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6 de oct. de 2023 · Os Mutantes’ self-titled debut album was a glorious collision of styles that defined the Tropicália movement in 1968. Published on. October 6, 2023. By. Jason Draper. Cover: Courtesy of...
Amy Crawford. Os Mutantes ( Brazilian Portuguese: [uz muˈtɐ̃tʃis], The Mutants) are an influential Brazilian rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement, a dissident musical movement during the Brazilian dictatorship of the late 1960s. The band is considered to be one of the main groups of Brazilian rock.
The movement was begun by a group of musicians from Bahia notably Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, and the poet-lyricist Torquato Neto. Later the group moved from Salvador (the capital of Bahia) to São Paulo where they met with collaborators Os Mutantes and Rogério Duprat among others.
17 de nov. de 2016 · Os Mutantes’ 1968 ritualistic rocker “Bat Macumba” succinctly contains the collective’s concerns: Written by Veloso and Gil, it evokes Bahian religious cults macumba and candomblé as well as...
Tropicália was a creative movement that originated in the late 1960s in Brazil. Encompassing music, art and writing it celebrated Brazil’s culture and people. It was also a protest movement against the lack of freedom experienced under the oppressive regime of the military government.
18 de jul. de 2013 · July 18, 20134:13 PM ET. From. 7-Minute Listen. Enlarge this image. Os Mutantes, reunited since 2006, is one of the most influential acts in the Tropicália movement. Courtesy of the artist....
The title track, written by Gil and Veloso and performed by Os Mutantes, satirized bourgeois conventions and merged elements of traditional Brazilian song with international rock. It was voted...
