Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes bring a playful, experimental side of Tropicália into focus. Formed in São Paulo by Rita Lee and brothers Arnaldo Baptista and Sérgio Dias, the group connected Brazilian songwriting with electric rock and inventive studio arrangements. Their work with Gilberto Gil places them inside the movement rather than simply alongside it.
Begin with their 1968 self-titled album, then follow the connection to Gil and the collective Tropicália record. This route lets you compare a band’s use of sound and arrangement with the broader songwriting movement. It is one path through Brazilian music, rather than a definition of the country’s music as a whole.
A recording to start with
Os Mutantes (1968)
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