Format Details:
Release Date: 12 September 2025
Label: Far Out Recordings
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5065007965863
Genres: World Music Brazil
Description
Azymuth bassist Alex Malheiros doesn't remember recording this single - It's understandable--the sessions happened over forty years ago, and at the time, Malheiros, Ivan Conti and Jose Roberto Bertrami were backing countless MPB artists throughout the genre's golden age - As one of Brazil's most influential groups, Azymuth's story is well known - Vocalist Luisa, however, remains something of an enigma - She recorded this, her one and only single, in 1981 for Carlos Lemos' Piramide Label.
With Luisa's powerful yet understated vocal, Bertrami's futuristic synths and Jose Carlos Bigorna's brow-raising tenor sax licks, the stirring early-80s pop ballad "Romantica" should have been a radio hit. On B-side, "Lenha na Fogueira", Azymuth lock into an exceptional samba-funk groove with legendary guitarist Paulinho Guitarra. The record also features backing vocals from the lesser-known vocal group Arco Iris.
Luisa will be reissued for the first time on 7" vinyl and digital on September 5th, 2025, via Far Out Recordings.
Tracklisting
Luisa
Marcos Valle
Agustin Pereyra Lucena
Sabrina Malheiros
Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra
Alessandroni E Il Suo Complesso
Azymuth
Edison Machado & Boa Nova
Luisa
Luisa
