The peeps at Mutant Sounds will tell you about how a progressive rock band formed in the early ’70s in Rio de Janeiro by a core of musicians from the Minas Gerais state, the Som Imaginário developed an influential career and also backed artists like Milton Nascimento, Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Fafá de Belém, Sueli Costa, Carlinhos Vergueiro, and Jards Macalé in live performances and recordings. The group was formed by Wagner Tiso (keyboards), Zé Rodrix (organ/percussion/voice/flutes), Robertinho Silva (drums), Tavito (12-string guitar), Luís Alves (bass), and Laudir de Oliveira (percussion), around which Toninho Horta (guitars) and Nivaldo Ornelas (saxes) eventually performed.
Som Imaginario was something I stumbled upon and very glad to have happened cause they have a classic sound and much appreciated musical skills. Much of their albums can be found on amazon or random blogs or just specialty orders either on ebay or specific vendors like dustygroove.
Others I’m excited to bring is Tribo, Modulo 1000 and Equipe Mercado. The Tribe as it would be translated into english was formed by Nelson Angelo, Joyce, Novelli, Toninho Horta and Naná Vasconcelos (later replaced by Nene’s battery) in the early 70’s. Their single Kyrie is a must have for you music lovers and it’s uploaded.
Equipe Mercado is a group formed by Diana (voice), Leugruber (guitar), Richard Ginsburg (guitar), Stul (guitar, bass, piano and voice), Carlos Graça (drums) and Ronaldo Periassu (percussion) in 1970 in Rio with the greatest influence the psychedelic rock of the 60s. They were launched in 1971 with a compact simple songs “The fields of rice” and “Side b rock”, shutting down its activities in the following year.
