Disco Club (LP)

Beschrijving

2018 reïssue van Tim Maia’s 8e studio album, Disco Club uit 1978, geinspireerd door de funk-soul-disco 2e helft jaren 70.

Brazilian maestroTim Maia’s eighth studio album. It was recorded in 1978 and features the floor fillers ‘A Fim de Voltar’ and ‘Acenda o Farol’. 2018 UK repress from Mr Bongo.

LADO 1:
1. A fim de voltar
2. Acenda o farol
3. Sossego
4. Vitoria regia estou contigo e nao abro
5. All i want
LADO 2:
1. Murmurio
2. Pais e filhos
3. Se me lembro faz doer
4. Juras
5. Jhony

Maia left his usual band and went into the legendary Estudios Level with a mighty ensemble of Rio’s finest including Paulinha Braga on drums, Jamil Joanes on bass, Robson Jorge on clarinet, Hyldon De Souza on guitar, Sidinho on percussion, trombonists Edmundo Maciel
and Darcy Seixas, and Juarez Assis on tenor sax.

Arranger and keyboardist Lincoln Olivetti was a crucial presence during these sessions. He added that all-important string flourish and brassy joy to the uptempo tracks while giving the star enough room to express himself.

The album kicks off with a trio of floor fillers: the exuberant party starter ‘A Fim De Voltar’, a sing-a-long anthem in ‘Acenda O Farol’ and the undeniably funky hit ‘Sossego’. But then Maia drops it down and gets existential on ‘All I Want’, questioning the meaning of
happiness. He also shows his tender side on slow burners such as ‘Murmúrio’ (written by the great Cassiano) and ‘Pais E Filhos’, the latter featuring a supersoft bed of harmonies you can’t
help but lay down on. But the party ain’t over and mid-tempo groover ‘Juras’ gets the feet moving again before ‘Jhony’ sends us swaying off into the night.

Maia’s appetite for excess would eventually get the better of him. But Disco Club is the sound of an unpredictable genius on top form.