Far Out Recordings

Far Out Recordings is a UK-based record label specialising in but not limited to the music of Brazil . It was founded in the mid-1990s and is run by DJ, entrepreneur and producer Joe Davis. Music released on the label extends from samba , jazz , MPB , soul and disco , to house , broken beat , electronica and remixes . ^[1]

Since the mid-1990s Far Out Recordings has been releasing new albums by Azymuth , Arthur Verocai , Marcos Valle , Joyce , Sabrina Malheiros , The Ipanemas, Banda Black Rio , Antonio Adolfo and Amaro Freitas. ^[2]

The label has released numerous previously unreleased archival recordings, including Hermeto Pascoal's Viajando Com O Som , ^[3] Azymuth's Demos (1973-75) ^[4], a Milton Nascimento performance of two ballets ^[5], Marcos Resende & Index's 1976 debut album, ^[6] and Jose Mauro's A Viagem Das Horas. The latter was released as part of Far Out's Quartin series: reissuing the catalogue of Brazilian producer Roberto Quartin's 1970s label, this reissue series also included Jose Mauro's Obnoxius and early works by Victor Assis Brasil and Piry Reis. ^[7]

The label is also well known for its electronic, dance and club releases having put out original productions and remixes by Theo Parrish , Mark Pritchard , Dego, Andres, Marcellus Pittman, Kirk Degiorgio , Nicola Conte , Henry Wu and Rick Willhite among others.

Among Far Out's catalogue also is a series of mixes called Brazilika , which includes entries from 4hero , Andy Votel , Gilles Peterson and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez .

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References [ edit ]

^ "Genres" . Far Out Recordings . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .
^ "All Artists" . Far Out Recordings . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .
^ Margasak, Peter (28 November 2017). "A lost 1976 album from Brazilian musical polymath Hermeto Pascoal finally surfaces" . Chicago Reader . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .
^ "Album of the Day: Azymuth, "Demos (1973-75) Volumes 1&2" " . Bandcamp Daily . 31 May 2019 . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .
^ Ratliff, Ben (31 May 2004). "CRITIC'S CHOICE/New CD's; New Spotlights for Artistic Tangents" . The New York Times . Retrieved 31 August 2020 .
^ Greenlee, Steve. "Marcos Resende & Index: Marcos Resende & Index (Far Out)" . JazzTimes . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .
^ " 'That was the day I knew I had died … ' Jose Mauro, Brazilian music's reborn genius" . the Guardian . 2 June 2021 . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .

External links [ edit ]

Far Out Recordings ? official site
Far Out Recordings discography at Discogs

[1] "Genres" . Far Out Recordings . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .

[2] "All Artists" . Far Out Recordings . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .

[3] Margasak, Peter (28 November 2017). "A lost 1976 album from Brazilian musical polymath Hermeto Pascoal finally surfaces" . Chicago Reader . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .

[4] "Album of the Day: Azymuth, "Demos (1973-75) Volumes 1&2" " . Bandcamp Daily . 31 May 2019 . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .

[5] Ratliff, Ben (31 May 2004). "CRITIC'S CHOICE/New CD's; New Spotlights for Artistic Tangents" . The New York Times . Retrieved 31 August 2020 .

[6] Greenlee, Steve. "Marcos Resende & Index: Marcos Resende & Index (Far Out)" . JazzTimes . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .

[7] " 'That was the day I knew I had died … ' Jose Mauro, Brazilian music's reborn genius" . the Guardian . 2 June 2021 . Retrieved 17 February 2022 .

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