Tropicália

5 OffStereo shows on Tropicália, spanning 1964–1979. Among them: Tropicalia: Brazil's Rebel Sound, Mutants, Mayhem, and '68 Brazil.

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Tropicalia: Brazil's Rebel Sound

Tropicália challenges Brazil's 1968 dictatorship, as artists like Caetano Veloso and Os Mutantes fuse global sounds with cultural cannibalism into a provocative, uniquely Brazilian resistance.

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1967–1968 · 10 chapters · 8 tracks

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Mutants, Mayhem, and '68 Brazil

Brazil's 1968 Tropicália movement, with Os Mutantes' 'Panis et Circencis' as its manifesto, fuses psychedelic rock and local sounds to challenge military rule.

Answers: what was Tropicália?

1967–1968 · 10 chapters · 8 tracks

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Gilberto Gil: Guitar Echoes

Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, and Os Mutantes fuse Brazilian rhythms with rock and pop, creating Tropicalia's defiant sound that challenges a regime and reshapes music from 1967 to 1972.

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1967–1972 · 12 chapters · 10 tracks

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Brazil: Psych, Protest, Exile

From Caetano Veloso's "Alegria, Alegria" to Elis Regina's "O Bêbado e a Equilibrista," Brazilian artists defy the 1964 military dictatorship with protest, subversion, and anthems of hope.

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1964–1979 · 10 chapters · 7 tracks

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Tropicalia: Art vs. Censors

Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil lead Tropicália's charge in late 1960s Brazil, fusing pop and traditional sounds to subvert the military dictatorship's censorship and defy arrest.