NOVA BOSSA NOVA (20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION)

TRACKLIST A1. Novo Visual (New Look) A2. Abandonu (Abandon) A3. Cidade Aberto (Open City) A4. Bahia Blue B1. Nova Bossa Nova (New Bossa) B2. Nordeste (North East) B3. Bar Ingles (English Bar) B4. A Vontage de Rever Voce (Rocking You) INFO Marking sixty years of Bossa Nova, and twenty years since Marcos Valle™s first release for Far Out Recordings, what better time to bring back this era-defining classic from the Brazilian master composer? Throughout his astounding six-decade career, infiltrating pop, bossa nova, samba, delicate psychedelia, jazz and funk, Marcos Valle has consistently shown a dogged determination to transcend the traditions and structures of bossa nova, whilst never veering away from the movement™s inherent, fundamental spirit. To some extent, his epithet ˜the original Rio beach boy™ is a handy one: it reflects the origin and character of his often sun-soaked sound, but expounding his importance in the lineage of Brazilian music, he is more discerningly known as ˜the renaissance man of Brazilian pop™. He is indeed one the very greatest and most important composers, arrangers, writers and performers in Brazil. Up until Nova Bossa Nova, Marcos Valle hadn™t released an album for well over a decade. After 1983, he resented the way the music industry had changed with commercialisation and new demands curtailing his creative freedom. This was until 1994 when Marcos met Far Out boss Joe Davis and they recorded a track for Far Out™s first Friends From Rio album. This new collaborative partnership resulted in a new solo album, which commenced recording in 1996. Nova Bossa Nova brought Marcos bouncing back into the 90s, slotting nicely in place alongside the acid jazz movement as well as a voracious new demand for Brazilian music on dancefloors from London to Tokyo. It was witnessing the London club scene™s growing appetite for Brazilian music, as well as a lack of new sounds coming out of Brazil at the time, that a young Joe Davis put in a proposal to record a new album with one of his musical idols. Joe wanted to facilitate an album which would combine the latest technologies and production techniques, with live to analogue tape recording: a Marcos Valle album tailor-made for London™s clubs. Always open to modern influences and possibilities, Marcos agreed to the project, and Joe and his production partner Roc Hunter flew to Rio in ˜96. The record wasn™t released until ™98, as the original ½ inch tapes were stolen from Far Out™s London studio, meaning parts of the album had to be re-recorded. Nova Bossa Nova was unveiled at the peak of the of the Brazilian movement, the record would also prove to be something of a revolution, inspiring a new generation of artists like Bebel Gilberto, Sabrina Malheiros, Da Lata and Bossacucanova, who continued to fuse Brazilian influences with modern electronic sounds. QUOTES šAn era-defining classic from the Brazilian master composer, a landmark LP of acid jazz and bossa nova.› Bandcamp šlove it! I'm a huge fan and happy to hear this!› Louie Vega šWow! This is sensational› Francois K šAmazing!!› San Soda šnice reissue› will chase down the vinyl and play on my show› Pete On The Corner šAmazing music from Marcos Valle from the Nova Bossa Nova album› Lefto šLegendary stuff› Soft Rocks šclassic! still sounds fresh.› Kyri R2 šWhat a brilliant reissue!› Grahame Bent (Shindig!) šLove this album!› Oliver Brunetti (Collectivo Futuro) šAmazing.› Aaron Dae (Razor & Tape) PRESS/ ONLINE OBSERVADOR (PT) Interview Feature (Luis Freitas Branco) EL PERIODICO (ES) Interview Feature (Juan Manuel Freire) BANDCAMP (USA) ˜Interview feature confirmed™ (Andrew Jervis) BANDCMAP (USA) ˜New & Notable™ (Jes Skolink) JAZZWAX (USA) Review confirmed (Marc Myers) HBL (FI) Feature pitched to editor (Jan-Erik Holmberg) SHINDIG! (UK) Review confirmed (Grahame Bent) JAZZWISE MAGAZINE (UK) Review confirmed (November Issue) JAZZ MAGAZINE (FR) Review confirmed (Frederic Goaty) LA JAZZ SCENE (USA) Review confirmed (Scott Yanow) MOUSTIQUE (BE) Feature pitched to editor (Nicolas Alsteen) WRITTEN IN MUSIC (NL) Review confirmed (Dick Hovenga) O SOTAO (UK) Review (Francisco Espregueira) LATE NIGHT DREAM (UK) Blog JAZZCHILL (UK) Blog KEYS AND CHORDS (NL) Review (Patrick Van De Wiele) BAN BAN TON TON (JP) Feature (Dr. Rob) RADIO WFMU (USA) Duane Train ˜A Vontage de Rever Voce™ 08/08/18 NTS (UK) Midnight Marauders w/ Masha Smith ˜Bahia Blue™ 19/08/18 DUBLIN CITY FM (IR) Nigel Wood ˜Bahia Blue™ 03/09/18 BASIC SOUL (UK) Simon Harrison ˜Cidade Aberto™ 20/08/18 YLE RADIO 1 (FI) Jan-Erik Holmberg ˜Bahia Blue™ 02/09/09/18 WORLDWIDE FM (UK) Lefto ˜Mushi Mushi™ 15/08/18 FM NAGANO (JP) Groovin™ Drive ˜Mushi Mushi™ 29/08/18