LULA CORTES ZE RAMALHO-Paebiru-'74 Hippy BRAZILIAN ACID FUZZ PSYCH-NEW 2LP

LULA CORTES ZE RAMALHO

Paebiru

BRAZIL ACID FUZZ

NEW LP
REISSUE (MR BONGO)
Lula Côrtes & Zé Ramalho


gatefold double vinyl

New special edition 2 x LP pressing, finished to match the original specifications, now including the 8 page booklet.
Special edition with 8 page booklet printed on super rare aged paper. The legendary and rare cult Brazilian psych concept classic enjoys another official double vinyl re-release. A wonderfully off-kilter record, full of fantastic hooky and strange tunes that range all over the place, from full-on freakouts to the quietly pastoral. The closest comparison might be to combine Amon Duul, Sunburned Hand Of The Man and perhaps Double Leopards, if they lived on a commune together in Brazil and recorded while indulging in mass quantities of narcotics.

The album is a collaboration between Brazilian artists Lula Côrtes and Zé Ramalho, a wonderfully off-kilter record full of fantastic hooky and strange tunes that range from full-on freakouts to quiet pastoral numbers displaying the entire range of 1970s hippie Brazilian musician culture.

Paebiru is an obscure Brazilian psych concept album about the four elements that was lost to time in a warehouse fire in 1974. This led to it becoming a massively sought-after classic, fetching up to $4,000 for original vinyl copies.

Lula, who composed and played on the tracks sadly passed away in 2011 after fighting a long battle with cancer.

Paebiru offers a very atmospheric blend of both artists' sensibilities: sung and chanted vocals are no more or less important than any of the other elements, which include classical acoustic and fuzzy electric guitar, piano, organ, flute, sax and a range of percussion.

It's free and psychedelic, but just reigned in enough to keep it tense and exciting.

In Brazil, from the late 1960's onward, Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben, Tom Ze and many others blended elements of psychedelic rock, jazz and indigenous folk with more 'classicâl' instrumentation and urban styles such as bossa nova and samba.

As much a political identity movement as a cultural one, Tropicalia, as it came to be known, artists as a whole were interested in using artistic expression to remove barriers and as a means of enabling other societal freedoms.

Lula Côrtes E Zé Ramalho ‎– Paêbirú
Label:
Mr Bongo ‎– MRBLP050P
Format:
2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold, Booklet
Country:
UK
Released:
2014
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Folk Rock, Experimental, Psychedelic Rock
Tracklist
    Terra
A1     Trilha De Sumé     
A2     Culto À Terra     
A3     Bailado Das Muscarias     
    Ar
B1     Harpa Dos Ares     
B2     Não Existe Molhado Igual Ao Pranto     
B3     Omm     
    Fogo
C1     Raga Dos Raios     
C2     Nas Paredes Da Pedra Encantada     
C3     Marácas De Fogo     
    Água
D1     Louvação A Iemanjá     
D2     Regato Da Montanha     
D3     Beira Mar     
D4     Pedra Templo Animal     
D5     Trilha De Sumé     
Credits

    Co-producer – Abrakadabra
    Liner Notes – Raul Cordula*
    Photography By – Paulinho Da Macedonia*
    Producer – Katia Mesel*

Notes
Recorded at Rozenblit studios from October to December 1974. Originally released in Brazil, 1975.

Special new edition, includes 8 page booklet.

Special Edition sleeve, printed in Japan.

180 gram vinyl.