Preto Massa - Preto Massa - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Fumaca Preta's Hard Hitting, Free-Wheeling 2014 Debut Album Brings Together Elements of Tropicalia, Psychedelic Rock, Fuzz Funk, Musique Concrete, Acid House, Adiophonic Electronics, Hair Metal, Voodoo and African, Brazilian and Latin Rhythms. Beaming Down from Another Planet and Sonically Stretching Across Decades, Fumaca Preta (Pronounced Foomassa Pretta - Meaning Black Smoke) Started As a Studio Experiment When Alex Figueira, a Portuguese-Venezuelan Producer and Percussionist, Invited Some Old Friends to Join Him in the Tiny Analog Studio He Built on the Back of His House in Amsterdam. After Producing Two Critically Acclaimed 45S, Fumaca Preta Continued to Work in the Barracao Sound Laboratory, Swiftly Producing Their Debut Album. All Musical Boundaries Collapsed During Recording As the Band Drew Upon Their Vast Array of Varied Influences.

Various Artists - Blue Suede Sneakers / Various [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/10/1995

Having made a name for themselves as a cutting edge, genre-bending live and recording act on their debut, Fumaça Preta's Impuros Fanáticos pushes one step further. Crossing pyschedelia, free jazz, metal, tambu, voodoo, fado and a lot more, the album is a musical cocktail and a journey of experimentation. From the meticulous recording of discarded metalwork in an abandoned factory in the middle of the Spanish desert, to a late night voodoo ritual in a remote village on the Venezuela/Brazil border, to steel drums recorded in a disused military base in Czech Republic, the record has a truly unique sound and feel, whilst retaining the band's frenzied grooves at its core. 2015 was a year of change for Fumaça Preta. Rising popularity and constant touring created conflicts and changes that translated directly into some of the darker, more contemplative moments on the record. Alex Figueira took over vocals, which expanded the language, with the addition of Spanish, and spectrum with the addition of Spanish and various melodic elements, creating a musical depth beyond that of the first.