Telectu
Atlantic Mavericks: A Decade of Experimental Music in Portugal (82-93)
The first compilation diving deep into the Portuguese experimental scene from 80-90s on a double LP special edition. Iconic figures such as Telectu, Luís Cilia, Nuno Rebelo or Carlos Maria Trindade are featured on the compilation which comes with extensive liner notes. Unveiling an unheard scene: Glossy Mistakes presents "Atlantic Mavericks: a Decade of Experimental Music in Portugal 1982-1993" Glossy Mistakes is proud to announce the upcoming release of "Atlantic Mavericks: a Decade of Experime…
CTU
Centered around Philip K. Dick's writings, Telectu's debut album CTU - released in 1982 in Portugal through Valentim de carvalho, is still very much under the radar, probably for being so far ahead of its time. Considered by some to be at the vanguard of Art-Rock in Portugal, CTU is much more than this. It's the pinnacle of a new epiphany of sound that came together naturally when Jorge Lima Barreto (Anar Band) and Vítor Rua (GNR) met and decided to direct their creative minds towards an outspok…
Belzebu
“Belzebu” was originally released in 1983 and it had absolutely no context in the Portuguese music scene. Telectu duly complain about that in the xerox presentation included with the album, but their idea was never to make things easy anyway. Jorge Lima Barreto (JLB) was very active in the avant-garde and jazz scenes (he recorded a ground-breaking AnarBand LP in 1977 together with Rui Reininho, later to assume lead vocals in the pop band GNR) and his uncompromising attitude and leftist leaning d…