| 1. And I will dance among the blue crystals of time to forget”. Jamil Joanes, best known as a member of Banda Black Rio, is another Minas Gerais native. His composition for the album is “Imaginados”, a stunning unplugged guitar and vocal performance, highlighting Som Imaginário’s south-eastern home state’s influence on their sound. The CD and digital release of Banda Da Capital feature two bonus tracks from a separate concert at Museu de Arte Moderna, in Rio de Janeiro, on October 6th 1975. These are another arrangement of “Armina” and Toninho Horta’s stunning performance of his composition “Manuel o Audaz”, which he would later record with Pat Metheny and Lo Borges. The recordings were taken direct from the sound desk at the show and have been restored and mastered by Frank Merritt @ The Carvery, London. Banda Da Capital will be released on vinyl LP, CD and digitally on 2nd June 2023 via Far Out Recordings |