Caracol

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File Under: Brazilian Music, Experimental, Avant-Garde, Electronic, Leftfield. Caracol is one of the first examples of fusion between Brazilian percussive music and electronics. Synthesizers, samplers and sequencers were still a novelty in Brazil in the 1980s, but Jo?o de Bru?? and R.H. Jackson created an avant-garde masterpiece. Using popular references and an eagerness to escape any retro / stylistic clich? that came to haunt Brazilian youth music at that time, they plunged into an audacious, intuitive and improbable sound journey in Caracol. This rare adventure of Brazilian music was released independently in 1989, financed by the artists themselves. The original small pressing sold-out. For the first time Caracol is re-released on vinyl, with two extra tracks found after decades! Remastered from the original tapes, this reissue includes a reproduction of the original graphic art, new testimonies from Jo?o de Bru?? and RH Jackson and a long article signed by Bento Araujo, author of the book series Lindo Sonho Delirante, which investigates audacious and fearless music created in the Brazilian underground. Brazilian underground music in the 1980s produced fascinating and mysterious records, where organic and regional percussion finally gained electronic and synthetic nuances. Despite being an ideal time for independent production, the music contained in Caracol was so anti-commercial that things seemed to happen in a parallel universe for the duo Jo?o de Bru?? and R.H. Jackson. This is the first time ever that Caracol is reissued, after the small first press sold out decades ago. This special reissue contains two extra and unreleased tracks, recorded during the original recording sessions.