Slaves Mass

[freeform83]

I don't know how to recommend this except to say that it belongs in the collection any connoisseur of the strange, the bizarre, the unexpected -- plus it's a fantastic record in its own right. No amount of listening to Hermeto's contributions to Live-Evil can prepare you for this melange of fusion, vocal flute sounds, Brazillian folk influences, pig squeals, random sped-up vocals, and atonal piano (and I think I even heard an organ-flute combination in there at one point). Sometimes it sounds like Latin jazz, other times you hear the imprint of early 70s Miles, but mostly the album just heads into completely unclassifiable directions. "Cannon," in particular, is one of my new favorite tracks, and I honestly do not know what genre it represents.

Post any thoughts on Hermeto here. And if you know of anything else that sounds like "Cannon," please recommend it.

[JSngry]

Hermeto's a baaaaaad mf, and this is one of his finest, I think.

[Joe G]

I was just checking out some stuff on youtube last night. Weird and wonderful!

[Free For All]

I'm a Hermeto fan, I love pretty much everything he recorded. Very creative mind and some great chops on multiple instruments. It seems we've discussed him before (I remember many recommendations), was there a dedicated thread or was it part of a general Brazilian thread?

[Niko]

I'm a Hermeto fan, I love pretty much everything he recorded. Very creative mind and some great chops on multiple instruments. It seems we've discussed him before (I remember many recommendations), was there a dedicated thread or was it part of a general Brazilian thread?

now that we have this great search function there is actually no need to keep things together nevertheless, here are two pascoal threads

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=9885

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=14307

plus "airto flora and related"

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=24192

[Joe G]

I'm late to the party, so I appreciate the info.

[Sundog]

I don't know how to recommend this except to say that it belongs in the collection any connoisseur of the strange, the bizarre, the unexpected -- plus it's a fantastic record in its own right.

Absolutely agree, especially the "fantastic record in it's own right" comment. Thanks to Mike W. for peaking my interest in this release awhile back.