and pan-European traits in their enchanted debut on the 'Other Voices' series. Haunted tropicalia, mystic folk and electronic glyphs warmly recom..
BECK
1998. - Cold Brains ,Nobody's Fault But My Own ,Lazy Flies ,Canceled Check ,We Live Again ,Tropicalia ,Dead Melodies ,Bottle Of Blues ,O Maria ,Sing It Again ,Static ,Diamond Bollocks ,Runners Dial Zero
COUTINHO GUILHERME E O G
2023. Mr Bongo pressing of Guilherme Coutinho E O Grupo Stalo's self-titled mythical album. Blending lo-fi, Brazilian tropicalia, jazz, funk and MPB with a unique aroma, this record is pure perfection. It was origin..
VELOSO CAETANO & GAL ...
2023. When this Brazilian LP first appeared on Philips in 1967, both Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso had released only a few singles individually, so this is the first long player from either of them. Although presente..
FERKAT AL ARD
2022. An absolutely legendary album from Lebanon by Issam Hajali's group Ferkat Al Ard, 'Oghneya' stands out as one of the great musical gems of the Arab world. A groundbreaking release from 1978 that represents the..
LEWIS MOLLY
2024. After the exotica stylings of The 'Forgotten Edge' EP and the tropicalia-indebted 'Mirage' EP, Molly comes with her debut album 'On The Lips', a dreamy tribute to classic mood music. It conjures up misty visio..
GILBERTO GIL
2020. On his second full-length, originally issued in 1968, Brazilian Tropicalia hero Gilberto Gil was backed by the legendary psychedelic band Os Mutantes. Including a bonus tracks, this awesome vinyl reissue of th..
LEWIS MOLLY
2024. After the exotica stylings of The 'Forgotten Edge' EP and the tropicalia-indebted 'Mirage' EP, Molly comes with her debut album 'On The Lips', a dreamy tribute to classic mood music. It conjures up misty visio..
FAGAN SCOTT
2024. The long lost 1968 debut-album by singer-songwriter Scott Fagan, once tipped to be bigger than Elvis, gets an awaited reissue on classic black vinyl. This mystical, mythical and deeply soulful masterpiece is a..
LEWIS MOLLY
2024. After the exotica stylings of The 'Forgotten Edge' EP and the tropicalia-indebted 'Mirage' EP, Molly comes with her debut album 'On The Lips', a dreamy tribute to classic mood music. It conjures up misty visio..
MERIDIAN BROTHERS
2017. The Meridian Brothers is the name of a Colombian band that was founded in 1998 by Eblis Alvarez, a pioneering musician in Bogota's alternative music scene. The band is inspired by both Latin rock (Colombian..
LAS COBRAS
2017. The debut by a duo from Uruguay that blends psychedelia, kraut, Afro-beat, Tropicalia and Latin-American influences. Fasten your seatbelts for a hypnotic journey through warped synths, tropic percussion, lyser..
BEN JORGE
2023. Repress on pink vinyl. Jorge Ben is one of Brazilian music's iconic and best-loved figures. Born Jorge Duilio Lima Menezes in Rio in 1942, he took the stage name, Jorge Ben, in deference to his mother's Ethiop..
COUTINHO GUILHERME E O G
2023. Mr Bongo pressing of Guilherme Coutinho E O Grupo Stalo's self-titled mythical album. Blending lo-fi, Brazilian tropicalia, jazz, funk and MPB with a unique aroma, this record is pure perfection. It was origin..
SUNFRUITS
2021. Sunfruits revive the '60s psychedelic sounds with their very own garage-pop spin, blending their own wonky twist of modern disco beats and tropicalia inspired freak outs. This little psychy-funky-sunny 7"..
WHATITDO ARCHIVE GROUP
2023. With 2021's 'The Black Stone Affair' this instrumental outfit traversed the cinematic landscape of an imaginary 1970s spaghetti western. The follow-up 'Palace Of A Thousand Sounds' finds Whatitdo Archive Group..
YOUNGS RICHARD
2021. Using a 4-track reel-to-reel machine, guitars, vocals and drum machines, Richard Youngs pieced together 'Holograph', a brief and perfectly formed shimmer of micro pop that sounds like folk, tropicalia, cosmic ..
TRIBO MASSAHI
2022. Vinyl reissue of an obsucre gem from Brazil's early '70s scene. The music is a uniquely psychedelic mixture of soul, funk, candmoblé, tropicalia and local styles, rich in percussive energy and African ..
ASHBY DOROTHY
2022. Now reissued on vinyl (mastered at 45rpm) is the sixth studio album by Brazilian artist Jorge Ben. This adventurous 1969 samba-soul venture had a huge influence on the then burgeoning Tropicalia movement, sinc..
WHATITDO ARCHIVE GROUP
2023. With 2021's 'The Black Stone Affair' this instrumental outfit traversed the cinematic landscape of an imaginary 1970s spaghetti western. The follow-up 'Palace Of A Thousand Sounds' finds Whatitdo Archive Group..
LESSA CHICO
2022. Originally self-released in 1982, this gem of Brazilian post-Tropicalia/MPB features some of Brazil's leading musicians, arrangers and composers, including Wagner Tiso, Mauricio Maestro, Robertinho Silva and P..
BUSATO MARCO
2022. Born in Brazil but nowadays residing in London, Marco Busato delivers an impressive album that blends influences from surf, '60s psychedelia, '70s pop and tropicalia.
FERKAT AL ARD
2022. An absolutely legendary album from Lebanon by Issam Hajali's group Ferkat Al Ard, 'Oghneya' stands out as one of the great musical gems of the Arab world. A groundbreaking release from 1978 that represents the..
NOTARO MARCONI
2022. Now back on vinyl (presented with a gatefold sleeve) is another great 1973 acid-folk/psych album from Brazil's Solar/Rozenblit catalogue. Credited to guitarist Marconi Notaro, this highly regarded work co-feat..
LAMMPING
2020. Here presented on 180-GRAM BLUE VINYL (in an edition of 300 copies including a download), 'Bad Boys Of Comedy' is the debut-album by Lammping, a psych-rock outfit from Toronto, formed by multi-instrumentalist ..
WINTER & TRIPTIDES
2018. 'Estrela Mágica' is a starcrossed collaboration between Winter (Samira Winter) and Triptides (Glenn Brigman). The duo didn't plan on making a record together; they simply set out to create the type of m..
SECOS & MOLHADOS
2014. Brazilian import. Vinyl reissue of an impressive psych/art-rock LP from Brazil's '70s scene. Secos & Molhados was formed in 1971 by androgynous vocalist Ney Matogrosso (who'd later become a successful solo..
CARLOS ERASMO
2017. As a student and fan of Elvis, Little Richard, Bill Haley and Chuck Berry, Brazilian musician Erasmo Carlos indulged his primal rock urges on his albums, notably getting sufficiently psychedelic and fuzzy o..
STARLING MARKER
2016. Across 10 spell-binding covers, adventures through ecstatic proto-disco, spiritual jazz, brazilian tropicalia - stormy,perfect day,i'm willing,for real,amsterdam,lost in paradise,meaning of love,w..
COSTA GAL
2016. A vinyl reissue of the s/t 1969 album by this legendary and groundbreaking artist from Brazil. Perfectly fitting in with the country's Tropicalia movement of the era, this album is one of her most psychedelic ..
OS BRAZOES / TIM MAIA
2016. Side A is a psychedelic cover of Jorge Ben's all-time classic 'Carolina Carol Bela'. Very little is known about Os Brazoes except that they formed in Rio de Janeiro in 1969 and backed Gal Costa during her earl..