These kids were influenced by our music and started to talk to other kids and tell them. “I think it is really beautiful how our sound caught on with newer generations through the songs of Beck and others,” he explains. This admiration by fellow artists is something Mutante founder and singer/guitarist, Sérgio Dias, appreciates. For years it was pretty much the only thing I listened to.” I made records like ‘Odelay’ because there was a certain sound and sensibility that I wanted to achieve, and it was eerie to find that they had already done it 30 years ago, in a totally shocking but beautiful and satisfying way. When you find something that you have been wanting to hear for years but never thought existed. As he explains, ”Hearing Os Mutantes for the first time was one of those revelatory moments you live for as a musician. For his part, Beck readily admits a longstanding admiration for the Mutantes, even dedicating his song “Tropicália” from the album Mutations to the band.
But of any contemporary musician, it is Beck who appears their direct heir. The band has received praise from a growing list of luminaries including the Flaming Lips, David Byrne, Devendra Banhart and Of Montreal. The Mutantes’ cut-and-paste, sonic collage approach and their tendency for cultural irony, is an aesthetic now prevalent in modern music. They swallow you up and spit you out like a maraschino cherry pit.” “Arnaldo, best wishes to you, and be careful with the system.
Unable to locate the musician he sent him the following note. When Nirvana toured Brazil in 1993, Cobain tried desperately to arrange a meeting with Mutante bassist and singer Arnaldo Baptista. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana was tipped to the band by members of the band Red Kross. During the band’s absence, their records have been passed from musician to musician like cherished gifts, ever inspiring and altering the contemporary musical landscape. Those who have not heard the music of Os Mutantes have undoubtedly experienced their influence.
Now this influential band has reemerged with a brand new much anticipated album entitled Haih or Amortecedor on Anti-records. The seminal band whose ethereal absurdist pop music had inspired so many prominent musicians since their breakup decades before, were back. When the members of the legendary “Tropicália” band Os Mutantes took the stage before an audience of thousands at the Hollywood bowl a few years back, it seemed one of the greatest secrets in modern music was finally out. Os Mutantes's Offcial Site Os Mutantes's Twitter
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