HISTORY OF BRAZILEAN PROGRESSIVE MUSIC :
LISTS OF PROG ITEMS :
PROGRESSIVE MUSIC :
ROCK MUSIC :
POP :
Biographies of some more popular names in Brazil used to be at http://www.uol.com.br/uptodate/imagens/indexe.htm
EXOTIC MUSIC :
LISTS OF GROUPS :
SPECIFIC PROGRESSIVE MUSIC GROUPS :
-(groups that receive air play are in red)-
* 2112 Alterando las divisiones
* 3 Milenio
* Amon Tobin modern drum & bass inspired fusion DJ with prog and psych like experience
* Alpha III mostly musically conceptual symphonic or slightly melodic symph
* Anima two bands with this name. One is prog, changed name later into Anima Donimum,
other is medieval/brazilian folk band with female voice and many instruments
* Anno Luz spacey symphonic duo keyboards and flutes
* Marco Antônio Araújo Progressive & Classical Rock with hints of Brazilian popular music,
* Asa de Luz (not Luz da Asia !) Sagrado CDT bassist, with guests. Melodic Italian sounding songs
* Nico Assumpcao fusion
* Marco Antonio Araujo fusion prog
* Arnaldo Baptista
* Atmo Permanente : symphonic with some hard edge (dominating keyb, guitars)
* Azimüth :background progressive with some soft & jazzy influences
* Baalbek instrumental progressive
* Bacamarte 1st album is one of the best prog items from 70's (used to be at http://www.bacamarte.com.br/ )
(see eventually also Nilton Gappo)
* A Barca del Sol prog (folk) with flutes,perc and latin folk
Links, covers and small reviews at my Latin Prog Folk page at
* Blezqi Zatsaz instr prog with synths (like Solaris)
* Brazilian Octopus
* Olivia Byington sensitive canto folky-prog at first item accompanied by the Barco do Sol group
* Caetano Veloso (info here)
* Caja de Pandora : progressive with classical influences. A bit like early Iconoclasta.
* Cheiro de Vida instr fusion with good bass like Tryo.
* Cinema Show neo symph
* Collegium Musicum de Minas Very classical baroque or medieval sounding with pianos,
cellos, flutes, male & female choirs etc.. ee my Latin Folk Prog page for info, cover at
* Comunidade S8 calm folk prog See my Latin Folk Prog page for info, cover at
* Lula Cortes (and or e Zé Ramhalo) folk psych
* Gal Costa famous latin singer ; especially her 1969 album is psych
* Desequilibrios
* Dialect
* Dogma modern instrumental symphonic/fusion prog
* Eclipse
* Electrum
* Leticia Garcia female clarinetist, and ssw
* Gota Suspensa
* High Fidelity Orchestra prog with psych and rio infl.
* Invisible Opera Company of Tibet (Brazil version) mostly a Violeta De Outono cooperation with
* JA2M Montauk project techno progressive with touches of symphonic and spacerock
* O Jardim das Borboletas(image will not open at)
* Fabio Laguna keyboardist made with a help from guitarist Fernando Pires a symph suite (Yes, Bach infl).
* Lei Seca Art rock o symphonic music
* Luz da Asia pleasant world fusion inspired band (mostly Indian)
* Made in Brazil straightfoward rock with a hard edge. Comparable to Banda Del Paraiso
* Antonio Magalhaes baroque piano work
* Magnum Opos keyboard dominated progressive like Genesis with electr. Kosmic music infl
* Mantra
* Alexandre Maraslis keyb player Chronos Mundi
* Marfuz Rush sound hard rock
* Andre Mello symphonic and keyboard based music
* Módulo 1000 (info BFN) & article at
* Moto Perpétuo prog
* Os Mutantes psychedelic/tropicalia fusion pop. (info BFN)
See cover and all links at my seperate Latin Prog Folk page :
* Nexus melodic symphonic
* Nilton Gappo : neo ? symphonic with Braz.touches
* Fernando Pacheco
* Pocos & Nuvens folk influences (violin, flute) with prog symph moves
See cover and links at my seperate Latin Prog Folk page :
* Priam
* Projeto Caleidoscope Nice new folk symphonic
See cover and all links at my seperate Latin Prog Folk page :
* Quantum early Camel/Shylock or majestic symphonic driven by keyboards, like Gentle Giant ?
