Luiz Melodia: Maravilhas Contemporaneas - VINYL LP

Luiz Melodia: Maravilhas Contemporaneas - VINYL LPTitle: Maravilhas Contemporaneas Artist: Luiz Melodia Label: Vinilisssimo Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 8435008875626 Genre: International Release Date: 2019 02 01 Number of Discs: 1 Vinilisssimo presents a first vinyl reissue of Luiz Melodia's Maravilhas Contemporneas, originally released in 1976. Often overlooked, Maravilhas Contemporneas is one of the greatest Brazilian albums of all time and one of the finest recordings released on Som Livre. To

Title: Maravilhas Contemporaneas
Artist: Luiz Melodia
Label: Vinilisssimo
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 8435008875626
Genre: International
Release Date: 2019-02-01
Number of Discs: 1

Vinilisssimo presents a first vinyl reissue of Luiz Melodia's Maravilhas Contemporâneas, originally released in 1976. Often overlooked, Maravilhas Contemporâneas is one of the greatest Brazilian albums of all time and one of the finest recordings released on Som Livre. To listen to Luiz Melodia singing is to understand that his music escapes any attempt at labeling. Obviously, the Brazilian music tradition is very present on this record but Melodia's rhythmic sense when using his vocal skills also brings it close to funk or jazz, an idea that is reinforced through the explosive brass arrangements that pervade the whole album. Melodia's first album, Pérola Negra (1973) had featured the outstanding arrangements of Arthur Verocai and the performance of top musicians Hyldon and Meirelles, but Maravilhas Contemporâneas stands as another essential milestone in his career and further proof of his formidable talent. One of the tracks included here, "Juventude Trasviada", was featured in the soundtrack of a popular Brazilian soap opera, Pecado Capital, boosting the artist's increasing popularity. The creative freedom and the wide range of influences managed by Melodia reach their peak in "Baby Rose", a song that evolves from cosmic psychedelia, including the sounds of the sitar, to the peaceful beauty of some kind of highly tuneful samba funk. "Questão de Posse" features fierce proggy guitars while "Veleiro Azul" adds Latin rhythms into this unique recipe, but again, it is the talented voice of Melodia what grants this recording a pass to another league. Maravilhas Contemporâneas deserves to be filed next to the finest albums by Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben, or Gilberto Gil. This superb album combines the best of Brazil's musical tradition with jazz, funk and gentle psychedelia and is fronted by Melodia's outstanding vocal skills. Presented in facsimile artwork and pressed on 180 gram vinyl.

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