Various - Rough Guide to Psychedelic Samba - Limited LP w/ download

Artist: Various Artists |  Label: World Music Network |  Format: LP+download  |  Genre: World | Album Condition: New  |  Cover Condition: Sealed The Rough Guide to Psychedelic SambaNEW / SEALED World Music Network LP    In much the same way that the blues have informed so much Euro-American popular music in the last century, so too has the comparatively rough-and-ready but chameleon-like 2/4 tempo of samba, which has leaked into everything Brazilian from funk, jazz and soul to hip-hop, indie rock, folk and psychedelic rock. This compilation takes psychedelia as a starting-point, without being too purist about the 2/4 bit. That would deprive us of the joys of Bahia Bass, funky 4/4 psych-soul samba and the countless other permutations of the last few years. Compiling this album provided a totally fresh revelation even for this hoary compiler, who came across Iuri Andrade whilst searching for something completely different. Carioca Iuri, whose day job is as frontman for t