* Quaterna Requiem symphonic band with nice classical arr. (also in English) at
* Quinteto Violado (info here)
* Raiz de Pedra prog rock with jazzy edge
* Recordando O vale das Maçãs
* Arthur Rezende psych
* Marcio Rocha violin based fusion symphonic
* Raimundo Rodulfo Gorden Giltrap like guitarist
* Zé Ramalho & Lula Côrtes See Lula Cortes
* Recordando o Vale das Macas symph in 70's style ; I prefer their earliest album
* Saecula Saeculorom :solo work from violinist Marcus Viana of Sagrado ; symphonic work with lots of
piano, with violin and prog band, very melodic.
* Sagrado Coração da Terra loaded melodic symph
* Som Nosso de Cada Dia symph hard rock (info here)
* Sursum Corda
* O Terco : British styled 70's prog pop. (info here) One of the most early examples of prog, soft prog in fact.
* Terreno Baldio
* Trem de futuro
* Turtles, Sharks & Beavers
* Utopia gaucho pop/folk
* Veludo prog rock
* Verdaguer instr. progressive
* Vesania hard-driving progressive
* Violetta de Autono Violeta de Outono neo-psych-trance/pop/prog ?
* Vitelli
* Vlad : New synphonic 70's inspired hardrock with 12 string and flute parts sometimes at the edge
of metal, but melodic according to some reviews
* Wejah
* ZeitGeizt
* Zion
MAGAZINES :
PROGRESSIVE RADIO :
*Brazilian (bands) progressive internet radio "Senhor F - A História Secreta do Rock Brasileiro -
Programa com raridades do rock brasileiro, produzido e apresentado na Usina do Som pelo editor de Senhor
F, Fernando Rosa."
Rádio Ipanema - Clássica rádio-rock de Porto Alegre (RS), com 15 anos de existência e forte presença
cultural junto a juventude do Estado.
*Cult 22 (Rádio Cultura) - O mais importante programa jovem da Capital Federal, com música e entrevistas,
produzido e apresentado por Marcos Pinheiro.
* Rádios FM - Site com endereços de rádios FM de várias cidades do Brasil, em grande parte com
programações on line.
* Rádio c/ Surf Music - Endereços de rádios de surf music, especialmente americana
107 Pop Rock - A número um das rádios pop sulistas, com programação musical e programas especiais de
excelente qualidade.
* WVKR -at www.wvkr.org/ : Rádio independente americana, dica de Ana Maria Bahiana, com programação
musical variada e bom rock alternativo. A HISTÓRIA SECRETA DO ROCK BRASILEIRO OUÇA O
PROGRAMA
Destaque de 01/03: A quarta edição do programa Senhor F vai mais longe do que nunca e traz até você o
marco zero do rock'n'roll brasileiro, o compacto com "Forgive Me" e "Handsome Boy", lançado em 1958 por
Celly e Tony Campello. Fernando Rosa dedica ainda um bloco inteiro ao Rei Roberto Carlos, mostrando seu
primeiro 78 RPM, "João e Maria" e "Fora do Tom", além de uma versão raríssima de "And I Love Her", dos
Beatles. O programa ainda traz Mutantes, Som Nosso de Cada Dia, Graforréia Xilarmônica, Ultraje a Rigor e
Raul Seixas, entre outros..
Rock tracks to choose t listen too on line & (classic) Brazil Rock)
SHOPS & prog labels :
Web Page and all links updated 2002 07 04 New links added 2007-09-01
E-mail Webmaster for additions, Radio Producer for suggestions
Playlist (2002-03-27) with some of the items in red (with remarks) here
Playlist (2002-06-11) with some of the other releases in red here
Playlist (2003-09-10) with a few other items here
There's a second page with reviews of new progressive items
If you are looking for other Latin American Progressive or Rock links
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