Lula Cortes
Lula Côrtes (Luiz Augusto Martins Côrtes, died 2011) was a Brazilian singer, composer, poet and painter from Recife, Pernambuco. He was one of the first musicians in the Brazilian Northeast to combine regional rhythms with rock. He is best known for Paêbirú (1975), the album he made with Zé Ramalho. Lula Côrtes released his first album, Satwa, in 1973 with the guitarist Lailson de Holanda. Paêbirú drew on the Pedra do Ingá in Paraíba. Nearly all copies and the master tape were lost in the 1975 flood in Recife, and the album was reissued by Shadoks in 2005 and by Mr Bongo in 2008.
Satwa
Written, recorded and released just as Brazil’s military dictatorship reached the climax of its long black arc, the one and only album by Satwa is a divinely subtle protest, often cited as Brazil’s first independent record. Formed after the return of…
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Paêbirú
2LP gatefold 180gr pressing. Polysom official reissue, crazy price. The vinyl version is a special edition 2-LP pressing, finished to exactly match the original release, including the 8 page jacket size booklet. The album is a collaboration between B…
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Rosa De Sangue
(180gr pressing) Polysom official reissue of this monster rarity. Originally custom pressed in 1980, ‘Rosa de Sangue’ is the closing chapter of the amazing Recife psychedelic movement that flourished and centred around the work of Lula Côrtes, beginn…
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