• DELUXE EDITION

• 180 GRAM BLACK VINYL

• Limited edition 500 copies

Mandala made only one eponymous album, recorded in 1971 but released only in 1976. A very rare and influential album, featuring future members of Grupo Um (Nazário and Zeca Assumpção who also played with Hermeto and Egberto Gismonti) and Pau Brasil (Nelson Ayres) - two seminal bands from the Brazilian instrumental scene of the 80s.

The sound is a mix of Jazz Fusion with a Brazilian footprint - with a dash of psychedelic atmosphere and the spiced influence of oriental music.

PERSONNEL:

• Zeca Assumção - bass, vocals
• Zé Eduardo Nazario - drums, percussion
• Roberto Sion - flute, sax
• Luiz Roberto Oliveira - guitar, synthesizer
• Nelson Ayres - piano

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Pitha'ta
• A2. Alga
• A3. Matilho

• SIDE B
• B1. Estilingue
• B2. Nadava
• B3. El-Baion