We’re pleased to finally present our program featuring an exclusive interview in English with Sérgio Dias, guitarist and leader of Os Mutantes. To listen to the program just follow that link there, which will take you to the main BrazilMax Radio page. We recorded the interview several months ago in Sérgio’s home studio outside of São Paulo. He recalls the early years of the legendary rock band, the groundbreaking Brazilian countercultural movement Tropicália, their battles with the censors of the military dictatorship, the recent revival of Os Mutantes, and more. Throughout the interview, Sérgio kept his guitar at hand, and he offers acoustic versions of some celebrated Mutantes songs, along a few surprises that give a nod to early influences like the Beatles and the Beach Boys.
We apologize for the delay in making this interview available. Blame it on the music industry. The U.S. company that was our partner in a music download store had its operations taken over by a European firm that did not want to honor the agreement. We have been trying to resolve that issue, and BrazilMax Radio was put on hold for the duration. Unfortunately there is still no resolution, but we feel that we can no longer wait.
Below is the playlist for the program. It does not include the songs that Sérgio played live. Once again, our engineer was Flávio Kranic. Visit Flávio’s website.
Mutantes Depois – Os Mutantes
Que Nada é Peixe – Bat Makumba
Augusta, Angélica & Consolação – Tom Zé
Valsa para os Beatles – Juarez Moreira
Estudando o Pagode/Beatles a Granel – Tom Zé
Sampa – Quarteto em Cy
Procissão – Gilberto Gil
Roda – Gilberto Gil
Terra – Caetano Veloso
Gingado Dobrado – Edu Lobo
A Chegada do Raul Seixas & Lampião no FMI – Tom Zé
Adagio Lunar – Andersen Viana
Os Mutantes
The official Mutantes website
Tropicalismo on BrazilMax
Excerpt from the book “Brutality Garden: Tropicalia and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture” by Christopher Dunn
Interview with Chris Dunn
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