This young nephew of Brazil’s legendary soul icon Tim Maia was an instant hit on the Carioca show circuit and the band’s 1988 debut album, „Ed Motta and Conexão Japeri“, confirmed his promise, including several big national hits. Meet Ed Motta – a true Brazilian originalĪt the end of the 1980s Ed Motta burst upon the music scene as a major singer and one of the writers and producers in the band Conexão Japeri. For Ed’s sweetly agreed to be our point man on all matters smooth for this latest TSTD collection, where we take a dive into an often overlooked side of Brazilian music: Brazilian soul, funk and AOR. We’d like to introduce you to this giant of musical endeavour, the ‘Colossus of Rio’, as he’s known. Fortunately for us, and you, for Too Slow to Disco Brasil we’ve been escorted to the Brazilian AOR party by one of the very best, a certain Mr Ed Motta. It’s the same dilemma when your much-loved LP compilation series decides to visit somewhere exotic and different.
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