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Joyce featuring Joao Donato - Aquarius - out on Far Out Recordings

Monday 05 April 2010, 18:44

Joyce Aquarius
Joyce featuring Joao Donato - Aquarius
(CD) Far Out Recordings FARO149CD, 2010-04-05

Joyce combines her wonderfully expressive swoop and soar vocal with special guest, bossa legend Joao Donato's peerless pulsating piano and warmly-crafted rhythms. Injecting pure-quality jazz into bossa nova, old-school Brazilian samba and laid back Cuban vibes, 'Aquarius' is intricate yet endlessly listenable. Blending breezy ease and elegant sophistication with Donato's unique stop/start groove, this is a special roots session that sounds utterly fresh. Featuring true classics alongside stunning new compositions 'Aquarius' radiates all the funky spirit of the crossover Brazilian jazz of '70s Brazil Encompassing a world of music but remaining deeply rooted in Brazil. The jumping 'No Fundo Do Mar' and addictive 'Xangô É De Baê' are true standouts. Joyce uses that voice in wonderful solo and memorable duet with Donato's golden vocal.

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Various - Far Out Spaced Oddyssey LP - out on Far Out Recordings

Monday 01 March 2010, 18:42

Far Out Spaced Oddyssey
Various - Far Out Spaced Oddyssey
(180g LP/Digital) Far Out Recordings FARO148LP, 2010-03-01

Psychedelic Folk, Electronica, Jazz & Rock from the Out There Edges of Brazil. Heavyweight vinyl compilation - 40 minutes of Brazil's finest leftfield recordings on Far Out. Stunning psych sleeve by Andy Votel & spectacular tracks from Binario, Azymuth & Rabotnik never released before on vinyl.

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Various - Garrincha Estrela Solitaria - out on Far Out Recordings

Monday 01 March 2010, 18:41

Garrincha Estrela Solitaria
Various - Garrincha - Estrela Solitaria (The Lonely Star)
(CD) Far Out Recordings FARO147CD, 2010-03-01

Garrincha is a true Brazilian legend, one of the all-time great footballers, revered to this day. Focusing on his zenith, from 1953 to 1962 - during which time he twice inspired Brazil to World Cup glory - this soundtrack is suitably of the period. With beautiful Ipanemas-esque soulful samba sitting alongside carnival batucada, darker cinematic experimentalism, and playful jazz funk, this collection of Leo Gandelman scores mirrors and celebrates Garrincha's amazingly fast paced life; at times glorious, at others a car crash. Garrincha remains so popular in Brazil that he is remembered as Joy of the People. Garrincha is Brazilian football, samba the symbol of the nation's music. 'Lonely Star' is the ultimate tribute to both, continuing Far Out's love affair with Futebol.

This evocative old school samba soundtrack to the acclaimed biopic of maverick, Brazilian football genius Garrincha is the perfect carnival release and looking ahead to World Cup 2010!

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Alex Malheiros & Banda Utopia featuring Sabrina Malheiros - The Wave - out on Far Out Recordings

Monday 30 November 2009, 18:40 1

Alex Malheiros and Banda Utopia featuring Sabrina Malheiros The Wave
Alex Malheiros & Banda Utopia featuring Sabrina Malheiros - The Wave
(CD) Far Out Recordings FARO145CD, 2009-11-30

Perfectly crafted jazz and chilled out funk masterworks to float away with... Azymuth's celebrated bass player Alex Malheiros returns with this stunning solo project. Full of perfectly crafted authentic jazz 'The Wave' features Banda Utopia's dazzling musicianship, Alex's gifted daughter Sabrina Malheiros' lush vocals and IG Culture remix twists. World renowned and a seriously funky bass player, Alex Malheiros is a genuine Brazilian music hero. As part of the legendary electric jazz funk trio Azymuth, Malheiros has established himself as one of the all time great bassists. Malheiros delivers a stunning performances on double bass, electric bass, acoustic guitar and backing vocals while the flawlessly arranged keys, brass and percussion of Banda Utopia compliment with a flourish. Alex's daughter and fellow Far Out recording artist Sabrina Malheiros adds her beautiful 21st century nu bossa vocal to give the album a sublime summertime edge while IG Culture's remixes fit perfectly with the feel-good atmosphere.

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Brazilian Groove Band - Anatomy of Groove - out on Far Out Recordings

Monday 02 November 2009, 18:38

Brazilian Groove Band Anatomy of Groove
Brazilian Groove Band - Anatomy of Groove
(CD) Far Out Recordings FARO144CD, 2009-11-02

'Anatomy of Groove' is the previously unreleased Leo Gandelman studio band project that brings together renowned musicians including Reuben Wilson and Grant Green Jr. Far Out Recordings have rescued this swinging instrumental jazz funk record, which blends vintage New York brass and smoky jazz with the deep bass, heavy drums and 70s jazz funk organs of Brazil to create big textures and drip realism into these funky, cinematic nuggets. This is old school 70s cool that sounds as if it should sound track a classic American cop drama.

