Well i am sorry, i couldnt find an english review for the band, nice hippie folk with a different female vocal, i think this is portuguese review for the band, it may be good for the readers if a portuguese speaking friend translate some parts or all from this review:"Na verdade o nome original do conjunto era LuzAzul. Entretanto por motivos comerciais da gravadora resolveram mudar o nome. Não foi a única nem a mais importante mudança. Ainda éramos inexperientes e ávidos para realizar nossa primeiro disco , entrar no mercado fonográfico. Fizemos muitas concessões e o som original do grupo foi bastante adulterado, muito em função de se enquadrar no som da moda da época. Apesar de tudo ninguem conseguiu encobrir o que havia de mais importante naquele trabalho, os timbres perfeitamente casados dos irmãos. Acostumados a cantar entre si, não havia necessidade alguma de ensaio. A coisa fluia naturalmente e direcionava os arranjos do maestro Luiz Roberto de Oliveira. A grande novidade do trabalho era o repertório agreste, com cheiro de mato e toques psicodélicos, natural da região central do Brasil, um lugar pouco explorado e conhecido musicalmente. A apresentação do visual era bastante incomum. Com roupas de malha pintadas pelo artista plástico matogrossense João Sebastião, as cores e a exuberância da paisagem pantaneira já dava prenúncios de uma preocupação ecológica na formação cultural do nosso trabalho, muito tempo antes de sequer se ouvir a palavra ecologia
Mostram fundamentalmente a valorização dos sons da região, as alegrias, as belezas, os dizeres matogrossenses, e a preocupação pela destruição da mata e o equilíbrio com a natureza, atitude que lhes valeu as mais variadas definições por parte dos críticos especializados. Com "Tetê e Lírio Selvagem", já começa a falar-se do movimento musical matogrossense que na fusão de compositores, cantores, poetas, mostra uma força nova como exemplo da esperança humana, seja qual for sua região, e a cor da sua linguagem. (O Estado de Mato Grosso / Cuiabá, 21 de Março de 1979)"
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Hi - I'm still a beginner in Portuguese - this is my attempt at translating the review. Hope it is useful:
ReplyDeleteOriginally, name of the band was LuzAzul. However for commercial purposes we had to change the name. It wasn't the only or most important change. We were still inexperienced, eager to issue our first album, to get into the song market. We made a lot of concessions and the original sound of the band had been quite tampered with in order to make it fit the sound that was typical at the time. In spite of everything, no one managed to cover what was most important in that work, the perfectly coupled sound of the brothers. Accustomed to singing together, there was no need for training. The music flows naturally under the direction of master Luiz Robert de Oliveira. The biggest innovation of this work was the rustic repertoire, the scent of countryside and a psychadelic touch common to the central region of Brazil, a place hardly explored, both geographically and musically. The image of the band was quite unusual. With woolen clothes, hand-painted by artist João Sebastião from Mato Grosso, the colours and exhuberance of the countryside landscape, our work already expressed the lack of ecological education, a long time before the word ecology was heard of. This work values the sounds of the region, the joy, the beauty, the mato-grosso way of life, and the worries about the destruction of the forest and the natural balance, values that earned us the most varied titles by the critics. With “Tetê and Lírio Selvagem” one may already start to talk about the Mato Grosso musical movement; though the fusion of composers, singers and poets it shows a new power, as proof of the human hope, whichever its region, and color of its language. (The State of Mato Grosso/Cuiabá, 21st March 1979)”
Thank you a lot for the translation! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat job, "Anonymous". Your translation is ok. Parabéns.
ReplyDeleteAHH ... and of course ... thanks Nahavanda for keep posting. This release is very, very rare.I never read about it. André -Brasil.
i love that :)
ReplyDeleteFor the folks a litle more information...this group was formed by singer TETÊ SPÍNDOLA (para os amigos no Brasil...daquela música "Você pra mim foi o sooool...de uma noite sem fiiimm") and her brothers (the SPINDOLA'S brothers...why not??) all self-made musicians since ever...they really play a lot of regional instruments from Mato Grosso (like a folk-guitar know as "viola de coxo" and many percussions) and try to reproduce the sounds of PANTANAL...a unique landscape from Brasil, located in the border of brazilian border with Paraguai and Bolivia...with this record they were able to came to São Paulo and partcipate, as musicians, from another underground music movement with people like ITAMAR ASSUMPÇÃO, ARRIGO BARNABÉ and so on....some collectors here in Brazil are doing very good money on this album...I could find one for U$100...thank's for the post anyway..this is very good!!
ReplyDeletea litle more information for the folks...this group was formed by singer TETE SPINDOLA (pros amigos no Brasil...daquela música "Você pra mim foi o soool...de uma noite sem fiiiim") and her brothers, all self-made musicians since ever...they really play a lot of regional instruments from Mato Grosso (such as a folk-guitar, named "viola de coxo" and a lot of percussion stuff) and try to reproduce in the musics the sounds of the PANTANAL, a unique landscape from Brasil, in the brazilian border with paraguai and Bolivia...after this record they were able to came to são Paulo and participate, as musicians, in a underground music movement (the "CULTURA LIRA PAULISTANA") with peolple like ITAMAR ASSUMPÇÃO and ARRIGO BARNABÉ...they still are very acute players, and it's wonderfull to linsten to them in their first album...some collectors here in Brazil are doing very good money on this album...I could find one for U$100...but, thank's for you, I can find this now!! great!!
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