Os Mutantes

Os Mutantes is a Brazilian rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s. Heavily influenced by Anglo-American psychedelic pop, they bridged Brazilian sensibilities together with studio trickery, feedback, distortion, and musique concrète. They released their now-acclaimed self-titled debut album in 1968. Os Mutantes formed as a trio in 1966. They backed Gilberto Gil on his 1968 self-titled album and were featured on the famous Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis collective album that year. The group quickly became one of the main figures of the "new MPB" and Brazilian rock. Their 1970s work eventually moved toward progressive rock, with Lee leaving the group in 1972. They broke up in 1978. Throughout these twelve years, nine albums were recorded, although two of them – O A e o Z and Tecnicolor – were only released in the 1990s. It was during this later decade that Os Mutantes was recognized, by both national and international press, as an important act of the psychedelic era.

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