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All the way from Recife in the North East of Brazil, new Far Out family member Amaro Freitas is soon to embark on his debut European tour. Joined by Jean Elton (Double Bass) and Hugo Medeiros (Drums), the critically acclaimed Amaro Freitas Trio will play seven dates across the continent, showcasing their highly percussive, distinctly Brazilian approach to jazz. Listen to the lead single 'Mantra' from the forthcoming album Rasif (out 28th September) and book tickets now for a show near you, to see why Amaro has become one of the most talked about musicians in Brazil. Oct 21 - Porto, Portugal - Casa da Música...

 Marcos Valle and Azymuth unite for a very special, one-off European tour this summer! This will be the first time the cosmic jazz-funk legends and the renaissance man of Brazilian pop have performed together outside of Brazil, and it's guaranteed to be special. Azymuth and Marcos Valle have a shared history at the forefront of Brazilian music. In different ways, both have been instrumental in redefining the nation's sound since the sixties. They also share a more personal history, in that Azymuth consider Valle their godfather. In fact, it was during the sessions for the O Fabuloso Fittipaldi soundtrack they recorded together in 1973 that Valle...

Formed in 1965 by Arnaldo and Sergio Dias Baptista, teenage brothers from Sao Paulo, and Arnaldo’s girlfriend Rita Lee, Os Mutantes were Brazil’s most inventive and irreverent rock’n’roll group. The trio became the backing band for Tropicália, the avant-garde movement formed by the singers Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso in 1967, but in the mid-1970s the band fell apart – not least because the two brothers argued over, of all things, guitars. They made their return in 2006, and have since been wowing crowds with their new-found vigour for live performances, not least at their sold out Village Underground show...

Europe be ready! Nomade Orquestra are back to play live on European shores next month. Playing music from last year’s critically acclaimed EntreMundos, and their breakthrough self-titled debut album, the genre-bending Sao Paulo ten-piece will play six dates across Germany, Poland and Denmark. Dates/TicketsApr 19 – Jazzdays Festival – Magdenburg, Germany TICKETSApr 20 – Telegraph Jazz Club – Leipzig, Germany TICKETSApr 24 – Lido – Berlin, Germany TICKETSApr 26 – Jazovia – Gliwice, Poland TICKETSApr 27 – Alice – Copenhagen, Denmark TICKETSApr 28 – Kempten Jazz Festival, Kempten, Germany TICKETS

BOOK TICKETS On 3rd November we release Hermeto Pascoal’s Viajando Com O Som (the lost ’76 Vice Versa Studio Sessions). This is a huge deal. Not only because it marks the uncovering of a previously unreleased masterpiece by one of the greatest musicians ever, but also because it’s our 200th release! Join us in celebration of this massively momentous occasion at London’s premiere venue for otherworldly sounds, where we’ll have a live set from multi-instrumentalist and Far Out favourite Sean Khan, who will be playing music from the Viajando Com O Som album, as well as premiering some of the...