Meta Meta - Metal Metal (Reiusse Standard) (Sealed) (LP)

Met? Met?’s sophomore album and debut for Mais Um Discos "MetaL MetaL" launches itself from the ancient chants of the orix?s into a dirty brew of psychedelic samba, distorted jazz and Afro- punk. Tracklisting A1 Exu A2 Oya A3 S?o Jorge A4 Man Feriman A5 Tristeza N?o B1 Rainha Das Cabe?as B2 Cobra Rasteira B3 Logun B4 Orunmila https://soundcloud.com/maisumdiscos/sets/mais018-meta-meta-metal-metal-full-album/s-s7IuiLRVUiI Over a squalling mess of improvised guitar and sax, a twisted, almost broken female vocal cries out to Exu, the gatekeeper of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candombl?. This is the ‘Afro-punk’ sound of Met? Met? - Vocalist Ju?ara Mar?al, saxophonist Thiago Fran?a and guitarist Kiko Dinucci – a trio of Sao Paulo’s most sought after musicians, struggling to survive the 21st century sonic schizophrenia of their home city Sao Paulo. Met? Met?’s sophomore album and debut for Mais Um Discos MetaL MetaL launches itself from the ancient chants of the orix?s into a dirty brew of psychedelic samba, distorted jazz and Afro- punk. The band are all followers of candombl? yet Thiago is eager to point out that they are not using the orix?s to preach certain beliefs but to provide a framework within which they tell their stories. On MetaL MetaL they mix these spiritual and rhythmic foundations with influences ranging from Afrobeat to Afrosambas, punk rock to be-bop to create chaotic, life-affirming music that explodes with the rage of The Stooges and Sonic Youth, the spirituality of John Coltrane and Sun Ra and the wild, avant garde instrumentation of contemporary experimental jazz outfits such as Melt Yourself Down and Polar Bear. The story of Met? Met? begins with Ju?ara Mar?al in 1999. She was traveling Brazil researching indigenous and African-influenced music with her band A Barca. The same year she met Kiko Dinucci, just as he was discovering Candombl?. Ju?ara subsequently recorded four albums of repertoire influenced by her research but it wasn’t until 2006 that she and Kiko went into the studio together to recorded Pad?, a gorgeous acoustic album evoking a wide range of African influenced music and religions. In 2007 the duo asked saxophonist Thiago Fran?a to guest perform at a show of theirs and from the first rehearsal they knew that a very special union had been born and went on to give a riotous first performance. The trio’s eponymous first album was released in 2011, now followed by MetaL MetaL, whose addition of Marcelo Cabral on bass and Sergio Machado on drums gloriously showcases a more driving, electrified sound. PRESS QUOTES "Meta Meta are a raucous trio.... twisting Brazilian music with bursts of static and noise” - THE WIRE “The music echoes anything from punk rock to freeform jazz and samba” (4/5) - THE GUARDIAN “An extremely sophisticated mix of jazz, funk and art-rock.... the first really serious contender for album of the year” (5/5) - THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY «Les ingr?dients chauff?s ? l’?lectricit? sur leur deuxi?me album, Metal Metal, d?cuplent le pouvoir de transe dans une fascinante fusion.» - LIBERATION «Le trio transcende les univers musicaux, des chants traditionnellement adress?s aux divinit? ? un mix de samba psych?d?lique, d'improvisations jazz et d'afro-punk satur?.» - FIP RADIO