カルト的ジャズ・ファンク・トリオAzymuthの創設メンバーであり、Madlibとの共作でも知られる伝説のドラマーが、伝統的サンバにジャズや電子音、ハウス、テクノを融合させた20年ぶりのソロ・アルバム。

リオのカルトなジャズ・ファンク・トリオAzymuthのメンバーとして、伝統的なサンバにジャズや宇宙的な電子音を融合させる「samba doido（クレイジー・サンバ）」哲学の根底を担い、1960年代にはThe Youngstersでテープやディレイを用いた先駆的な実験を行い、近年はヒップホップ界の重鎮MadlibとのJackson Contiでも活動したブラジル音楽界の伝説的ドラマー、Ivan 'Mamão' Conti。彼にとって20年以上の時を経て届けられたソロ・アルバムであり、1984年の名盤『The Human Factor』以来となるヴァイナルでのリリース作品。

本作は、ルーツに根ざしたエレクトロニック・サンバ、トリップ感のあるジャズ、ビーツ、そしてダンス・ミュージックを網羅した全11曲を収録。多くのトラックにAlex MalheirosとKiko Continentinoが参加しており、Azymuthの深い血脈を感じさせる仕上がりとなっている。さらに、ロンドンを拠点とするプロデューサーDaniel Maunickの協力を得て、現代のハウスやテクノに通じるサウンドの実験も敢行。半世紀以上にわたり革新を続けてきた彼ならではの、エキセントリックな遊び心に満ちた奇妙で素晴らしいブラジリアン・サウンドが展開される。

A1. Aroeira
A2. Bacurau
A3. Poison Fruit
A4. Jemburi
B1. Encontro
B2. Que Legal
B3. Ecos Da Mata
B4. Tempestades
B5. Ilha Da Luz

From an artist in their seventies, you probably wouldn’t expect to hear an album like this. But Brazilian drumming legend Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti has been experimenting and innovating for the last half a century. As one third of cult Rio jazz-funk trio Azymuth, Mamão was at the root of the group’s ‘samba doido’ (crazy samba) philosophy, which warped the traditional samba compass with jazz influences and space age electronics. Even with his lesser known jovem guardua group The Youngsters, Mamão was experimenting with tapes and delays to create unique, ahead-of-its-time sounds, way back in the sixties. More recently Mamão recorded an album with hip-hop royalty Madlib under the shared moniker ‘Jackson Conti’. With his first album in over twenty years, and the first to be released on vinyl since his 1984 classic The Human Factor, Mamão shares his zany carioca character across eleven tracks of rootsy electronic samba and tripped out jazz, beats and dance music. Featuring Alex Malheiros and Kiko Continentino on a number of tracks, the Azymuth lifeblood runs deep, but venturing into the modern discotheque (as Mamão would call it), Poison Fruit also experiments with sounds more commonly associated with house and techno, with the help of London based producer Daniel Maunick (aka Dokta Venom). Take a bite of Mamão’s psychoactive Papaya and join the maestro on a weird and wonderful stroll through the Brazilian jungle. United by a love for the music of Mamão and Azymuth, the CD and digital edition also feature the previously released remixes and dubs from some of today’s most forward-thinking producers with a penchant for percussion, including IG Culture, the 22a crew, Max Graef and Glenn Astro.