Os Mutantes

成軍于60年代晚期巴西圣保羅的Os Mutantes，當時團員包括的Rita Lee（女主唱兼打擊樂器及若干管樂器）、Sergio Dias（吉他、貝斯兼主唱）與Arnaldo Baptista（鍵盤、貝斯兼主唱），進入70年代后，該團陸續(xù)加入Liminha（專職貝斯，也兼任部分主唱）及Dinho Leme（專職鼓手及打擊樂器）。
 
其后幾年團員陸續(xù)有所更替，他們的音樂就如其團名一般(The Mutants，突變體)，風格宛如天外飛來的新物種；無法被簡單歸類為哪種特定樂風，他們?nèi)诤狭搜蕾I加Ska、英美迷幻搖滾，還有Soul / Compact Jazz / Easy-Listening 等元素，并且活用了Bossa Nova的輕快慵懶與巴西樂種獨有的細碎節(jié)拍切分，72年Rita Lee離團后，他們更朝前衛(wèi)搖滾的方向前進，Os Mutantes可說帶給巴西樂壇如云霄飛車般無可比擬的刺激，也與當時如火如荼進行中的MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira)運動相輔相成地契合。
 
Os Mutantes與當時整個巴西音樂圈里的先鋒人物，包括 Gilberto Gil、Caetano Veloso、Gal Costa等交往熱絡，并且在詞曲創(chuàng)作與現(xiàn)場演出互相支持，為整個60~70年代的巴西流行音樂維新運動寫下一頁燦爛歷史！
 
Os Mutantes樂團從68至76年間，出了九張專輯，不僅在巴西樂壇及拉丁樂界享有盛名，更對美國及歐洲的地下獨立樂界產(chǎn)生跨世代的巨大影響，已故的Nivana主唱Kurt Cobain、Beck都曾公開推崇他們，更別提一路用心集結(jié)整理Os Mutantes作品，將其重新發(fā)行問世的Talking Heads主腦David Byrne！
 
2006年，在眾所期盼下，Os Mutantes重組并展開巡回了，暌違了28年，這個巴西樂壇的超級組合再度站上舞臺，第一站即是選在倫敦的Barbican Theatre，并由外貌及聲音都極具個性美的Zélia Duncan擔綱女主唱的位置，雖然沒有炫麗的舞臺及噱頭，但由Zélia、Sergio、Arnaldo輪番擔任主唱，精彩演繹該團經(jīng)典&Cantor de Mambo& 、&Virginia& 、”&Le Premier Bonheur Du Jour&等曲，Sergio高強如Carlos Santana的吉他獨奏；Arnaldo曼妙的鍵盤鋪陳，繁復華麗的曲式令聽者陷入瘋狂！
 
by John Bush
Though rarely heard outside their Brazilian homeland (especially during their brief career), Os Mutantes were one of the most dynamic, talented, radical bands of the psychedelic era — quite an accomplishment during a period when most every rock band spent quality time exploring the outer limits of pop music. A trio of brash musical experimentalists, the group fiddled with distortion, feedback, musique concrète, and studio tricks of all kinds to create a lighthearted, playful version of extreme Brazilian pop.
 
The band was formed by the two Baptista brothers, Arnaldo (bass, keyboards) and Sérgio (guitar). In 1964, the pair (sons of a celebrated São Paulo concert pianist) formed a teenage band named the Wooden Faces. After they met Rita Lee, the three played together in the Six Sided Rockers before graduation broke up the band. Yet another name change (to O Conjunto) preceded the formation of Os Mutantes in 1965, the name coming from the science fiction novel O Planeta Dos Mutantes. With a third Baptista brother (Cláudio) helping out on electronics, the group played each week on a Brazilian TV show (O Pequeno Mundo de Ronnie Von) and became involved with the burgeoning tropicalia movement. Mutantes backed tropicalista hero Gilberto Gil at the third annual Festival of Brazilian Music in 1967, then appeared on the watershed 1968 LP Tropicalia: Ou Panis et Circenses, a compilation of songs from the movements major figures: Gil, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Tom Zé, and Nara Leão.
 
By the end of 1968, Os Mutantes delivered their self-titled debut, a raucous, entertaining mess of a record featuring long passages of environmental sounds, tape music, and tortured guitar lines no self-respecting engineer wouldve allowed in the mix (especially at such a high volume). After time spent backing Veloso and recording a second LP of similarly crazed psychedelic pop, the band ventured to France and Europe for a few music conference shows. Returning to Brazil, they set up their own multimedia extravaganza — complete with film, actors, dancing, and audience participation. Despite distractions of all kinds, the group also managed to record LPs in 1970 (Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado) and 1971 (Jardim Eletrico), both of which charted the bands shifting interests from psychedelic to blues and hard rock.
 
After 1972s E Seus Cometas No Pais Do Baurets, Rita Lee departed or was fired from the band (accounts vary), and resumed a solo career that ran concurrently with Os Mutantes (her debut, 1970s Build Up, had been co-produced by the Baptistas). Later Mutantes LPs displayed influences from prog rock, and after Arnaldo Baptista left the fold as well, the bands LPs included a succession of bandmembers — later-to-be-legendary producer Liminha, keyboard player Túlio, and drummer Rui Motta. Except for a 1976 live record, 1974s Tudo Foi Feito Pelo Sol was the bands final LP. Sérgio later moved to America, where he played with Phil Manzanera, among others. After recording a 1974 solo album, Arnaldo played with a new band (Space Patrol) during the late 70s and spent time in a psychiatric hospital before emerging for his second solo work, 1982s Singin Alone. Meanwhile, though Rita Lees solo career began sputtering near the end of the 80s, the band turned down a request for a 1993 reunion show by Nirvanas Kurt Cobain. Six years later, the Omplatten label reissued the first three Mutantes records, and David Byrne assembled the Everything Is Possible compilation through Luaka Bop.