alceu valenca and geraldo azevedo

the first LP for both famed musicians, Alceu Valença & Geraldo Azevedo (1972), has wild, dissonant arrangements by legendary composer and arranger Rogerio Duprat, who had also worked with Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil, Os Mutantes and other of Brasil’s futuristic artists. Valença and Azevedo created a distinctive style that mixes native northeastern rhythms, such as frevo, baião, maracatu and so on, with elements of rock and psychedelia; the end result is a refined tropicalia, with an earthy quality that offsets the layers of acoustic guitars and the exquisite melodies that perpetually seem to issue from both musicians. The poetic beauty and the hypnotic rhythms in their songs have made both composers legendary in their native land. With a similar cast of musicians to the Flaviola and the Flock of the Sun album (as well as a similar vibe), this certainly qualifies as more truly great psychedelic folk music from the Pernambuco region of Brasil. Less cosmopolitan than Caetano Veloso, not as Catholic as Milton Nascimento, and a true gem.
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