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Release date: 8th June 2018 | Format: Vinyl LP | Cat No: FORDIS02 + FORDIS03 Far Out Recordings proudly presents a double bill of cult Brazilian album reissues from the 1970s… with a twist! Based on characters devised by the prolific multitalented TV comedians Chico Anysio and Arnaud Rodrigues, Azambuja & Cia (1975), and Baiano & Os Novos Caetanos (1974) are comedy concept albums, fusing odd-ball jazz-funk, soulful samba-rock and MPB: essential for fans of deep, groovy Brazilian music. Both records feature Azymuth as backing band, fabled saxophonist Victor Assis Brasil and renowned multi-instrumentalist and producer Durval Ferreira. Azambuja and...

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

Following remixes by Andrés and DJ Spinna, we are delighted to finally unveil the original version of 'Give It To Me' as the next single from Black Sun, the forthcoming second album by The Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra, set for release on 20th April. Surely the most quintessentially Azymuth sounding track on the album, it features both the late great keyboard maestro Jose Roberto Bertrami and the signature slap bass of Alex Malheiros, as well as flutes and tenor sax from legendary woodwind master Ze Carlos 'Bigorna', and the ever-innovative drum programming from producer Daniel Maunick aka Dokta Venom. Listen in the playlist above along with...

Release date: 11th May 2018 | Formats: Vinyl LP/ CD/ Digital For his third album for Far Out Recordings, London based multi-instrumentalist and one of Europe’s finest saxophonists Sean Khan ventures to Rio de Janeiro to collaborate with iconic Brazilian polymath Hermeto Pascoal. Taking its title from the escaped slave settlement ‘Palmares’ in the Northeast of Brazil during the 1600s, Palmares Fantasy is Khan’s utopian jazz message for the world, and features Azymuth drummer Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti, bassist Paulo Russo, guitarist Jim Mullen, and guest vocals from Brazilian chanteuse Sabrina Malheiros, and Cinematic Orchestra frontwoman Heidi Vogel. Like Hermeto Pascoal,...

Release date:  20th April 2018 | Formats: Double Vinyl LP / CD / Digital Pre-order from Far Out Shop | Bandcamp Tracklist:1. Step Into My Life*2. Black Sun*3. Flying High*4. Give It To Me*5. The Two Of Us*6. Walking Bass*7. Where Do We Go From Here*8. Step Into My Life (Instrumental)*9. Black Sun (Instrumental) 10. Flying High (Instrumental)11. Give It To Me (Instrumental)12. Where Do We Go From Here (Instrumental) *Tracks on Vinyl LP Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra returns with Black Sun, its second full-length album of 100% original, unadulterated disco sophistication, featuring members of the pioneering Brazilian jazz-funk...