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Sabrina Malheiros - New Morning - Deluxe Edition

Monday 28 September 2009, 00:36 1

Sabrina Malheiros
Sabrina Malheiros - New Morning - Deluxe Edition
(CD) Far Out Recordings FARO143CD, 2009-09-28

Rio's original nu-bossa star Sabrina Malheiros returns with a deluxe version of her 2008 summer smash. With an all new track listing featuring four reworks, including two stunning versions of Brisa Mar and New Morning from the don of modern jazz and bossa Nicola Conte, and the addition of the previously unreleased jazz dance track Gingar De Amor, this beautiful modern bossa electric album flows effortlessly. Songwriter for a generation of young Brazilians, Malheiros delivers an album of golden era bossa-soul, samba, disco and house, to capture the vibe of 21st century bossa nova. With skilful re-mastering, new artwork, extensive and revealing sleeve notes from Sabrina as well as Portuguese and translated English lyrics, the New Morning Deluxe Edition perfectly complements these gorgeous sounds of Brazilian summer.

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Gilles Peterson Presents Brazilika

Monday 13 July 2009, 14:21 1

Gilles Peterson Brazilika
Various - Gilles Peterson Presents Brazilika
Explorations Deep Inside the Vaults - 15th Anniversary Celebration - Far Out Recordings 1994-2009
(CD/LP) Far Out Recordings FARO142CD/FARO142LP, 2009-07-13

World renowned BBC Radio 1 DJ Gilles Peterson compiles a spectacular collage mix tape from the vaults of Far Out Recordings for this fifteenth anniversary celebration. A close friend to Joe Davis for 25 years, Gilles Peterson has been a constant supporter of the original and best UK based Brazilian record label. The pair released the original "Brazilika" compilation on Gilles' Talking Loud label 15 years ago and now go full circle with the fourth installment in Far Out's series, following block party mixes from Kenny Dope, 4 Hero and Andy Votel. Brazilian music aficionados Peterson and Davis introduced a new generation to the cream of Brazil's bossa and post-bossa artists and here expertly blend the cream of the timeless with the new breed from Far Out's vast catalogue. Gilles Peterson's "Brazilika" includes five exclusive unreleased tracks and is the definitive collection of Far Out's work, taking us on a breathless ride through a beautiful, barmy Brazil.

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Clara Moreno - Miss Balanço

Thursday 18 June 2009, 01:10

Clara Moreno Miss Balanco
Clara Moreno - Miss Balanço
(CD) Far Out Recordings FARO141CD, 2009-06-18

"Sambalanço" - samba with dancing - evokes the grooving, steamy old school clubs of Lapa, Rio de Janeiro. Miss Balanço is a full on rootsy samba record revitalized for the 21st century by the bold and beautiful Clara Moreno. The dancing girl for a modern Brazil turns her sensuous vocal to a genre she was born to re-interpret. Building on her critically acclaimed debut Meu Samba Torto this Brazilian star delivers her finest work to date, breathing life in to samba classics. Clara's mother and Brazilian music icon Joyce produced the album and features alongside legends João Donato and Skowa while Orlandivo leads vocals on his classic Tamanco no Samba. Miss Balanço is an essential recording that looks back but with brilliant originality.

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Nicola Conte presents Viagem 2

Monday 01 June 2009, 21:12

Nicolas Conte presents Viagem 2
Various - Nicola Conte presents Viagem 2
A Swinging Journey Through The Lost Classics Of 60s Popular Brazilian Music
(CD) Far Out Recordings FARO140CD, 2009-06-01

The Viagem series dusts down the rarest Brazilian bossa nova and hard-edged samba jazz cuts to deliver a collection dripping with the soul of 60s Rio and Sao Paulo. Again compiled by the don of forgotten Brazilian classics, for Volume 2 Nicola Conte digs deeper in to his private record stash to deliver 18 stellar, seldom compiled tracks circa '63 - '70. Blue Note and Schema recording artist and Brazilian music devotee Nicola Conte stamps his quality and integrity on to this perfectly mixed journey through his unique favourites from a defining era in Brazil's musical and cultural history. The music of Viagem 2' - the second journey - is deep, deeper than many people would expect from a Brazilian record. Nicola Conte's spirited Brazilian gems form a beautiful, shimmering tribute to the 'lost classics' of 60s Brazil.

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Joyce, Nana Vasconcelos, Mauricio Maestro - Visions of Dawn (Paris 1976 Project)

Tuesday 24 March 2009, 17:15

Joyce Visions of Dawn
Joyce, Nana Vasconcelos, Mauricio Maestro - Visions of Dawn (Paris 1976 Project)
(CD/LP) Far Out Recordings FARO138, 2009-03-24

'Visions of Dawn' is the original 'lost' Brazilian acid-folk album recorded in Paris in 1976. This stunning, previously unreleased project by three Brazilian music legends has now been rescued and set free by Joe Davis' Far Out Recordings. Led by the sharp lyrics and gorgeous, expressive voice and guitar of Joyce the trio is completed by the expert musicianship of her close friends Nana Vasconcelos (percussion) and Mauricio Maestro (electric bass, vocals, guitar and producer) who were both crucial in creating this masterpiece. These beautiful, hazy and understated recordings, which took place among the charming artistic 1970s Paris scene, offer a unique chance to sit in on the original jamming sessions of tracks that later became Brazilian cult classics. With Andy Votel's stunning psychedelic designs dripping from the cover the Paris 1976 project is utterly essential.

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