TRACKLIST
Terra
A1 Trilha De Sumé
A2 Culto À Terra
A3 Bailado Das Muscarias
Ar
B1 Harpa Dos Ares
B2 Não Existe Molhado Igual Ao Pranto
B3 Omm
Fogo
C1 Raga Dos Raios
C2 Nas Paredes Da Pedra Encantada
C3 Marácas De Fogo
Água
D1 Louvação A Iemanjá
D2 Regato Da Montanha
D3 Beira Mar
D4 Pedra Templo Animal
D5 Trilha De Sumé
DESCRIPTION
Mr Bongo official reissue. 2-LP pressing, finished to exactly match the original release, including the 8 page jacket size booklet.
Vinyl version unsealed.
The album is a collaboration between Brazilian artists Lula Côrtes and Zé Ramalho, a wonderfully off-kilter record full of fantastic hooky and strange tunes that range from full-on freakouts to quiet pastoral numbers displaying the entire range of 1970s hippie Brazilian musician culture.
Paebiru is an obscure Brazilian psych concept album about the four elements that was lost to time in a warehouse fire in 1974. This led to it becoming a massively sought-after classic, fetching up to $4,000 for original vinyl copies.
Lula, who composed and played on the tracks sadly passed away in 2011 after fighting a long battle with cancer.
Paebiru offers a very atmospheric blend of both artists' sensibilities: sung and chanted vocals are no more or less important than any of the other elements, which include classical acoustic and fuzzy electric guitar, piano, organ, flute, sax and a range of percussion. It's free and psychedelic, but just reigned in enough to keep it tense and exciting.