Poesia Pois é Poesia; The Work of Lula Côrtes

anticipation · 01-08-2010, 03:07 PM

Poesia Pois é Poesia;
The Work of Lula Côrtes

RECORDINGS:
Satwa by Lula Côrtes (1973)
No Sub Reino Dos Metazoarios by Marconi Notaro (1973)
Paebiru by Lula Côrtes & Ze Ramalho (1975)
Flaviola e o Bando Do Sol by Flaviola e o Bando do Sol (1976)
Rosa De Sangue by Lula Côrtes (1980)

Lula Côrtes is a myth, a treetop luminary and a sun-drenched savant lurking in the darkness of Recife, Brazil. His time is one of political turmoil and fierce brutality, both symptoms of the faceless military dictatorship he and his contemporaries suffered through during their formative years. Their stories are not all tragedies; Ze de la Flauta is a wildly successful producer in Brazil to this day, Ze Ramalho went on to become a prolific recording artist, and even Lula is still puttering about his tropical locale. But this era left such a profound effect on the young men and women of Recife that they desperately sought escape through adopted Peter Pan-esque personas (Lula Côrtes means "Gracious Squid" when translated, Ze de la Flauta means "Joseph of the Flute"), and in defiance they created the most diverse avant-garde movement Brazil had ever seen. Each dabbled in art, photography, poetry, literature, and, most importantly, music. Throughout the 1970s the Recife community blended traditional folklore with psychedelica and proto-Beatle Mania in their quest of self expression and individuality under the oppression they faced from the traditionalist government. In retrospect we see that Lula was the de facto ruler of "Abracadabra", the rambling band of artists, writers, musicians, would-be philosophers, and poets he associated with. His efforts allowed his friends to record on his DIY Solar label, which gave the world the notoriously short-lived and rare "Flaviola e o Bando do Sol" S/T as well as Marconi Notaro's "No Sub Reino Dos Metazoarios". Côrtes was an enigmatic figure, one who recorded three of the least heard, most-sought-after, and most mind-blowing albums of the 1970s. And because Côrtes and his friends deserve better than their lot in life gave them, I endeavor to do my best to decipher these recordings and relate them to my esteemed fellow members, in the hopes that Abracadabra’s legacy will live on through all of you.

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anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	Poesia Pois é Poesia; The Work of Lula Côrtes Poesia Pois é Poesia; The Work of Lula Côrtes RECORDINGS: Satwa by Lula Côrtes (1973) No Sub Reino Dos Metazoarios by Marconi Notaro (1973) Paebiru by Lula Côrtes & Ze Ramalho (1975) Flaviola e o Bando Do Sol by Flaviola e o Bando do Sol (1976) Rosa De Sangue by Lula Côrtes (1980) Lula Côrtes is a myth, a treetop luminary and a sun-drenched savant lurking in the darkness of Recife, Brazil. His time is one of political turmoil and fierce brutality, both symptoms of the faceless military dictatorship he and his contemporaries suffered through during their formative years. Their stories are not all tragedies; Ze de la Flauta is a wildly successful producer in Brazil to this day, Ze Ramalho went on to become a prolific recording artist, and even Lula is still puttering about his tropical locale. But this era left such a profound effect on the young men and women of Recife that they desperately sought escape through adopted Peter Pan-esque personas (Lula Côrtes means "Gracious Squid" when translated, Ze de la Flauta means "Joseph of the Flute"), and in defiance they created the most diverse avant-garde movement Brazil had ever seen. Each dabbled in art, photography, poetry, literature, and, most importantly, music. Throughout the 1970s the Recife community blended traditional folklore with psychedelica and proto-Beatle Mania in their quest of self expression and individuality under the oppression they faced from the traditionalist government. In retrospect we see that Lula was the de facto ruler of "Abracadabra", the rambling band of artists, writers, musicians, would-be philosophers, and poets he associated with. His efforts allowed his friends to record on his DIY Solar label, which gave the world the notoriously short-lived and rare "Flaviola e o Bando do Sol" S/T as well as Marconi Notaro's "No Sub Reino Dos Metazoarios". Côrtes was an enigmatic figure, one who recorded three of the least heard, most-sought-after, and most mind-blowing albums of the 1970s. And because Côrtes and his friends deserve better than their lot in life gave them, I endeavor to do my best to decipher these recordings and relate them to my esteemed fellow members, in the hopes that Abracadabra’s legacy will live on through all of you.