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Saudade is a word with no direct English translation. In the Portuguese language it describes a sense of nostalgia for something that may never return. But in longing for that certain something, whether it’s a person, a place or a time gone by, saudade holds the thing you miss close, and keeps it present despite its absence. Portuguese author Manuel de Mello calls it “A pleasure you suffer, an ailment you enjoy.” While rooted in feelings of pain and sadness, the bittersweet Portuguese word took on a slightly different expression through Brazilian art, music and literature. As a nation steeped...

Photo by Danin Drahos In 2018 Far Out Recordings signed a record deal with Brooklyn born, nomadic producer Jneiro Jarel. Having just put the finishing touches to the recordings, Jarel suffered an ischemic stroke while living and working in Costa Rica and his wife Indigo was forced to set up a crowd fund to cover special medical transport back to the states to receive treatment. The release was put on hold, but thanks to the generosity of friends and fans around the world, Jarel was able to get the care he needed and is now on the long road to...

It's no secret that when Marcos Valle's not making music he's keeping fit, which helps explain why the 76 year old looks much closer to 40 than he does to 80. So with 20% of the world's population stuck at home under lockdown, Marcos wants to help you stay in shape! Starting from today at 1830GMT+1, he'll be presenting a daily online workout session, live from his home in Rio via his Facebook page.  To accompany the hour long classes we've put together a playlist of Marcos Valle workout music, which of course, starts with his exercise boogie classics 'Estrelar' and 'Bicicleta'. Subscribe to that HERE and tune...

Release date: 29th August 2020 (Record Store Day) | Formats: Vinyl LP + 7”| Cat No: FARO208X For Record Store Day 2020, Far Out Recordings presents a special 'poisoned vinyl' edition of Ivan 'Mamão' Conti's critically acclaimed Poison Fruit album. The 180g splattered colour LP is accompanied by an exclusive bonus 7” with a previously unreleased track from the original Poison Fruit sessions ‘Katmandu, and ‘Ninho’, a track never before released on vinyl. From an artist in their seventies, you probably wouldn’t expect to hear an album like this. But Brazilian drumming legend Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti has been experimenting and innovating...

  Release date: 29th August 2020 (Record Store Day) | Formats: Double Vinyl LP | Cat No. FARO217LP  Following the release of Milton Nascimento’s Maria Maria, Far Out Recordings proudly presents Nascimento’s 1980 follow up. With the success of Maria Maria in 1976 behind them, Nascimento reunited with his writing partner Fernando Brant in 1980 to produce another ballet, 'Último Trem (Last train)’. This time, they chose to tackle a more contemporarily relevant subject, the impact of the closure of a train line that connected certain towns and cities in the North East of Minas Gerais to the coast. “The military government shut down...