OS MUTANTES

May 9th, 2007 Posted by Dougal

GROUNDBREAKING MAYHEM FROM TROPICALIA LODESTARS OS MUTANTES WITH CLUB-LAND TEARAWAY JD TWITCH (OPTIMO):

Psychedelic overlords and cultural insurgents Os Mutantes are among popular music’s most venerated trailblazers.

Saviours of Brasil’s Tropicalia revolution – alongside the illustrious likes of Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa and Gilberto Gil – Os Mutantes defied and galvanised the country’s artistic identity during the late 60s and early 70s: a period of livid aesthetic and ideological upheaval whose paroxysm of invigorated sounds and ideas still enliven global music over 30 years later.

From Nirvana to the Talking Heads – from the Flaming Lips to Beck – the Sao Paulo rabble’s enduring musical influence is palpable.

Os Mutantes’ extraordinary, tropical pop nuzzles rhythmic shape shifting, euphonious samba-jazz, giddy harmonies, aural exotica, vintage bossa nova and searing acid-rock: they fashion a lambent aural canvas that today sounds more outlandish, enchanting – and vital – than ever.

http://www.myspace.com/osmutantes66

OS MUTANTES MEETS JD TWITCH (OPTIMO)

Friday 27 July
The Forum, London, 7.00pm BOOK NOW

Saturday 28 July
The New Picket, Liverpool, 7.00pm BOOK NOW

Sunday 29 July
Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, 7.00pm BOOK NOW

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