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Aurra - Such A Feeling(Part 2)

Rivalling their legendary output from the 70’s onwards, Brazilian jazz-funk pioneers Azymuth’s latest album Fênix saw the band on top form, with their trademark samba doido (crazy samba) sounding as slick as ever. Since then, Far Out Recordings has comissioned a special one-off remix for the project, from Chicago deep-house legend Ron Trent, who has long cited Azymuth as musical heroes and one of his biggest influences. With a toughened groove and gorgeous swirls of synth and pad embelishments, Ron’s remix takes Azymuth’s futurist disco even deeper.

Fenix- Azymuth (Album Version)

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We did this remix for Beady Belle some time ago. It was turned down by the label and left alone on harddisks. Now we decided to share it with you.

Butti 49 remix of Beady Belle's "When My Anger Starts To Cry" Unreleased

The original Rio beach boy returns in style, with a new record of unabashedly feel-good Brazilian party music. Featuring Azymuth bassist Alex Malheiros (responsible for some of Brazil’s all-time funkiest low-end licks), a horn section including Valle’s go-to high-trumpeter Jesse Sadoc, and percussion master Armando Marcal, Sempre has all the masterful composition, exceptional musicality, and forward-thinking ideas you’d expect from the Brazilian titan, and it’s fresher than a fruity caipirinha in the Copacabana sunshine.

Updating Marcos Valle’s seminal boogie-era sound, Sempre spans ecstatic disco, cosmic samba, and late-night jazz-funk, drawing obvious comparisons to some of Valle’s late-seventies and early-eighties output. ‘Estrelar’ (1983), for example, an ode to the joy of exercise, has become one of the biggest Brazilian disco hits of all time. But lyrically the new album is more closely reminiscent of Valle’s progressive early seventies’ releases. Heralding love, tolerance and living in the present, while satirising political corruption, the new release recalls a time in which Valle, together with his brother Paulo Sergio, was writing subtly subversive lyrics in order to bypass the censorship imposed by the military dictatorship, which ruled over Brazil between 1964 and 1985.

The album marries compositional genius with pure pop perfection. From the blistering brass arrangements on up-tempo disco hit ‘Olha Quem ta Chegando’ and the infinitely classy ‘Vou Amanhã Saber’, to the nine-minute synth-heavy instrumental funk stepper ‘Odisséia’, which gradually morphs into an interplanetary samba jam, the songs are tightened and given an extra coat of gloss, by London based producer Daniel Maunick (son of Incognito frontman Bluey). More moments of boogie delight come in the form of ‘Minha Roma’ (a musical nod to the famed ‘Estrelar’), and the sunshine anthem title-track ‘Sempre’.

Translating as ‘Ever’, Sempre is a testament to the continual drive for development and reinvention that has defined Marcos Valle’s astounding six-decade career. Ever changing, ever moving forward, he began as one of the second-wave of early bossa nova composers in the sixties, writing the world famous bossa standard ‘Summer Samba (So Nice)’ for his sophomore album ‘Samba 68’. After a brief stint in the States, Valle returned to Brazil, and the early ’70s saw the release of four ground-breaking Valle albums which incorporated progressive rock, psychedelic influences, pop, jazz, soul and cinematic arrangements. These albums would see Valle work alongside a number of hugely influential Brazilian bands, including Milton Nascimento’s backing band Som Imaginaro, the prog-rock band O Terco and jazz funk legends Azymuth. Returning back to the US in ‘75, Valle resided in LA, writing music for the likes of Eumir Deodato, Airto Moreira, Chicago, Sarah Vaughn and Leon Ware, before returning to Brazil once more, where after releasing a handful of hit pop records, he took a hiatus from recording.

Since the mid-nineties, Marcos Valle has been experiencing a renaissance with Far Out, where his approach to music has remained, as always; decidedly open to new influences, possibilities and technologies. Sempre is Marcos Valle’s fifth album for the label, following 2010’s critically acclaimed Estatica.

Just in time for summer, Sempre is out on Vinyl LP, CD and digitally 28th June 2019

Vinyl / CD / Digi

Marcos Valle - Sempre

Jazz Blenders are :

- Flavien Vanpoulle
- Germain Dufeu
- Hervé Fontaine
- Vincent Laborde
- Fabien Malfoy
- Thomas Racine

3 - The Visioneers - The World Is Yours

Jovonnie - Was She Worth It

For 25 years legendary Brazilian producer Kassin was trying to get Gary to make an album of his songs.

We finally made it.

Gods in Brasil, debut album out on November 21st.

Juanito Caminante (Little Johnny Walker)

Reel People - Outta Love feat Omar

We are please to introduce DopeGems, our new signature on Heavenly Sweetness.
this funky combo will perform in our parisian party @ New Morning on June 26th.
To know more about them, we asked the leader, Slikk Tim, to do a mix. 
He did more than that : a real old school Tape. One sided and you can order it directly to him!!!
enjoy, this great mix!!
Tracklisting and Slikk Tim comments below :

"A down 'n dirty, b-boy flavored selection recorded straight to crunchy tape.

Jimmy Smith - I'm Gonna Love You...
Alan Thew - Drama Blackcloth
Grover Washington - Hydra
Faze-O - Good Thang
Michel Gonet - Flowerdance
Tommy McGee - Now That I Have You
Lenny White - Night Games
Pleasure - Thought Of Old Flames
Weather Report - Gibraltar
Jerline - Joy Trip pt 1
Benny Maupin - Water Torture
Johnny Guitar Watson - Cop & Blow
Dexter Wansel - Latin Love

MADE WITH LOVE BY SLIKK TIM
JUNE 2013, NANCY 54000 REPRESENT
WWW.DOPEGEMS.COM

DONT EVER FAKE THE FUNK !!"

DopeGems influences mixtape 01

The Baker Brothers UK The Finest Soulful Jazzy Funk Band. Heavy Funk and Soul! 'Time To Testify' Their Latest Album was Polled Result 2011 International 'BEST ALBUM' Of The Year at 'Tokyo Jazz Notes'
 http://tokyojazznotes.blogspot.jp/2011/12/tokyo-jazz-notes-readers-poll-2011_24.html

Talc 'Robot's Return (Modern Sleep Over Part 2)'

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