there's a documentary we really need to see called Brazilintime, which is, as you can guess, about Brazilian music, (tropicalia, beat culture, et al). apparently, Madlib features heavily in it. and this album, Jackson Conti's Sujinho (which we now own on wax, btw), is recorded around the time of the movie. story goes: Madlib and the filmmaker went to Brazil to dig for records and to see if this guy, Ivan Conti, from a group called Azymuth, would be interested in doing some tracks with Madlib (aka: Otis Jackson Jr. hence: Jackson Conti).
i guess what happened is they went into a studio (either in Brazil or perhaps back in LA, i don't remember) and Conti just played for a day straight and they recorded everything. then Madlib took those recordings and made Sujinho, which features mostly 'covers' of Brazilian classics along with new Madlib compositions.
here's the trailer to the movie (unfortunately not available thru Netflix). you'll notice much of the Stones Throw Crew in there; Egon, J-Rocc, Madlib...
hope you're able to get in to see Deerhoof tonite!
LRV, b
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