Sleeping Beauty

Springtime Again

The Distance Between Heart And Mouth

To The Test

Ghosted II

Learning To Swim On Empty

Young Swimmer (feat. Rohan Ayinde)

When I Can Read My Titles Clear

Kingdom of Discipline

Tone Poem #9

Paul Michel Manandise, ancien membre du bataillon Aidar et désormais colonel, nous gratifie de son cinquième album intitulé «З нами Бог» (Nous avons Dieu). Cet opus est une exploration poignante de l'amour et de la guerre, un thème incontournable pour un artiste impliqué tant sur le front que dans la création. 
L'album redonne vie à l'hymne des membres de l'UPA, la formation de volontaires qui a bravement défendu l’Ukraine contre les forces nazies et communistes durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Manandise y interprète non seulement ce classique, mais aussi d’autres morceaux emblématiques, comme le titre français «Diego libre dans sa tête», qu'il réarrange en «Vasyl Stus» en hommage à ce poète ukrainien dissident. 
Les compositions de cet album sont marquées par une profondeur émotionnelle, mêlant souvenirs historiques et réflexions personnelles sur le sacrifice, l’amour, et l’identité nationale. «З нами Бог» rappelle l'importance de la mémoire collective et rend hommage à ceux qui ont combattu pour la liberté, tout en s’inscrivant dans la tradition musicale riche et variée de la France et de l’Ukraine. 
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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

Ibs.WAV

Love in Outer Space

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

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Tone Poem #9

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