Too Slow to Disco Brasil (2xLP COMP)
„Before slipping this LP on, you need to nail the AOR modus opeara…That means: a Hawaiian shirt à la Magnum PI, loafers without socks as in Miami Vice, jump in your convertible and drive under the coconut trees. This is a sunset ride through Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, Miami, Hawaii. Aloha!" Ed Motta
Too Slow to Disco take a dive into an often overlooked side of Brazilian music: Brazilian soul, funk and AOR
We’d like to introduce you to the compiler of our new Too Slow to Disco release, a giant of musical endeavour, the young nephew of Brazil’s legendary soul icon Tim Maia, the ‘Colossus of Rio’, as he’s known: Ed Motta.
At the end of the 1980s Ed Motta burst upon the music scene as a major singer and one of the writers and producers in the band Conexão Japeri. He’s now fifteen albums into a career that hops from genre to genre, perhaps one of the savviest music makers and curators out there. He is a refined practitioner of jazz, funk, soul, AOR and much else besides, having worked with everyone from Gilles Peterson to Roy Ayers, 4Hero, Seu Jorge, Patrice Rushen, Greg Phillinganes, Bo Diddley, Incognito, Ryuichi Sakamoto and many other insanely talented musos.
In this collector’s compilation, you’re coming on a kind of expert guided time travel mission – just picture yourself following Ed’s fingers as they trace along the sleeves in that massive library-sized vinyl vault of his. So we dart back through over two decades of music making, dancing in one style then the next from soul to funk to AOR, you’ll feel the air coming out of the horn section right the way through, and a mixologist’s golden touch tying everything together.
The artists Ed has play-listed for you include über-obscure figures like Carlos Bivar or Gelson Oliveira & Luiz Ewerling – both of whose songs here derive from privately pressed albums – so rare they’re not even listed on Discogs! He’s also gathered together a real pantheon of Brazilian musical heroes like Rita Lee (who was part of the legendary Os Mutantes), Cassiano (one of the founders of Bossa Trio and Os Diagonais) and million sellers like Roupa Nova, lovingly referred to as ‘the Brazilian Toto’ (who would have thought that would become a compliment by 2018?)! And as ever with the Too Slow to Disco series, the artists might be new to you, but they’re always bringing a killer tune.
Tracklist
FILÓ MACHADO - Quero Pouco, Quero Muito 04:33
SANDRA SÁ - Guarde Minha Voz 03:09
ALTAY VELOSO - Débora 04:41
JUNIOR MENDES - Copacabana Sadia04:06
DON BETO - Renascendo Em Mim02:29
LUCINHA TURNBULL - Toda Manhã Brilha O Sol 03:09
GUILHERME ARANTES - Coisas Do Brasil 04:08
CARLOS BIVAR - Maré 03:19
BIAFRA - Leão Ferido 04:58
SANTA CRUZ - Mais Uma Chance04:39
JANE DUBOC - Se Eu Te Pego De Jeito03:01
CASSIANO - Rio Best-Seller 04:25
CARLINHOS & SONINHA QUEIROZ - Pra Você 02:42
GELSON OLIVEIRA & LUIZ EWERLING - Acordes E Sementes 02:40
ZECA DO TROMBONE - Rota-Mar02:35
ROUPA NOVA - Clarear 03:20
KIKO ZAMBIANCHI - Estréia 03:44
BRYLHO - Jóia Rara 03:24
RITA LEE & ROBERTO - Atlântida 06:22