Jose Mauro

• LIMITED EDITION

• 180 GRAM HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL

Far Out Recordings have long been masters at unearthing and reissuing long-lost Brazilian masterpieces. Jose Mauro's 1970 debut album, Obnoxious, undoubtedly falls into that category.

It's long been a favourite with committed diggers such as Gilles Peterson, Madlib and Floating Points, all of whom appreciate Mauro's distinctively melancholic take on the samba sound.

Drenched in atmospheric strings and with the singer's bittersweet vocals to the fore, the album sounds like it was informed as much by the Walker Brothers ad Rotary Connection as the sun-kissed sounds Mauro would have grown up listening to. It's not exactly psychedelic per se, but it's certainly impressively atmospheric and occasionally refreshingly dark.

PERSONNEL:

• Maurillo - trumpet
• Paulo Moura - alto sax
• Altamiro Carrilho - flute
• Rildo Hora - harmonica
• Dom Salvador - organ, piano, harpsichord
• Geraldo Vespar - guitar
• Jose Mauro - viola, vocals
• Sebastiao Marinho - bass
• Juquinha - percussion
• Mamão - percussion
• Wilson das Neves - drums
• Roberto Quartin - string arrangements

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Obnoxius
• A2. Tarde Nupcias
• A3. Memoria
• A4. Ponto de Chamada
• A5. As Aventuras Sentimentais de Espiroqueta Camargo

• SIDE B
• B1. Talisma
• B2. Arrail da lua Cheia
• B3. Ancoradouro; Cancao da Casa Illuminada
• B4. Apocalipse
• B5. Exaltacao e Lamento de Ultimo Rei