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Marcos Resende & Index - Marcos Resende & Index [FARO 220LP UK 2021 24-Bit FLAC]
I really appreciate the current trend where small, young specialist labels dig out lost recordings or secure the rights to reissue very rare records from years gone by. Although my favourite genre is the post-punk period, I also love up-tempo & obtuse latin music and this record ticks those boxes.
Marcos Resende was once one of the most in demand Brazilian keyboard player session musicians who also released a small number of solo albums. With his Index ensemble, he released Festa Para Um Novo Rei on Phillips in 1978, which is one of the most sought after albums of Brazilian funky-jazz-fusion. That album has yet to be reissued, however shorty before he sadly died in 2020, he handed over the masters of an earlier, totally unreleased album, recorded in 1976.
This album will ooze from from your speakers, it is slick, funky and übercool, it delivers the sounds & atmosphere of Brazilian highlife directly into your living room. Well done to British label Far Out Recordings for unearthing this gem. Enjoy.
A1 My Heart
A2 Nina Neném
A3 Praça Da Alegria
B1 Nergal
B2 Martina
B3 Behind The Moon
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ReplyDeleteA fantastic album, recently purchased from the fantastic Mr Bongo on my doorstep and causing me to spend money!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful album, right from the opening bass notes. Sections of "Praça Da Alegria" remind me of the theme from some US '70s TV show. Taxi? The Love Boat? I guess it's from the same era. Maybe it's the sound of the saxophone. Popular music contained a lot of horns in the '70s, seems to me.
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