Som Imaginario

Som Imaginario (Imaginary Sound) is one of Brazil's most influential and astounding rock groups, yet their name isn't known outside of hardcore psych collectors circles. Born out of the acclaimed Tropicalia movement of the late 1960s to back musical wunderkind Milton Nascimento on his early solo albums, they fused traditional Brazilian music with Hendrix-flavoured guitar pyrotechics, Sly Stone-style funk, Os Mutantes-inspired anarchy and classic Beatlesque pop melodicism (a fundamental ingredient of Brazilian '60s and 70s rock).

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