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The ultimate soundtrack for lazy days in the park, on the waterfront, or in the living room. Sun-drenched indie tracks intertwine with electronic cuts to create an uplifting and relaxing vibe. (Photo: Unsplash)

Lazy Days

Venture in the slipstream - part 3

99GINGER STATION

Sensual Flow

BLISS OUT

Eastern Slide

Toad Lick

From the self-titled album 'Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band,' out June 15th on Strut. 

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From the album liner notes:
‘Gyae Su’ is a rearrangement of an older song, with a guitar concept typical of the classic Kwa or Kumasi bands and an overall tropical style. Ebo Taylor’s horn arrangements evoke the classic Afro-funk vibe that he originally made famous. The lyrics are as catchy as they are plaintive, with Thomas comforting the listener, “Don’t cry! Life has its ups and downs. Just take it easy and don’t shed any tears.”

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Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band

Gyae Su

Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band - Gyae Su

Angie (Expanded Edition)

Under the Moon and Over the Sky

Love Byrd

I Feel Like Loving You Today

Unapologetic

Get It Over With

Central Heating

The Star of a Story

Gilbertos Samba

Mancada (Ao Vivo)

"Donde muere el tiempo

La primer noche soñé que la Madre del Agua me llevaba a nadar en el mar, 
y de tanto que me hundió me ganó el miedo y tuve que despertar.

A la noche siguiente me volvió a tomar de los brazos llevándome profundo, hasta un lugar 
muy calmo y silencioso donde todo estaba en orden. 
"Este es mi vientre, y ahora que ya conoces la muerte te invito a entrar cuando quieras" me dijo, 
y a partir de ese día ya no tuve más miedo.

A la tercer noche fui yo quien la busqué para hacerle un pedido especial.
Desde chico había fantaseado con conocer una bestia marina algún día, de esas
que habitan en lo más profundo del océano, y ella accedió a mi pedido y me llevó.

Después de un buen tiempo de bajar a la parte más oscura y fría llegamos, y ahí estaba.
Este animal majestuoso que medía unas tres veces el tamaño de la ballena más grande me pidió que por favor no lo lastimara, y cuando entendió que no era mi intención fue que abrió sus ojos inmensos.
El brillo de su mirada fue tanto que alcanzó para iluminar el océano entero haciéndolo de día. 

No existen palabras para describir lo que vi en ese momento, y fue con esa claridad con la que desperté algunos días después.

Cuando abrí los ojos no podía respirar, estaba ahogado en mi propio aire. Por eso en un esfuerzo de voluntad muy grande tuve que ir corriendo hasta el estanque y soltar toda el agua.
Así fue como aprendí a respirar de nuevo.
"

Pedro Canale
2/10/13


Some people now of Universildo's existence - the more contemplative, introspective pseudonym of Pedro Canale aka. Chancha vía Circuito. Eight years after his first and only EP "Luces del Aire" (Hipi Duki Music, 2009) we received an email from Chancha with two unreleased tracks, produced in the limbo between Universildo and the Chancha. Suffice to say, we were blown away. Two tracks that show already the sonic vision of Pedro's music that has us under his spell: the meeting of organic minimalism with deep rhythms and ancestral roots.

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Famoudou Konate Vs. Multipliar (Universildo Mashup)

Edit of Susheela Raman's fantastic cover of Disney's The Jungle Book song, "Trust In Me" from 2001

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Susheela Raman - Trust In Me - Be Svendsen edit

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Roof

Ram Dass

03 I Am Loving Awareness (feat. Krishna Das)

04 Mind Karma (feat. Trevor Hall)

12 A Miracle

Audioslave - Like A Stone

Man Alive!

The Dream

The Slow Rush

Tomorrow's Dust

Song Machine Episode 2

Désolé (feat. Fatoumata Diawara)

Capital Crimes

Earth

Deep Days

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.

Azymuth - Zé E Paraná

Hu Man

Woven Song

Summer Madness

Summer Madness (Exclusive Cover Version)

Ethiopiques, Vol. 4: Ethio Jazz 1969-1974

Tezeta (Nostalgia)

Essentials

Little Bit

Intimate

Do My Thing

The Flow

Good Time

Tripping with Nils Frahm

My Friend the Forest