Índia

by Gal Costa

Overview

With India, Gal Costa completely abandoned the absurd, screaming guitars and wild drumming for some of the lushest, most sophisticated, and most complex arrangements of her career. Her voice is clear and inviting as always, sitting perfectly with the strings, accordions, horns, reeds, and percussion that swirl around, effortlessly punctuating the romance in every track. With Gilberto Gil alongside on acoustic guitar and musical director, the arrangements definitely glow with his polyphonic personality, but these songs have a feel all their own -- sounding as if they blossomed out of necessity and the sharp edge of elegance. India seems as if it were conceived with ideas walled off to past influences and future aspirations, holding a timeless quality, leaving one to wonder if Costa and Gil were at all aware of what they were producing while it was happening or if they were completely swept up in the magic of the moment. Even though the hugely influential Tropicalia movement was over by the time of this release, India unquestionably shows that Costa's inventiveness was still unfolding and impulsive and should be considered by the wave of Tropicalia collectors as a worthy addition to the assortment of recordings in that it shows how a major player in that movement transferred her ambitions to a completely different direction without forsaking her class or drive. ~ Gregory McIntosh

Product Details

Release Date:	08/04/2017
Label:	MR BONGO
UPC:	5024017000155

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gal Costa   Primary Artist
Chico Batera   Percussion
Dominguinhos   Accordion
Tenorio Jr.   Organ
Luis Alves   Contrabass
Don Chacal   Percussion
Roberto Menescal   Guitar
Gilberto Gil   Violin,Music Direction
Roberto Silva   Bateria
Wagner Tiso   Organ
Toninho Horta   Guitar

Technical Credits

Tuze De Abreu   Composer
Chico Batera   Effects
Traditional   Composer
Pedro Novis   Composer
Manuel Ortiz Guerrero   Composer
Wally Sailormoon   Composer
Jose Asuncion Flores   Composer
J. Asuncion Flores   Composer
M. Ortiz Guerrero   Composer
Newton Mendonca   Composer
Guilherme Araujo   Production Director
Lupicinio Rodrigues   Composer
Jose Fortuna   Composer
Antonio Guerreiro   Photography
Jards Macale   Composer
Luiz Melodia   Composer
Arthur Verocai   Arranger
Caetano Veloso   Composer
Gilberto Gil   Composer,Adaptation
Marcus Vinicius   Sound Technician
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Newton Ferreira De Mendonca   Composer