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The Duke

Midnight Morning

Yasuaki Shimizu - Umi No Ue Kara

Pharoah

Harvest Time

Hey YOU! Yeah YOU! What's UP? Where have I been? Locked away in my room, toiling away at this EP/Album thing. And it's DONE! I had to put it out! If I don't, nothing else will be released! 

With all that being said: Thanks for coming back! There are quite a few tracks on here from throughout the year, but there are plenty of surprises on tracks you think you may know already. There's also a particularly spicy bonus track, but you'll hear that later. I implore you to give it a listen, tell me what you think. 

What's that? It's not enough that I give you an album all at once? How about a new track next week! PEACE OUT!

Soft And Slow

Relax into the mellow sounds of a Shakuhachi flute in this Japanese-inspired track. Kigo, the title, is a word used in a haiku to signal a particular season. Ease into a year of transition with this track!

Kigo

Chassol – Birds, Pt. I

Permutation

Nova

Azimüth

Manhã

The third album from Duval Timothy. Released on Carrying Colour 27 October 2017.

Recorded by Duval Timothy
London & Bath, UK
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Kyoto, Japan

Ball.WAV

Following 2019’s release of Azymuth’s Demos (1973-75), two more home-recorded demo tracks by the Brazilian psychedelic jazz-funk masters have surfaced from a tape in drummer Ivan ‘Mamao Conti’s private archive. These five-decade old recordings by the young band show the maturity, musicianship and distinctive style that saw Azymuth become one of the most important groups in Brazilian history. 

Featuring an instrumental take on iconic pop song writing team Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos’ 1969 Jovem Guarda hit “As Curvas da Estrada de Santos”, and spacey psych-folk oddity “Ze e Parana” on the b-side, the new 7” release via Far Out Recordings shines yet more light on this critical period for Azymuth.  

As is the case with many of Brazil’s most well-known artists, Roberto Carlos had been backed by Bertrami, Malheiros and Conti either on stage, in the studio, or with compositions (in Bertami’s case) since the late sixties. Conti notes that “As Curvas da Estrada de Santos” was a big hit in Brazil when it came out in ’69 and had already been covered by Elis Regina a year later. 

But where Elis’ version and indeed Roberto Carlos’ original were grand pop-rock ballads, Azymuth’s take is a moody, melodic jazz excursion, featuring Bertami’s incredible Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes and grand piano juggling, Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti’s distinctively tough drums, and unusually, Alex Malheiros plays a double bass instead of an electric one.

As the title suggests, “Ze e Parana” is guitarist Joao Americo (Parana) playing alongside Bertami’s Rhodes comping, synth embellishments and dreamy wordless vocals. Aside from being credited as the composer and guitarist on “Linha do Horizonte” a track from Azymuth’s debut album which would become the theme tune for a famous novella, Parana has to this day, remained relatively unknown. 

Both tracks were recorded in Jose Roberto Bertrami’s house in Rio de Janiero at some point between 1973-75. These tracks were not recorded in a professional studio, meaning the sound quality differs from other Azymuth releases. At Far Out we take great pride and extreme care in ensuring our releases and reissues are produced to the best possible sound quality. In this case the original source material – the cassette tapes – had not aged well and were considerably damaged. The sound has been restored to the best possible condition but there is still some noticeable tape hiss and slight distortion on ‘Ze e Parana’. For this reason, we strongly advise listening to preview clips before buying this release.

Chassol – Birds, Pt. I

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