Grande Liquidacao

Grande Liquidacao

In 1968, Tom Zé moved from Salvador, Bahia to<br>São Paulo, where he hung out and wrote with his<br>friends Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso. Although<br>initially part of the Tropicalia movement, he was<br>determined to forge his own musical path.<br>He started by recording hyperactive pop album<br>Grande Liquidaç¯ao, backed by two incredible psych<br>rock bands: Os Brazoes and Os Versateis. The<br>material heard on this album includes traditional<br>Brazilian Tropicalia laced with crazy vocal melodies<br>and samples from multitude of genres from<br>funk to psych rock and bossa nova creating a<br>sort of unheard pop exotica. This is especially<br>apparent on the track Gloria, with its changing<br>tempos, bubbling instrumentation, and off-the-wall<br>harmonies. The album also includes the fantastic<br> Parque Industrial, later recorded by Gal Costa,<br>Gilberto Gil, and Caetano Veloso on the Tropicalia:<br>Panis et Circenses album.