MARLUI MIRANDA / マルルイ・ミランダ / TCHORI TCHORI (BRASINGLES VOL. 1) / レコード

MUSIC FROM MEMORYをはじめとするバレアリック・ミュージック・ファンから、VOODOO HOP、ZZKレーベルといった南米発のオーガニックなスロウ・テクノ・ファン、そして昨今盛り上がるブラジリアン・インディー・ヴァイナル・ファンまで一網打尽! ブラジリアン・エクスペリメンタル~バレアリックの名盤『MARIA RITA / BRASILEIRA』を復刻したブラジルのニューレーベル「SELVA DISCOS」の新作は、ブラジルの先住民族インヂオの伝統音楽をエグベルト・ジスモンチらとのコラボレーションで独自に昇華する鬼才女性SSW、マルルイ・ミランダのキラーチューンを12INCHカット!

前作に続きブラジルの創作楽器集団ウアクチをフィーチャアした不思議な音色と中毒性の高いミニマリズム、インヂオのチャントが渦巻くブラジリアン・バレアリック・クラシックをA面に、そしてブラジル人DJのジョウトロ・ムンドによるリミックスを収めたB面という完全現場仕様のダブルサイダー! MUSIC FROM MEMORYが編纂したコンピレーション『OUTRO TEMPO: ELECTRONIC AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FROM BRAZIL, 1978-1992』や、VOODOO HOP、ZZKといったレーベルから発信される南米発のオーガニックな霊性スロウ・テクノが大きな注目を集めている昨今ですが、本作はそういった流れにもばっちりフィットする一枚と言えるでしょう。



The indigenous cause is an urgent one not only in terms of territory but also when it comes to the preservation of the vast native Brazilian culture and Brazilian singer-songwriter Marlui Miranda has been dedicating herself for almost four decades to keep their music alive (she's a doctorate on native Brazilian music, so you know).

In 1995, Marlui released the album "Ihu: Todos os Sons", a collection of native Brazilian chants she gathered in her field researches and released only in CD through two small labels (one in the US, the other in Brazil). This research started in 1986, funded by the John Simmon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and it investigated the sounds of different tribes in the Rondônia state, northern Brazil, namely the Suruí, the Makuarap, the Aruá, the Tupari and the Jaboti tribes - the latter being the one identified with the "Tchori Tchori" chant, which praises a bird called biguá.

The haunting, beautiful melody of "Tchori Tchori" couldn't get a better companion than the exquisite musical palette of Uakti, one of Brazil's greatest instrumental groups, known for creating their own instruments (you've heard them before in Selva Discos alongside Maria Rita). That's what the listener gets on the A side of this release - the deep sound frequencies of a 45RPM cut, fully remastered, of a song never put on a vinyl record before. On the B side, Brazilian DJ and producer Joutro Mundo (Jonas Rocha's alias), who's also involved in the indigenous cause for a long time, takes us on a journey reworking Marlui's groove with subtlety, extending the chant and adding just the right elements to make it work not only in the dancefloor but also on home/office environments for pure listening pleasure.