The job of releasing Brazilian music internationally continues to be dominated by two parties: Far Out Recordings and Mr. Bongo.

My friends at Far Out, for a long time now, have been focussed on supporting the new. This year they released fresh sets from Sabrina Malheiros, Nomade Orchestra and Dokta Venom. Commissioning remixes from a host of hip names. Like Glen Astro, Jeen Bassa, Contours, Max Graef, Reginald Omas Mamode IV, Tenderlonious and Henry Wu.

Jazz, of course, is what got them into the game, and while assisting in ensuring a future of that genre, they`ve also been preserving its heritage. Accessing the Quartin archives to reissue Victor Assis Brazil`s Toca Antonio Carlos Jobim (his Esperanto is due early 2018), and Piri`s Vocês Querem Mate?

Piri – Porta Do Sol

Far Out also scored a coup in unearthing Hermeto Pascoal`s “lost” Vice-Versa Studio sessions from 1976.

Hermeto Pascoal –…