For founders of tropicalia, raucous music made a political. Brazilian rockers os mutantes were poised to take over the world, but they collapsed under the weight of 1960s free love and drugs. Sergio dias baptista was only 17, his brother arnaldo was 20 and singer rita lee just 21. While recording the first album, os mutantes, in the early part of 1968. Nov, 2014 this pin was discovered by radio alumbra. The song raises the bar up high for the rest of album, but its real intent is to display each function of os mutantes in microcosm. Os mutantes licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of universal music international ltda. Os mutantes by os mutantes on amazon music unlimited.
Apr 19, 2011 os mutantes world psychedelic classics vol. Listen to your favorite songs from os mutantes by os mutantes now. The mutantes also help gilberto hit one out of the park with the carnivalfunk of bat macumba, and veloso and costa turn in the absolute best version of. Arnaldo baptista bass, keyboards and vocals and sergio dias baptista guitar and vocals, and lead singer rita lee. The first majorlabel release of mutantes material was this 1999 compilation, put together by longtime brazilian fan david byrne through his luaka bop label.
Os mutantes were formed in sao paulo, brazil, in 1966 by brothers arnaldo baptista and sergio dias and lead singer rita lee. May 23, 2006 os mutantes os mutantes 5 5 stars 5 out of 5 stars. Os mutantes was created with a charming combination of musical maturity and childlike immaturity that one could definitely perceive as warm and sunny, and that would remain intact throughout their entire discography. Os mutantes officials profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. I magine a group of extraterrestrials disembarking from their flying saucer in the early weeks of 1967. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Surgidos nos estertores da jovem guarda, em 1967, a partir da uniao dos irmaos arnaldo baptista e sergio dias baixo e guitarra a cantora rita. Albums include os mutantes, caetano veloso, and a divina comedia ou ando meio desligado.
Os mutantes contribution to the tropicalia album, ou panis et circenses bread and circus, penned by gil and veloso, also opened their selftitled debut, released in june 1968. They backed the tropicalista hero gilberto gil at the third annual festival of brazilian music in 1967, then appeared. Theyre imbued with a fragile, porcelain beauty, yet still playful and ebullient, undoubtedly indebted to john cage as well as the baroque pop of the beatles and other bands. The licks and psychedelic feel grooved to the bone. A divina comedia, ou ando meio desligado is a testament to the mutantes mk. It was originally released in 1968 by polydor and blends traditional brazilian music. Os mutantess psychedelic subversion in nineteensixties brazil, the band challenged the military class with experimental art. Os mutantes os mutantes 1968 psychedelic rock, music. Barbican theater 2007 documents a live performance of 2006. They are featured on velosos and gils historical album tropicalia ou panis et circensis 1968.
May 18, 2006 brazilian rockers os mutantes were poised to take over the world, but they collapsed under the weight of 1960s free love and drugs. Os mutantes was formed in sao paulo in 1966 by two brothers. Pitchfork s 2006 yearend mania officially commences with the first of a twoday series in which we revisit the past. The baptistas father was a poet and mother a pianist, and the two had previously had an allmale band called the. Including tracks from the bands late60s and early70s lps available separately through omplatten, everything is possible is a solid collection that only includes 14 tracks but does spotlight mutantes tremendous diversity. Dec 23, 2012 os mutantes licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of universal music international ltda. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Desireethe left bankethe left banke too 1967 usa ingentig ar sig liktdungen4 2008 sweden o relogioos mutantesst 1968 brazil druganautblack mountainst 2005 canada set 3 even in your lightest daydarker my love2 2008 usa shifting sandsthe west coast pop art experimental bandpart one 1967 usa.
Os mutantes is the debut eponymous album by the brazilian tropicalia band os mutantes. Gil tinha em mente misturar o experimentalismo e contemporaneidade do trabalho dos beatles com a. It was originally released in 1968 by polydor and blends traditional brazilian music styles with american and british psychedelia. Jan 26, 2016 i think ive preached the os mutantes performance of panis et circencis as being completely on the level of a strawberry fields forever or good vibrations, and ill second that here.
