Produced alongside Tropic\u00e1lia veteran Manoel Barenbein, \u201cCarlos, Erasmo\u201d (1971) is one of the great late echoes of the Tropicalia movement. Although Erasmo was never officially a tropicalista, the album brings together an extraordinary cast of musicians and collaborators from that world, including Os Mutantes\u2019 S\u00e9rgio Dias, Dinho Leme, and Liminha, as well as legendary psychedelic guitarist Lanny Gordin. Arrangements by Rog\u00e9rio Duprat add another unmistakable Tropicalia touch.<\/p>\n
The album opens with \u2018De Noite na Cama,\u2019 a Caetano Veloso composition written especially for Erasmo, and immediately establishes its restless, sensual, and slightly subversive atmosphere. From there, the record moves freely between fuzzy psychedelic rock, soul and funk, sophisticated pop, tender love songs, and Brazilian grooves, never settling into a single style.<\/p>\n
Erasmo also revisits his celebrated songwriting partnership with Roberto Carlos while embracing compositions by Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben, and Marcos Valle, turning Carlos, Erasmo into something of an all-star meeting point for the most creative currents in Brazilian popular music of the era.<\/p>\n
The record\u2019s psychedelic edge is especially striking: distorted guitars, unconventional arrangements, eccentric production choices, and moments that seem to drift beautifully off course. \u2018Maria Joana,\u2019 its famously provocative marijuana ode, became one of the album\u2019s most talked-about tracks, while songs such as \u2018Agora Ningu\u00e9m Chora Mais,\u2019 Marcos Valle\u2019s original \u201826 Anos de Vida Normal,\u2019 \u2018Ci\u00e7a Cec\u00edlia,\u2019 \u2018Mundo Deserto,\u2019 \u2018Sodoma e Gomorra,\u2019 and \u2018Masculino Feminino\u2019 reveal the remarkable breadth of Erasmo\u2019s musical vision.<\/p>\n
More than simply a psychedelic detour in Erasmo Carlos\u2019 career, Carlos, Erasmo stands as a landmark of early-\u201970s Brazilian rock. It is rawer and harder-rocking than much of his catalog, yet equally capable of intimacy, soulfulness, humor, and experimentation. A record where Jovem Guarda, Tropicalia, rock, soul, and Brazil\u2019s emerging counterculture collide\u2014and where Erasmo Carlos sounds completely at home in the chaos.<\/p>\n
Pressed on 180g vinyl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A landmark of Brazilian psychedelic rock: \u201cCarlos, Erasmo\u201d ranks among the boldest records of early-\u201970s Brazil, blending fuzzed-out rock, Tropicalia, soul, funk, and Brazilian pop into a uniquely adventurous sound.<\/strong><\/p>\n A Tropicalia all-star lineup: Produced by Manoel Barenbein, with arrangements by Rog\u00e9rio Duprat, the album features members of Os Mutantes alongside legendary psychedelic guitarist Lanny Gordin.<\/strong><\/p>\n An exceptional songwriting cast: Erasmo\u2019s longtime partnership with Roberto Carlos meets compositions by Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben, and Marcos Valle, bringing together some of Brazil\u2019s most influential musical voices.<\/strong><\/p>\n Pressed on 180g vinyl.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":118631,"template":"","meta":{"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[63,186],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-118634","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-brazil-en","product_cat-tropicalisimo-en","product_shipping_class-lp-en-4","pa_formato-lp-en","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/118634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=118634"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=118634"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/munster-records.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=118634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}