Sono Rhizmo' - E isso ei

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The first in the series of the all-Brazilian collection on Mr Bongo that now spans eight volumes

Boogloo Combo - Hot Pants Road

Brazil 45, number 50 http://www.mrbongo.com/products/celia-na-boca-do-sol-a-hora-e-essa-7

Two tracks from Celia’s awesome, sought after, second self-titled LP from 1972. 

‘Na Boca Do Sol’ was written and arranged by Arthur Verocai and Vitor Martins, the original of which appeared on Verocai’s self-titled LP. Fuzz guitar, drums, strings and Celias vocal combine to create an epic.

‘A Hora é Essa’ is the first track from the LP, a brilliant samba-funk workout, with strings and piano.

Also originally released as a 7” in 1972 on Continental, which is very difficult to get hold of now.

Celia – A Hora e Essa

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Originaire de l’état de Bahia, Josyara est l’une des voix les plus envoûtantes de la nouvelle génération brésilienne. A 27 ans, elle est déjà l’auteure de 2 albums qui vont chercher leurs racines chez les grands de la musique brésilienne (Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Maria Bethânia e Gilberto Gil) et le folklore de son sertão. Toujours en quête d’expériences musicales, elle signe ici, avec “Iara correnteza”, un single aux accents électroniques en compagnie du beatmaker français (basé à Lisbonne) iZem. 


Iara, c’est le prénom de sa grand-mère, mais aussi une figure mythologique. Iara la femme-sirène dont la beauté ensorcelle. Josyara se retrouve enchantée par cette voix qui l’appelle des tréfonds de l’océan et l’invite à s’aventurer dans ses eaux. Une ode à la nature et aux eaux du Rio São Francisco qui ont marqué la vie et l’horizon de la chanteuse et une réflexion mystique sur la vie. Troubles ou limpides, douces ou violentes, les eaux sont un hymne à la quête d’équilibre, une invitation à la contemplation, au laisser-aller, un écho aux ondulations de notre for intérieur. 


“Iara correnteza”, c’est enfin une rencontre avec le producteur voyageur iZem, un pont jeté entre le folklore brésilien de l’une et l’esthétique acoustico-électronique de l’autre. Une rencontre qui marque le lancement du nouveau label français Elis records ancré à Lisbonne, co-fondé, entre autres, par iZem lui-même et Lekin, co-fondateur de la webradio parisienne défricheuse Le Mellotron, et qui annonce de nouvelles connexions entre esthétiques acoustiques et électroniques. 

Sortie le 24 octobre en digital.

Elis Records
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Iara correnteza

[PREMIERE] Josyara & iZem - Iara correnteza (Elis Records)

Criolo e Mulatu Astatke

"Me Recuso"

Produced by DJ EB & Gus Caram,

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MSLX014: DJ EB & GUS CARAM -  ME RECUSO

We stumbled onto Al Muntzie's under the radar soul beauty 'Die Happy' after conducting an interview with Joe Quarterman for a feature on our website. It got us salivating about the prospect of further productions,
which Joe had recorded, but had perhaps been overlooked. 'Die Happy' was originally released in 1976 and was the only release on S.B. Moon
Records.

The record has a crossover vibe as it sits beautifully between modern soul, funk, and proto-disco. Initial research didn't shed much light onto the background of the song. The trail was sparse, other than the record appearing on the sales list of rare-soul collectors and record dealers. So we decided to go back to the source and find out about the record directly from Joe himself.

"I met Al Muntzie through my bass guitar player, Elliot Adams. Elliot informed me that Al was looking for a song that was funky and suitable for a group. At that time, 1976-79, I had written the words and melody to 'Die Happy" and Elliot cranked out a mean bass part that gave the song life. He should be credited as co-writer for his outstanding bass part. At this time my band, FreeSoul, had dis-banded and worked as sideman musicians. Elliot and I made a demo of the song on a cassette and we let Al Muntzie hear it: he liked it.

We set a recording date at the Omega Recording Studio in northern Virginia. We used a combination of two bands; FreeSoul and Experience Unlimited(EU). Al sang lead vocal and me and the Embracebles did the background vocals. Al was very cooperative and did not say much during the session. He followed my direction and got the job done.
The session took all day into the late evening hours where we mixed and mastered the tune to perfection. We had a good time creating this work of art."

We are forever thankful to Joe for giving us the opportunity to present this fantastic production by Al, Elliot, and Joe, and to give it the new lease of life, which it rightfully deserves.

Tracklist:
A - Al ‘Man’ Muntzie And The Embraceables – Die Happy 
B - Al ‘Man’ Muntzie And The Embraceables – Die Happy (Instrumental)