Luisa - Luisa [7" Vinyl]

Cat. no: JD57
Format: 7" Vinyl
Barcode: 5065007965863
Release Date: 05 Sep 2025
Genre: World Music

Azymuth bassist Alex Malheiros doesn't remember recording this single - It's understandable--the sessions happened over forty years ago, and at the time, Malheiros, Ivan Conti and Jose Roberto Bertrami were backing countless MPB artists throughout the genre's golden age - As one of Brazil's most infuential groups, Azymuth's story is well known - Vocalist Luisa, however, remains something of an enigma - She recorded this, her one and only single, in 1981 for Carlos Lemos' Piramide Label

With Luisa's powerful yet understated vocal, Bertrami's futuristic synths and Jose Carlos Bigorna's brow- raising tenor sax licks, the stirring early-80s pop ballad "Romantica" should have been a radio hit. On B- side, "Lenha na Fogueira", Azymuth  lock into an exceptional samba-funk groove with legendary guitarist Paulinho Guitarra. 

The record also features backing vocals from the lesser-known vocal group Arco Iris. Luisa will be reissued for the frst time on 7" vinyl and digital on September 5th, 2025, via Far Out Recordings.

"This is brilliant" - Gilles Peterson

Tracks: Romantica / Lenha Na Fogueira