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L'ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Lift to the Scaffold) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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Stream 'Chuva De Verão' now: https://listen.niceguysrecords.com/chuva-de-verao

Influenced by his childhood idols (João Gilberto, Tom Jobim…) and by Rio de Janeiro’s famous carnaval, ‘Chuva de Verão’ is Pedro Mizutani’s second single from his upcoming EP, Aperana. Imagining himself wandering in his neighborhood, Leblon, the young Bossa Nova singer invites us to reflect upon the idealization and ephemerality of love, upon the beauty of summer flings and their intensity. Close your eyes and you might almost feel as if you were on the streets of Rio!

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Influenciado por seus ídolos de infância (João Gilberto, Tom Jobim...) e pelo famoso carnaval do Rio de Janeiro, 'Chuva de Verão' é o segundo single de Pedro Mizutani de seu próximo EP, Aperana. Imaginando-se vagando em seu bairro, Leblon, o jovem cantor de Bossa Nova nos convida a refletir sobre a idealização e efemeridade do amor, sobre a beleza dos flings de verão e sua intensidade. Feche os olhos e você pode quase sentir-se como se estivesse nas ruas do Rio!

Aperana

Chuva De Verão

Pedro Mizutani - Chuva De Verão

Aganju (John Beltran Mix)

Pierre Barouh - Samba Saravah

The tenth record in our Brazil 45s series - http://www.mrbongo.com/products/jorge-ben-joao-donato-7

A. Jorge Ben & Toquinho - Carolina, Carol Bela
AA. Joao Donato - Ara

Jorge Ben & Toquinho - Carolina, Carol Bela 

Jorge Ben is a name that any lover of Brazilian music will be very familiar with. He is widely regarded as the James Brown of Brazilian music and is famed for writing the Brazilian anthem ‘Mas Que Nada'. For the duet ‘Carolina, Carol Bela' he teamed up with the singer & guitarist Toquinho. Toquinho is best known for his collaborations, as composer and performer, with Bossa Nova poet Vinicius de Moraes.

'Carolina, Carol Bela' featured on the album ’Toquinho’ by Toquinho. It was originally released in 1970 on the small independent Brazilian label, RGE. This version is the first time it has been reissued as a 45.  

The song was sampled by DJ Marky and XRS for their Drum & Bass track ‘LK’ (V Recordings, 2002). This went on to be a huge chart hit across the world, and a number one hit in the UK.

Joao Donato - Ara

Joao Donato is a Brazilian Jazz and Bossa Nova Pianist. He has collaborated with many of the greats of Brazilian Music, including Tom Jobim, Astrud Gilberto and Gilberto Gil. He was one of the few Brazilian artists who went over to perform in the States during the Bossa Nova boom of the late 60’s. The song ‘Ara’ was originally released on his seminal album Quem é quem”, (EMI, 1973), an album that is full of great tracks and was considered as one of the 100 best albums in all times by the Rolling Stone magazine. 

See more of our Brazilian 45 series here.

Joao Donato - A Ra

Bebel Gilberto - Samba da Bencao (from "Tanto Tempo")

As sampled by Nas and Damian Marley on the new single ‘As We Enter’

Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta

Spirit of Gold

Ti Ricorderai

Miles Davis - Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud - Lift To The Gallows

Toco - outro lugar

Marking sixty years of Bossa Nova, and twenty years since Marcos Valle’s first release for Far Out Recordings, what better time to bring back this era-defining classic from the Brazilian master composer? 

Throughout his astounding six-decade career, infiltrating pop, bossa nova, samba, delicate psychedelia, jazz and funk, Marcos Valle has consistently shown a dogged determination to transcend the traditions and structures of bossa nova, whilst never veering away from the movement’s inherent, fundamental spirit. To some extent, his epithet ‘the original Rio beach boy’ is a handy one: it reflects the origin and character of his often sun-soaked sound, but expounding his importance in the lineage of Brazilian music, he is more discerningly known as ‘the renaissance man of Brazilian pop’. He is indeed one the very greatest and most important composers, arrangers, writers and performers in Brazil. 

Up until Nova Bossa Nova, Marcos Valle hadn’t released an album for well over a decade. After 1983, he resented the way the music industry had changed with commercialisation and new demands curtailing his creative freedom. This was until 1994 when Marcos met Far Out boss Joe Davis and they recorded a track for Far Out’s first Friends From Rio album. This new collaborative partnership resulted in a new solo album, which commenced recording in 1996. 

Nova Bossa Nova brought Marcos bouncing back into the 90s, slotting nicely in place alongside the acid jazz movement as well as a voracious new demand for Brazilian music on dancefloors from London to Tokyo. It was witnessing the London club scene’s growing appetite for Brazilian music, as well as a lack of new sounds coming out of Brazil at the time, that a young Joe Davis put in a proposal to record a new album with one of his musical idols. Joe wanted to facilitate an album which would combine the latest technologies and production techniques, with live to analogue tape recording: a Marcos Valle album tailor-made for London’s clubs. Always open to modern influences and possibilities, Marcos agreed to the project, and Joe and his production partner Roc Hunter flew to Rio in ‘96. The record wasn’t released until ’98, as the original ½ inch tapes were stolen from Far Out’s London studio, meaning parts of the album had to be re-recorded. 

Nova Bossa Nova was unveiled at the peak of the of the Brazilian movement, the record would also prove to be something of a revolution, inspiring a new generation of artists like Bebel Gilberto, Sabrina Malheiros, Da Lata and Bossacucanova, who continued to fuse Brazilian influences with modern electronic sounds. 

The album takes a panoramic view of Valle’s career, which was so fundamental in defining the standard of bossa back in the Sixties and continues to do so to this day. Nova Bossa Nova, the album’s title track is an update on Marcos’s trademark style, developing a more modern, funkier sound. Other gems include the dance-floor ready re-work of his 1970 hit ‘Freio Aerodynamico’, and the smooth instrumentals ‘Bar Ingles’, a jazz fusion looper, and the sun-soaked samba ‘Nordeste’. 

Twenty years since the original release, the album remains a landmark release for Far Out Recordings and Brazilian music in general. It is yet another example of Marcos Valle’s ability to transcend musical limitations and explore new musical ground, as he has done so passionately for the last sixty years.

Marcos Valle - Nova Bossa Nova (New Bossa)

Recording of Palo Santo & Coco Maria's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2019.

Dekmantel Selectors 2019

Palo Santo & Coco Maria at Dekmantel Selectors 2019

Caipirinha

It's the return of our Record Club Guest Mix series! And for this instalment we present Palo Santos Discos and his exquisite 60's Bossa Album selection. A friend of the label and a DJ whose selections we always make sure to check, it is a pleasure to have him reigniting our Record Club Guest Mix series. The mix is accompanied by an interview with Palo Santos Discos and the complete mix tracklist on our blog - https://www.mrbongo.com/blogs/news/mr-bongo-record-club-guest-mix-palo-santo-discos.

Pierre Barouh - Samba Saravah

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