Cesar Mariano & Cia- Sao Paulo Brasil (Vinyl) PossessedCesar Camargo Mariano is a celebrated Brazilian jazz pianist, composer and producer, born in Sao Paulo in the 1940's. He has played and worked with the likes of Elis Regina (to whom he was married at one point), Som Tres and Sambalanco Trio and still plays very regularly today. 'Sao Paulo Brasil' saw Mariano and co. Step deep into jazz funk fusion territory and nail it. Tight, tough drum grooves, intricate arrangements, layers of synthesisers,
and unfair advantages
and Kris Davis on piano
Building on their dissociative disorder namesake
In the Dark (Winter) - Feat
Pass Dat S*#t
The Change
Elsewhere the record spins through a gallery of the band's ongoing fascinations: Depeche Mode-esque declarations of dread and excess ("This Conversation")
establishing a minimalistic approach early on
' We're still smiling
The album was newly remastered at legendary Abbey Road Studios using the Direct to Metal Mastering (DMM) audiophile copper plating process
HW / Hope of New Fields
all while exploring an entire spectrum of existential themes: impermanence