Format Details: Ltd Rsd 2020 Lp+ 7" /
Release Date: 08 February 2019
Label: Far Out Recordings
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 827565062546
Genres: Electronic Jazz
Release Date: 29 August 2020
Label: Far Out Recordings
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 5060114368293
Genres: Electronic Jazz
Description
From an artist in their seventies, you probably wouldn't expect to hear an album like this. But Brazilian drumming legend Ivan 'Mamão' Conti has been experimenting and innovating for the last half a century. As one third of cult Rio jazz-funk trio Azymuth, Mamão was at the root of the group's 'samba doido' (crazy samba) philosophy, which warped the traditional samba compass with jazz influences and space age electronics. Even with his lesser known jovem guarda group The Youngsters, Mamão was experimenting with tapes and delays to create unique, ahead-of-its-time sounds, way back in the sixties. More recently Mamão recorded an album with hip-hop royalty Madlib under the shared moniker 'Jackson Conti'.
With his first album in over twenty years, and the first to be released on vinyl since his 1984 classic The Human Factor, Mamão shares his zany carioca character across eleven tracks of rootsy electronic samba and tripped out jazz, beats and dance music. Featuring Alex Malheiros and Kiko Continentino on a number of tracks, the Azymuth lifeblood runs deep, but venturing into the modern discotheque (as Mamão would call it), Poison Fruit also experiments with sounds more commonly associated with house and techno, with the help of London based producer Daniel Maunick (aka Dokta Venom) and Mamão's son Thiago Maranhão.
Take a bite of Mamão's psychoactive Papaya and join the maestro on a weird and wonderful stroll through the Brazilian jungle.
United by a love for the music of Mamão and Azymuth, the CD and digital edition also feature remixes and dubs from some of today's most forward-thinking producers with a penchant for percussion, including IG Culture, the 22a crew, Max Graef and Glenn Astro.
Description
What is special about this release?
A special 'poisoned vinyl' edition of Ivan 'Mamao' Conti's critically acclaimed Poison Fruit album, which includes a limited edition 7" with an unreleased track from the original sessions 'Katmandu', and on the flip, a track never before on vinyl, 'Ninho'.
Why are you releasing it for RSD?
It's an opportunity to give back, something special for the shops and the heads who have supported Far Out, Mamao and Azymuth with so much love over the years!
Is there an interesting story behind its recording and/ or packaging?
With his first album in over twenty years, and the first to be released on vinyl since his 1984 classic The Human Factor, Mamão's Poison Fruit features Azymuth cohorts Alex Malheiros and Kiko Continentino on a number of tracks, but venturing into the modern discotheque (as Mamão would call it), Poison Fruit also experiments with sounds more commonly associated with house and techno, with the help of London based producer Daniel Maunick, and Thiago Maranhão (Mamão's son). This special RSD release of the album will be pressed on 180g splattered coloured vinyl (poison style!) and will also come with a limited edition 7" featuring an unreleased track from the original sessions 'Katmandu', and on the flip, a track never before on vinyl, 'Ninho'.
Does the artist have a particular attachment or connection to these tracks?
Mamao wrote and recorded the album with the DJs in mind "The idea was to make songs that would work well for DJs," says Conti. "I like, very much, what it sounds like when I'm playing drums alongside a DJ, with all the electronics." Having worked with the likes of Madlib, DJ Nuts and of course Daniel Maunick, as well as having had his music remixed by Max Graef, Glenn Astro, IG Culture, Contours and the 22a music crew, Mamao saw poison Fruit as an opportunity to give back to the DJs and producers who have done so much for his career with Azymuth.
Is there anything on here that customers won't expect?
The limited edition bonus 7" inside! With an unreleased track from the original sessions 'Katmandu', and on the flip, a track never before on vinyl, 'Ninho'.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Caixa Cubo
Marcos Valle
Nicola Conte
The Ipanemas
Azymuth
Lau Ro
Bruno Berle
Opa
Ivan Conti
Ivan Conti
