Tropicalia

Personal faves: Well, "Tropicalia" is a stand-out as it is actually feels very close to the original underrated Beck classic and has a great bit of sax-a-ma-phone.

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While "Tropicalia" has a laid-back temperament, there is nothing colorless about Colligan's attentive comping behind Skaff or Skaff's cool but bouncy fret work.

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After that Skaff varies the program with the longest cut, "Tropicalia," another example where the guitarist is stimulated by sources outside of the typical guitar/drums/organ template.

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Tropicalia, which followed bossa nova in the 1960s, was a wide-ranging cultural movement that had expressions in visual arts and poetry.

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"Devendra Banhart, the members of Of Montreal and Beirut, the kids from Brooklyn"—a reference to the members of Dirty Projectors and Grizzly Bear—"they all loved Tropicalia; it made us think, 'maybe this is what we should do next.'"

At Long Last, a Red Hot Return to Rio Martin Johnson 2011

That's just for starters in the Brazilian Pop section, and it sure beats my previous understanding of the Tropicalia movement: "they sounded sort of like the Latin American Beatles, Os Mutantes rules, and there were politics and bombs or something."

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While he knew Beck's 1998 recording, "Mutations," is a reference to the group Os Mutantes—key figures in the Tropicalia movement—Mr. Dranoff found other fans.

At Long Last, a Red Hot Return to Rio Martin Johnson 2011

Various artists: Red Hot + Rio 2 Lively, uplifting joyous tribute to the Brazilian Tropicalia movement of the 1960s featuring legends of the genre Caetano Veloso with contemporary artists like Alice Smith, Beck and Of Montreal.

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Mr. Dranoff, who is 47 and was born in São Paulo, Brazil, said that the cross-cultural blend has enabled Tropicalia to remain a force in contemporary music.

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In talking with the musicians, they found they shared a fondness for Tropicalia.

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