Tim Maia Disco Club Especial
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Avolta Jr aka Jose Ignacio Jr: Ex - Label owner, record collector, writer and son of the original Avolta Radio creator, Jose Ignacio Jr brings you the wonderful world of rare brazilian grooves from samba jazz to samba soul, from ie-ie-ie to MPB, from fossa to bossa and beyond. forget what you think you know! there’s no bebel gilberto here…
This show features the work of brazilian soul legend tim maia, from the early 70s through the mid 80s including the great period of work when tim was the main income generator for the cult of energia racional (rational energy) and its ‘bible’ o universo em desencanto (universe in disenchantment). after starting out in a loose group which included other tijuca luminaries jorge ben , erasmo and roberto carlos, tim took off for europe and the usa for much of the 60s. in the states he was briefly in a vocal soul group and was imprisoned in florida for a minor infraction.
It was there that he soaked up the black consciousness and immersed himself in the soul music beloved by his fellow inmates. in the late 60s he returned to brazil where he wrote, arranged and produced a northern soul album fronted by his friend eduardo araujo (a onda e boogaloo) before being ‘discovered’ by nelson motta who got elis regina to cover ‘these are the songs’. this led to tim getting his own deal with philips and the beginning of the nascent zona norte black rio/samba soul movement (already well underway underground) going ipanema mainstream.
Throughout his career he was troubled with substances but his brief two year stint with the energia racional produced two drug-free gems of incredible funk that tim later would dismiss despite their legendary status amongst collectors and brazilian underground funk djs. tim ended his career suddenly on stage one night doing what he loved best - performing some of the most soulful music brazil ever produced!
gostava tanto de voce
i don’t know know what to do with myself
risos
marcio leonardo e telmo
ela partiu
over again
terapeutico do grito
venha dormir em casa
rational culture
que legal
o descobridor dos sete mares
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