AMARO FREITAS - SANKOFAFormat : LP Label : Far Out Recordings Catalog # : FARO 225LP Genre : Brazil Jazz From the slums of Recife in Brazils North East to international jazz icon, Amaro Freitas has worked tirelessly to become the artist he is today. Gaining international attention for an approach to the keyboard so unique that its startling (Downbeat), his debut and sophomore albums Sangue Negro (2016) and Rasif (2018) arrived on a wave of instant acclaim. His new album

the latter another group helmed by Betrami

which Antonio himself describes as ‘a product of my hybrid musical influences that joins together flavours of marchinhas de carnaval

talented instrumental skills and effortless swag

a complex and uniquely stunning work is being offered the chance to be heard by the wider audience it has always deserved

and channeled sandy percussion and analog Atlantic tubular waves of their synths into these four pieces

“I wanted to place myself in a space for creation with little thematic pretence

Once again Smallville delivers raw deep and understated music for the heads with Joe Davies' Shields In Full Sunlight LP

by artists including the likes of Eumir Deodato and Quateto Em Cy

Collettivo Immaginario invites listeners on a glittering journey of cosmic escapism with the release of Trasforma

Isle of Jura is pleased to present their unreleased second album

It also features Azymuth’s bassist Alex Malheiros and percussionist Ariovaldo Contestini

Greg Caz and Sean Marquand