Although people always refer to Tropicalia as a musical movement, it's more than this; it also encompasses fine arts (painting & sculptures - Helio Oiticica, Ligia Clark), literature/poetry (Torquato Neto, Waly Salom??o), cinema, tv shows, etc. Obviously, music is its most known aspect; and it's not restrained to rock/pop with heavy US/UK influences only, you can hear influences of romantic & corny music, latin (bolero, guarania), and classical music too. It's all present in the most known Tropicalia LPs.
Peace
Well put Moogman. The name Tropicalia was a fusion of tropical with psychedelia. It's not a portugese word, but it was created by Lu??s Carlos Barreto. Not inteded to replace psychedelia, but to be it's own movement of opinionated brazil embracing the electric guitar and criticizing there own culture. Alot of the main artists were mentioned in this thread, but a few main ones were skipped:
Tom Z??, Maria bathania (Caetano's sister), Torquato Neto, Rog??rio Duprat.
Also many artists who were Bossa, samba or something else, and dabbled in tropicalia:
Nara Le??o, Marcos Valle, Jorge Ben, Elis Regina,Edu Lobo, Ed Lincoln, all the gilbertos..
In fact there were quite a few artists from and after this era that were psychedelic, but did not fully associate with Tropicalism.
Bango, Modulo 1000, O Terco, and so on..
Also, much props to the guitarists of said tropicalia bands. Such as my favorite:
Lanny Gordin of Brazillian octopus.
- spidey (no sabadabadoo)
Hey MalusAranea
If you like the work of Lanny Gordin, you need to check this Gal's album (if you don't know it, already):
Here's a review of Amazon.com that describes it very well:
"This live album from her early years is actually one of my favourites. It begins with an extended set of acoustic ballads where the bossa nova style is still very present in Gal's delicious vocals. This first part of the concert features gems as "Antonico" and "Sua estupidez". Then, in the middle of the album, there's a radical shift -an electric guitar appears on stage, introducing a wild set of songs which mix rock, blues, psychedelia and Brazilian folklore, where Gal sings crazily. The last song, "Luz do sol" (from Pinto/Wali, which has nothing to do with a ballad with the same name written by Caetano Veloso and also sung by Gal Costa in a later album) is fabulous. This album is a gorgeous sample of what Gal was doing before her more market-oriented days, when her singing was more spontaneous and moody."
Finally, you can listen to some sound clips in the Gal's site: Fa-tal
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Hey MalusAranea
If you like the work of Lanny Gordin, you need to check this Gal's album (if you don't know it, already):
Here's a review of Amazon.com that describes it very well:
"This live album from her early years is actually one of my favourites. It begins with an extended set of acoustic ballads where the bossa nova style is still very present in Gal's delicious vocals. This first part of the concert features gems as "Antonico" and "Sua estupidez". Then, in the middle of the album, there's a radical shift -an electric guitar appears on stage, introducing a wild set of songs which mix rock, blues, psychedelia and Brazilian folklore, where Gal sings crazily. The last song, "Luz do sol" (from Pinto/Wali, which has nothing to do with a ballad with the same name written by Caetano Veloso and also sung by Gal Costa in a later album) is fabulous. This album is a gorgeous sample of what Gal was doing before her more market-oriented days, when her singing was more spontaneous and moody."
Finally, you can listen to some sound clips in the Gal's site: Fa-tal
Peace
- spidey
Love a bit of Tom Ze - especially this album
Though the one with the pic of the marble up the anus is decent too.