Continuing their stellar work in releasing some of the finest artists in Brazil’s underground music scene, Propósito Records today released a new album of free improvisation by M. Takara and Rogério Martins. Entitled Sobremissa no Telhado (Mass On The Roof),... Read Article
The word ‘kaleidoscopic’ must be applied to the debut release from São Paulo’s Prestige. Across thirteen tracks – mixed into two sides of music – the duo constantly criss-cross genres, passing through hip-hop beats, quasi-jazz instrumental passages, found sounds,... Read Article
It all started back in 2009, when Mia Doi Todd toured Brazil to perform some gigs and travel the country for the first time in her life. In São Paolo, she met Maurício Takara, percussionist, drummer and member... Read Article
Bill Dixon, one of Rob Mazurek’s most-beloved artists, said about music: “anything that is abstracted from something is the essence of that thing. It is taking those things that shape and define it, stripping away the filigree and... Read Article
On June 11th, Mais Um Discos will release A Curva Da Cintura, a brand new collaboration between Brazilian musicians Arnaldo Antunes and Edgard Scandurra, and Mali’s Toumani Diabaté. The album came out of a friendship established between the... Read Article
We like this mixtape a lot! This one is coming from The Big Space, a radio show airing on Louisiana’s Baton Rouge Community Radio. This mix is all about inter-relations, with music from Latin America, Africa and the... Read Article
Ever wondered what it would sound like if Sao Paulo’s underground scene decamped to the US, joined up with a number of jazz musicians and hip-hop MCs, and attempted their own unique version of Sly & The Family... Read Article
Sao Paulo Underground are one of the heaviest experimental jazz outfits you’ll ever come across. Their ranks include Chicago musician Rob Mazurek (cornet, electronics), Mauricio Takara (drums, percussion and cavaquinho) and Guilherme Granado (keyboards, electronics) – both from... Read Article
I first heard about the existence of this recording back in February. I have to admit the prospect of a collaboration between Brazilian percussion legend Nana Vasconcelos, hip-hop beatmaker Mike Ladd, Chicago avant-jazzer Rob Mazurek, Mamelo Sound System’s... Read Article
