Vocês Querem Mate?

Tracklist

A1	Reza Brava
A2	As Incríveis Peripécias de Danilo
A3	O Som do Roberto
A4	Sombra Morta
A5	Vocês Querem Mate?
B1	Cúpido Esculpido
B2	Chão Vermelho
B3	Lágrimas
B4	Espiral
B5	Porta do Sol

Credits

• Bass – Jorge Marinho
• Directed By, Producer – Roberto Quartin
• Flute – Danilo Caymmi, Paulinho Jobim*
• Percussion – Wilson das Neves
• Piano – Geraldo E. Carneiro
• Vocals – Tita Lobo
• Vocals, Guitar, Composed By – Pirí*

Notes

Vocês Querem Mate?, the first recording by the relatively unknown singer songwriter Piry Reis is dreamy and ethereal, groovy Brazilian psych-folk at its finest. Reis has collaborated with greats like Egberto Gismonti and Robertinho Silva, and had his music performed by Celia, Charlie Haden and Jan Garbarek. His four solo albums are all rare as hens’ teeth and have been known to fetch a hefty bounty, but none higher than his debut, and for good reason.

Instantly captivating from its first second, the lone trembling piano in ‘Reza Breva’ builds a tremendous tension before bursting into the joyously funky Tropicalista folk jam that keeps up throughout the album. Flying the Brazilian freak flag high are percussion kings Juquina and Wilson Das Neves along with Paulinho Jobim and Danilo Caymmi on flutes. It’s a dazzling, lucid piece of escapism, as relevant today as it was when released into the tumultuous political climate of 1970s Brazil. Tracks like ‘As Incríveis Peripécias De Danilo’ and ‘Cupído Esculpido’ are tripped out MPB, and more sombre moments like ‘Sombra Morta’ and closer ‘Chão Vermelho’ offer shadier melancholic contrasts. Without a doubt the most free-spirited release in the Quartin catalogue, Voces Querem Mate? is a forgotten treasure of Brazilian music like no other.

All the releases in the Quartin series have been re-mastered from the original 2” tapes, and pressed to high quality heavyweight vinyl. Still to come from Far Out’s reissuing of the catalogue are Victor Assis Brasil’s Esperanto, and another Jose Mauro release A Viagem Des Horas.

- Far Out Recordings

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
LP-RSQ-3	Pirí*	Vocês Querem Mate? ‎(LP, Album)	Quartin	LP-RSQ-3	Brazil	1970
FARO197CD	Pirí*	Vocês Querem Mate? ‎(CD, Album)	Far Out Recordings	FARO197CD	Brazil	2017

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