Arthur Verocai - Encore (2025 Repress)

This is a pre-order item and is expected 7th March 2025.

In the mid-2000's, following on from Marcos Valle, Joyce and of course Azymuth,
Arthur Verocai joined the long- line of Brazilian musicians whose music was to be
introduced to a whole new legion of fans by Far Out. The story of 'Encore' of course
begins with Joe Davis, Far Out's head honcho who stumbled upon Arthur's debut in a
dusty record store in downtown Rio in the late 80s. At the time of its release in 1972
critics panned Arthur's debut and both the album and artist subsequently vanished
into obscurity. Fast forward to winter 2004 and Joe's at the studio of Far Out
Recording artists Harmonic 313 - aka production duo Mark 'Troubleman' Pritchard and
Dave Brinkworth - playing them some of his favourite Brazilian albums. Dave recalls
the moment Joe put on Arthur's debut, "As soon as the needle hit the record and we
heard the fantastic arrangements, songs and sounds, Arthur completely blew our
minds".
 
Three months later and Dave was in Brazil with Arthur Verocai, and the plans for what
was to become 'Encore' were being laid down. Produced by Dave, 'Encore' sees Arthur
on incredible form, the 35 plus years between the recording of his debut and this the
follow-up just melting away as Arthur picked up the (conductor's) baton once again to
create 11 epic tracks of stirring samba-soul and experimental cinematic movements
that sees him creating a record to rival his debut.
 
Born in Rio de Janeiro on 17 June 1945, Arthur Verocai began his professional music
career in 1969 and over the next few years he was responsible for the orchestration of
albums by Ivan Lins, Jorge Benjor, Elizeth Cardoso, Gal Costa, Quarteto em Cy, MPB 4
and Marcos Valle, among others. In the 1970s he was hired by Brazil's biggest TV
station, TV Globo, as musical director and wrote the arrangements for many of the
stations biggest shows. In 1972, following the success Arthur had with the production
of Ivan Lins 1971 album "Agora", Arthur recorded his self- titled debut album on
Continental Records. 'Arthur Verocai' challenged the musical conventions of the day,
combining Brazilian influences with folksy soul and lo-f electronic experimentations
of American artists like Shuggie Otis or the orchestration of producer Charles
Stepney.

TRACKLISTING

1. Bis
2. Caminho Da Roca
3. Dona Das Meninas
4. Eu Quero Paz
5. Abertura
6. Tupa Tupi
7. Sucuri
8. Amor Na Contra Mao
9. Tudo De Bom
10. Filhos
11. Preludio 
15. DiG!  

PRODUCT DETAILS

Artist:  Arthur Verocai
Label:  Far Out Recordings
Condition:  New 
Genre:  Latin, African & International
Format:  Vinyl LP
Cat Number:  FARO122LPX25
Released:  7th March 2025