Though rarely heard outside their brazilian homeland especially during the first. October 9, 2009 in the mid60s, when the youth culture was turning on to the psychedelic sounds of the decade, os mutantes members were stirring up their own. Omnipresent tropical flavours and cheerfulness that can push you to an imaginary dance floor and bring all kinds of fruity. The baptistas father was a poet and mother a pianist, and the two had previously had an allmale band called the wooden faces, while lee was on an all. The bands debut album, os mutantes, is far and away their best a wildly inventive trip that assimilates orchestral pop, whimsical psychedelia, musique concrete, foundsound environments and thats just the first song. I think ive preached the os mutantes performance of panis et circencis as being completely on the level of a strawberry fields forever or good vibrations, and ill second that here. Dec 26, 2012 os mutantes licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of universal music international ltda. Elsewhere there are nods to carnaval, albeit with distinct hippie sensibilities, incorporating fuzztone guitars and go.
In 1967 os mutantes backed gilberto gil when he competed in the third annual festival of brazilian popular. Os mutantes biography founded in sao paulo, brazil in 1966 disbanded in 1978 reformed in 2006 activity unknown since 2014 os mutantes was a brazilian band formed in the late sixties, pretty much influenced in the beginning by the beatles and by the brazilian musical scene at the time the movement called tropicalia, which they participated then. Os mutantess psychedelic subversion the new yorker. Os mutantes discografia armazem da musica brasileira. Tambem participaram do grupo liminha baixista e dinho leme bateria. Active during the tropicalia movement of the late 1960s, they took brazilian music and fused it with british rock and american psychedelia to create a distinctive, vibrant sound.
In 1967, a young gilberto gil, alongside the band os mutantes, did something that was considered quite scandalous. Ando meio desligado, a minha menina, balada do louco, panis et circenses, baby, biography. Pitchfork s 2006 yearend mania officially commences with the first of a twoday series in which we revisit the past 12 months, chronicling the ups, downs, and. After three decades os mutantes released a new album, sergio dias reconstituted the os mutantes and released haih or amortecedor 2009, half of it cowritten with tom ze. Os mutantes os mutantes 5 5 stars 5 out of 5 stars. Os mutantes was born in 1965 in sao paulo, sao paulo, brazil. Os mutantes is a music studio album recording by os mutantes psychedelicspace rockprogressive rock released in 1968 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Os mutantes were a big part of the tropicalia movement in the late 60s.
Os mutantes the mutants are an influential brazilian psychedelic rock band that were linked with the tropicalia movement of the late 1960s. Entre setembro e outubro 1967, aconteceu em sao paulo um dos. Elsewhere there are nods to carnaval, albeit with distinct hippie sensibilities, incorporating fuzztone guitars and gogo basslines. Os mutantes o a e o z 1973 produced by peninha schimidt, allan watts and os mutantes rita lee had left the group by this point, leaving just arnaldo baptista and sergio dias to indulge their progrock side. But if fear struck the tropicalistas, a fledgling group of composers and poets diametrically opposed to the. Os mutantes os mutantes lyrics and tracklist genius. I feel like the record could probably use a better mastering as i had to turn up the volume a bit so that it could sound punchy and dynamic but overall, this pressing gets the job done. Really enjoyed this album, the critics were right, transcends language barriers.
This is ultimately the point where os mutantes start to. Os mutantes were a psychedelic band out of brazil arnaldo dias on bass and keyboards, sergio dias on guitar, cluudio baptista on electronics, and rita lee on vocals that mixed bossanova, samba and acidrock. Most songs slow or poppy but so were some songs on sgt. A story of music and revolution in brazil, brazilian musician caetano veloso recalls the first time his tropicalismo compatriots mentioned os mutantes. Theyre still kids, and they know everything, they said in a frightened tone. Although the original lineup rita lee, arnaldo baptista and sergio dias. Os mutantes download high quality complete mp3 albums.
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