4030433602621

III

BIXIGA 70

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Format: CD

Cat No: GBCD026

Release Date:  11 September 2015

Label:  Glitterbeat GmbH

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4030433602621

Genres:  World Music  Africa  

  • Description

    Five years after their inception, the Sao Paulo based Brazilian group Bixiga 70 continues to travel musically forward, only to find themselves more and more at home.



    The band’s aptly named third album, “III”, is a luminescent and energized admixture of Atlantic cultures. The album’s hyper-contemporary dialogue journeys between the sounds and rhythms of Brazil and Africa, and between the band’s ten musicians and their distinctive musical identities. Their collective influences include jazz, funk and Afro-Brazilian music, and stretch further afield into dub and reggae, electronics, cumbia and carimbó, ethio-jazz and samba.



    Bixiga 70’s “III” is a breathtaking rhythmic storm where inspired solos, harmony and dynamics, beats and improvisation all mesh together in vital and unpredictable ways. Spanning between a joyous danceability, a sharp sense of humor and committed political reflections, the life-blood of this ten-piece unit is instrumental music, but it is an instrumental music that speaks profoundly.



    Self-produced by the band in their own studio in Sao Paulo (and mixed by Victor Rice) all the compositions on “III” are written and arranged by the entire Bixiga 70 collective. There are no liner note details: the process of creation is decentralized and acknowledges the importance of each musician in the room. The album was recorded live in the studio to further assure the depth of this collaborative spirit and to accentuate the intensity of the band’s sonic experiments.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Ventania 05:36
      • 2. Niran 04:43
      • 3. 100% 13 04:20
      • 4. Di Dancer 05:20
      • 5. Machado 05:23
      • 6. Martelo 04:13
      • 7. Lembe 03:49
      • 8. Mil Vidas 05:44
      • 9. 7 Pancadas 05:37