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The young São Paulo based composer, singer and poet Bruno Berle is heading to Europe for a string of nine dates across the continent in May. Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear one of the most stunning voices in contemporary Brazilian music, live in concert. The tour supports Bruno’s latest album release No Reino Dos Afetos 202.05 - Munich // Bellevue Di Monaco - Tickets04.05 - Cologne // Eigelsteintorburg - Tickets05.05 - Rotterdam // V11 - Tickets08.05 - Hamburg // Knust - Tickets10.05 - Krakow// Paul's Boutique Record Store - Tickets15.05 - Utrecht // Tivoli Pandora (supporting Erlend Oye) - Tickets16.05 - Berlin // Startbahn Church - Tickets18.05 -...

Having spent their formative years in São Paulo Brazil, as a teenager, Lau Ro found themself uprooted from their home. Moving with their family to Europe in search of a better quality of life, their story was like that of many immigrants in the same position. Lau Ro’s parents found work in factories and cleaning jobs, for the first few years in the North of Italy and then in Brighton on England’s Southern coast. “We never managed to visit back home, so my connection to Brazil became largely made up of childhood memories and my fascination with all the 60s...

Bruno Berle, the young songwriter and poet originally hailing from Maceió, the capital of Brazil’s Alagoas state, crafts songs that are simple, direct, and full of tender nuance. With his first album No Reino Dos Afetos (which translates to "In the Realm of Affections” and was released in 2022), Berle firmly established himself as a unique and important voice in the burgeoning scene of new Brazilian artists making a global impact, including peers like Ana Frango Elétrico, Tim Bernardes, Bala Desejo, Sessa and more. Now back with his second album, No Reino Dos Afetos 2, he stretches that further. Bruno...

The Ipanemas - Samba Is Our Gift  - First Ever Vinyl Pressing LIMITED EDITION GREEN VINYL FOR RECORD STORE DAY 2024 "Evokes a kinder, gentler version of Rio De Janerio... you can almost imagine hearing the samba choruses beaten out on a street corner... Those Buena Vista Social Club comparisons really aren't so far-fetched" - The Sunday Times Far Out Recordings kicks off its 30th anniversary celebrations with the long awaited, first ever vinyl pressing of The Ipanemas’ Samba is Our Gift.   Originally released in 2006, the album combined Afro-Brazilian-bossa nova with classic vocal samba: a step back in time...

Meaning ‘Hi’ in Uruguayan slang, Opa are a South American phenomenon. Fusing Uruguay’s native Candombe rhythms with North American jazz and pop music, Opa’s space-age synthesizers, boisterous grooves and compositional magic expressed a distinctive Afro-Uruguayan voice within the global jazz vernacular: a voice which remains as vital and unique today as when it was recorded, almost half a century ago. Having migrated to New York from Montevideo in the early seventies, Opa were heard playing in a nightclub by renowned producer and label owner Larry Rosen. At Holly Place Studios between July and August 1975, Rosen oversaw Opa’s first recordings...