Tim Maia (September 28, 1942 – March 15, 1998), born in Rio de Janeiro, was a Brazilian musician known for his iconoclastic, ironic, outspoken, and humorous musical style. Maia contributed to Brazilian music within a wide variety of musical genres, including soul, funk, bossa nova, disco, romantic ballads, pop, rock, jazz, baião and MPB. Maia recorded numerous albums and toured extensively in a long career. After his early death in 1998, his recorded oeuvre has shown enduring popularity.   2

soffschmidt 18 Mar 2014

The other day I was driving to work with my iPod on shuffle, and this came on. A few things you should know: 1) I have a LONG drive to work -- it's over an hour; 2) almost all of it is out in the Virginia countryside, way off highways, out in the woods and farm fields; and 3) I leave my house at dawn and don't have coffee till I get there. It's a beautiful drive when the sun's coming up over the fog-filled hollows and golden green fields of corn and soybeans, but my brain tends to slip into autopilot mode a lot of the time. This song insinuated itself perfectly into that mental space, and it pretty much induced a trippy experience, no hallucinogens required. Very cool. If you want to read about the drama behind this song, here you go: http://www.soundsandcolours.com/articles/brazil/tim-maias-journey-into-rational-culture/. (P.S. -- Just a heads up; the track's 12+ minutes long.)

robinhoo 25 Sep 2013

12mins of pure funk goodness. About the distance from SH1 to Helena Bay. Come visit, the sun is shining, the power is on, the stereo is cranking!

chopstik 6 Jan 2014

we're gonna put it together   1

Vivislandia 20 Jan 2013