- country:Germany
- artist posted by:Mr Bongo
So, the year is 1989, on any Sunday afternoon at
the Dingwalls Club in Camden Town & the DJ is a
young Giles Peterson. And the tune that has just
sent the sweating, speeding crowd in this tiny,
packed, darkened club into orbit? That'll be Aldeia
de Ogum, a rare Brasilian track by Joyce, which was
doing the business on both the dancefloor & the
record stores, changing hands at well over £100.
The rush of interest by the (then) new Jazz scene,
saw the emergence of shops and labels such as
Talkin' Loud, Mr Bongo's, Soul Jazz & Acid Jazz.
This led to a whole new generation of record
buyers/collectors seeking out the hard to find back
catalogues of artists such as Joyce. Her albums
have been extensively bootlegged in the UK &
Europe but The Essential Joyce is the first album to
cover her recording career.
The Essential Joyce covers the sounds of an
extraordinary & resilient artist over 4 decades & for
almost 30 years as a recording artist. Over time,
Joyce's music has spanned both musical & cultural
divides, from 60's psychedilia to Brasilian
dancefloor jazz & Joni Mitchell style folk through to
anti-government revolutionary politcal songs
(Brasil's military dictatorship persecuted many
artists, Joyce included, having their material
censored and banned).
The process of discovery taken by UK record
collectors since the late 80's has unearthed many
classic tracks previously almost unknown in the UK.
Include amongst these the massive Aldeia de
Ogum, Feminina which is a womans anthem (in a
country not known for its progressive attitudes to
women), & Docura Forte/ Agua E Luz which is an
epic & beautiful ballad. Her popularity was finally
established at an incredible celebratory concert at
the Brixton Fridge in 1993, packed to the rafters &
again with Giles Peterson as DJ.
This is the ninth release on the Mr Bongo label
which has been compiling, unearthing, and
discovering music from Latin America. The original
inspiration for this album was when Mr Bongo
discovered that he had lost his copy of Docura
Forte Luli and in desperation to hear it again
decided to include it in a compilation covering the
career of one of his favourite Brasilian artists.