Mr Bongo | Hazel Scott And The Braza Brasil – Ye-Me-Le @MrBongoRecords | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 1 day ago
VINYL / DIGITAL / CD: mrbongo.bandcamp.com/album/mr-bongo-record-club-volume-six
The second single to be taken from the next instalment of our Mr Bongo Record Club compilation series.
There are many stunning versions of the Luiz Carlos Vinhas and Chico Feitosa penned, Brazilian classic, 'Yê-Melê' (or 'Ye Me Le’) out there. Is Hazel Scott's take the finest? Perhaps, we certainly think it’s up there with the best of them. Hazel, not to be mixed up with the American pianist Hazel Scott, released a handful of wonderful, and now sought-after, records in South Africa in the 70s, including this 7”. She was backed by the band, The Braza Brasil for this version. We have heard that Hazel now resides in the UK and we salute her for the magnificent records she has made. An under-the-radar great!
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VINYL / DIGITAL / CD: mrbongo.bandcamp.com/album/mr-bongo-record-club-volume-six
The second single to be taken from the next instalment of our Mr Bongo Record Club compilation series.
There are many stunning versions of the Luiz Carlos Vinhas and Chico Feitosa penned, Brazilian classic, 'Yê-Melê' (or 'Ye Me Le’) out there. Is Hazel Scott's take the finest? Perhaps, we certainly think it’s up there with the best of them. Hazel, not to be mixed up with the American pianist Hazel Scott, released a handful of wonderful, and now sought-after, records in South Africa in the 70s, including this 7”. She was backed by the band, The Braza Brasil for this version. We have heard that Hazel now resides in the UK and we salute her for the magnificent records she has made. An under-the-radar great!
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![SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) - Mirouze (Мируз) [Remastered]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yc9liRw-rCI/hqdefault.jpg "SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) - Mirouze (Мируз) [Remastered]
ORDER: https://gruppasoyuz.bandcamp.com/album/ii-remastered
SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) stole our hearts back in 2022 when we released their album Force Of The Wind to critical acclaim. Here we proudly present the predecessor to that LP, the band’s sophomore long player from 2019 that was previously only available digitally. It captures a pivotal evolving period in the bands career, the recordings giving a snapshot of what would become their sound on Force Of The Wind, yet with echoes of avant-psychedelic-pop footprints from yesteryears.
Produced at a time when band leader Alex Chumak had moved from Minsk to Kyiv, torn between the need to try something new and the homesickness it brought about. Travelling back to Minsk almost weekly, Alex joined fellow band members Mikita Arlou and Stanislav Murashko to lay down II at Studio 42. The album captures these transient feelings, contextualised through the broad scope of influences the band were nourished by. From MPB to Ethio-Jazz and the Italian library soundtracks of Piero Piccioni and Piero Umiliani, the album shines with touches of joy from across the globe.
The opening track Verocai is a tribute to the Brazilian maestro and Mirouze, whilst being named after a French favourite of the band, Jean-Pierre Mirouze, pays clear homage to Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges. A ghostly sample and invisible connection to music made miles away in a different era that has influenced and become part of the band’s lives. This is further reinforced in the albums enchanting closer, the aptly titled Nascimento, another nod to the great Brazilian musician and singer.
The beginnings of the cinematic, soul-laden jazz SOYUZ are now known for, are on display across the likes of ‘Lyric’ and Motive I. The latter an orchestrated jazz instrumental with sensuous string sections, all of which were recorded on the warmth of a Studer reel-to-reel and waltzing Rhodes keys.
SOYUZ’s wide-ranging palate is further demonstrated in tracks like ‘Business Partners’ with its Krauty, kosmische, new wave production featuring Inturist, and the oh-too-short Anatolian-influenced interlude Corrida. Elsewhere, Tezeta and ‘ES-2 Jazz’ hint at the psychedelic haze of soul-funk, with the former featuring verses from Serbian rapper Petar Martic.
For this new physical and digital release, the whole album was mixed from scratch by Ryan Power before Joker worked his magic on the remaster. More excellence is to come from SOYUZ, but in the meantime, we are thrilled to present this essential recording from the band’s foundational years, mixed to a level that does it the justice it deserves.
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