Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Bosta Nova

I've been on a real Brazilian music kick these last few weeks. such cool and hushed tones. almost like a muted velvet. There are just so many great artists with their own take on this formless idea. From the ethereal throat of Astrud Gilberto to the wild guitar antics of Novos Baianos. Thought to be originally inspired by the cool jazz era mixed with the tradition chord and song structures from the areas the various bands were from. I actually started listening to this genre of music because of a song by ever awesome Beck called Tropicália. He wrote that song with affectations of the genre he named the song after. So I started looking into it and it just opened up a whole new world of wonderful rhythms and blissful chords structures. It starts with the hushed whisper of João Gilberto (husband of Asturd, what a beautiful couple) to fuzzy psychedelic sounds of Gal Costa. Bossa nova is a more evolved version of samba while Tropicália is a more psychedelic rock influenced version.

Brazil 70: After Tropicalia: New Directions in Brazilian Music





The Astrud Gilberto Album by Astrud Gilberto


Gal by Gal Costa

Getz/Gilberto

self-titled João Gilberto

Self titled Os Mutantes

Transa by Caetano Veloso



enjoy.

-Chakrah

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