Binario

Description

Formed in early 2002 the band from Ipanema Beach brings the guerilla sound of Rio's underground to their self titles debut album. Rhythmically rich and sonically expansive the album is full of intrigue and originality. A seven strong gang, Binario have captured their unique mix of psychedelia, guitar fuzz, electronica and tripped out space funk. Recreating the passion of their wild live shows, where their instruments are wired to car batteries to blast their illicit grooves to Rio's beaches, Binario's layered sound mixes brooding instrumentals with futuristic freak outs and Portuguese scat vocals to produce one of 2008's most exciting debuts.

As a Brazilian band with a strong mix of rock, electro, jazz and funk it's easy to draw comparisons with Tropicalia and indeed Binario site Gilberto Gil and Caetano as influences. Their experimental approach and interest in subverting frequency, harmony and groove is behind their love of Radiohead, Tortoise, Velvet Underground, Can, Kraftwerk, Zappa and Miles Davis.