Arrigo Barnabé ‎– Gigante Negão (1998, CD, Brazil)

Arrigo Barnabé ‎– Tubarões Voadores (1984, CD, Brazil)

Tracklist:
1. Tubarões Voadores (2:30)
2. Crotalus Terríficus (5:20)
3. Mística (3:49)
4. Neide Manicure Pedicure (5:30)
5. Canção Do Astronauta Perdido (4:24)
6. Kid Supérfluo, O Consumidor Implacável (2:51)
7. Papai Não Gostou (6:49)
8. Lenda (3:42)
9. A Europa Curvous-Se Ante O Brasil (2:40)
10. Mirante (2:22)

Musicians:
Arrigo Barnabé / vocals, piano, electric piano, synths, keyboards, vocoder (1,5)
With:
Vânia Bastos / vocals (2-5,7-10)
João Cruz / vocals (2)
Rita Lee / vocals (6)
Passoca / backing vocals (4,9)
Teodor Papageorgiov / backing vocals (4)
Tonho Penhasco / guitar (2,4,6,9), backing vocals (4,6)
Eduardo Gudin / acoustic guitar (10)
Bozo Barretti / Yamaha CP80 (2,4,7), keyboards (4,6,7), backing vocals (4,6,7,9), synths (6,7,10), tambourine (9)
Paulinho Da Viola / piano & backing vocals (2), vocals (9)
Terão / piano (3)
Lelo Nazario / Yamaha DX7 & Prophet V synths (5)
Claudio Leal Ferreira / piano & orchestral conductor (8)
Teco Cardoso / alto, soprano & baritone saxes (5)
Toninho Carrasqueira / flutes (3,5,8,10)
Sérgio Burgani / clarinet (3)
Salvador Mazano / oboe (3,8)
Felix Wagner / clarinet & vibes (5)
Drauzio Chagas / tuba (10)
Edgard B. Poças / programming (5,6)
Luis Lopes / programming (5,7,10)
Dino De Lucca / programming (10)
various / violin, viola, cello, horn, trumpet, flugelhorn & trombone (2,3,8,10)
Gilmar Jardim / orchestral conductor (3)
Jamil Maluf / orchestral conductor (10)
Otávio Fialho / bass (2,4,6,7,9), fretless bass (7), Linn drum (6)
Gabriel Bahlis / bass (3,8)
Duda Neves / drums, tambourine (9)
Paulo Barnabé / percussion (2), backing vocals (2,4), narrator (4), Linn drum (7), tambourine (9)
Osvaldinho Da Cuíca / percussion & tambourine (9)

After the long praising review for his debut album, I don't have many words to describe this. Following the great zeuhlesque concept album, obviously a masterpiece and one of my top 5 albums of all time, Clara Crocodilo, Arrigo returns with Tubarões Voadores 5 years later. And what about this one? I can't say it's better than the previous one. The direction changed but it's still genial as damn. The proposal of the album was introduce dodecaphonism, weird prog narrative, and other absurd techniques on popular and different music including 80s rock, ethereal, synthpop, MPB, samba, and more. The results are tracks even more inacessible to the common listener. Just like the first album, the whole band and the female vocals are pretty good and unusual. It's a must check to avant-garde fans, but I still would reccomend Clara Crocodilo at first (very different style though). (progarchives)

Arrigo Barnabé e a Banda Sabor de Veneno ‎– Clara Crocodilo (1980, CD, Brazil)

Tracklist:
1. Acapulco Drive-In (4:35)
2. Orgasmo Total (4:42)
3. Diversões Eletrónicas (7:55)
4. Sabor De Veneno (2:35)
5. Infortúnio (5:00)
6. Office-boy (7:01)
7. Clara Crocodilo (7:30)
8. Instante (3:32)

Musicians:
Arrigo Barnabé / lead vocals, piano, synth, percussion, narrator
With:
Vânia Bastos / lead & backing vocals
Suzana Salles / lead & backing vocals (not confirmed)
Tetê Espíndola / lead & backing vocals
Passoca / backing vocals
Eliana Estevão / backing vocals
Gilberto Mifune / backing vocals
Gilson Gibson / electric & acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Bozo Barretti / piano, Fender Rhodes, & synth, backing vocals
Regina Porto / piano & Fender Rhodes
Mario Aydar / cello
Ubaldo Versolatto / alto sax, clarinet
Mané Silveira / soprano sax & flute
Chico Guedes / tenor sax & clarinet
Marcelo Galberti / clarinet
Ronei Stella / trombone, bass trombone
Felix Wagner / clarinets
Otávio Fialho / bass, backing vocals
Paulo Barnabé / drums, percussion
Rogério / percussion

Arrigo Barnabé - Claras e Crocodilos (2014, Brazil)

Track listing:

1. Sabor de quê? (5:28)

2. Maridinho Adorado (5:43)

3. O orgasmo ao alcance de todos (4:24)

4. Boca da noite (7:11)

5. Canção dos pirilampos (1:52)

6. Arrigo Barnabé, Vanguarda Paulista, Dodecafónico, Maxixe dodecafônico - Suite formica vermelha (11:31)

7. Nome : Durango (8:37)

8. Suite Claras e Crocodilos (9:32)

Musicians:

Claras e Crocodilos

Arrigo Barnabé - lead vocals, keyboards, composition and lyrics

Ana Amélia - lead vocals

Phelipe Lewis - trumpet

Sintia Piccin - tenor sax and backing vocals

Paulo Braga - piano and backing vocals

Mário Manga - electric guitar and backing vocals

Ana Karina Sebastião - electric bass and backing vocals

Edu Ribeiro - drums

Arrigo Barnabè ‎– Cidade Oculta (1986, LP, Brazil)

This time, our great composer Arrigo Barnabé shows his talent writing the music for a brazilian b-movie starring himself as a main character. The album wasn't succesful as his previous two masterpieces, but it's still clear that if someone loved the unique sound of his past works, Cidade Oculta would be a nice try. Arrigo's work always had a storytelling thing. Clara Crocodilo was a concept album and a musical play. Tubarões Voadores came with comic strips about the album theme, similar to the giant monster on Clara Crocodilo, but the release topic are "flying sharks". Writing for a movie wouldn't be so different. Actually, it is better than loads of Goblin soundtracks. It features songs from his spin-off avant-post-punk project, Patife Band (their LP has some good tracks too). The music is closest to the previous album, mixing 80s music with his early RIO tendencies, dodecaphinism and epileptic lyrical plots. Have fun! Votoms

Leticia Garcia ‎– Magamaquiavérica Em Canturbano (1984, LP, Brazil)

Obscure São Paulo artist Letícia Garcia is one of the many criminally overlooked artists from Brazil. There isn't much information about her on the internet, and Magamaquiavérica Em Canturbano is the only official LP released by her, but all this obscurity around her only makes it all the more interesting. This record came directly from the highly prolific 'vanguarda paulista' scene in São Paulo, in the mid 80s, along with artists like Arrigo Barnabé, even though she reached a much smaller scale of notoriety. This album is one dense, complex and surreal sonic experience in every way. Throughout the obtuse tracklisting, Letícia sings out in many different styles, following the very distinct (and countless) sonic detours found in the strange, but beautiful compositions that offer a very interesting blend of samba, rock, folk, classical, jazz, pagode and much more. This is certainly not for everyone, but also one of those albums to really get lost into, as the artist guides the listener through the many mazes of her mind. A Great album!