Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)

["maria tessa sciarrino" <maria AT plainparade.org>]

this appeared on fluxblog today -- has anyone checked this out?

anyway, thought i'd share.

-m.

http://www.manrecordings.com/
http://www.othermusic.com/perl-bin/OM/CD_Add_To_Cart.cgi?ID=1593984.79352&sku=88139058512

Não Wave – Brazilian Post Punk 1982-1988
Format: CD
Cat.Nr.: MAN 01
Released: April 25th, 2005

A strange object surprised music fans in Brazil in 1982. An independent 7“
single, with an obscure cover in black and white where the band name could be
read: Agentss. Here were 2 tracks impressively synchronised with the 
electronic
music that was happening at that time in Europe and the USA, from Gary Numan 
and
Fad Gadget to Gang Of Four, ESG, New Order and Liquid Liquid.

It was the first manifestation of a phenomenon that developed during the whole
of the 1980's: Brazilian bands working from the same post-punk references as
scenes occurring in London, New York and Berlin. In the following years dozens
of releases revealed an invigorating and vigorous generation of bands. From 
1982
to the end of the 80s bands like Ira!, Smack, Mercenárias, Muzak, Voluntários 
da
Pátria, Chance, Vzyadoq Moe, Akira S & as Garotas Que Erraram were some of 
these
names - all of these coming from the city of São Paulo.

With today´s groups like Bloc Party, LCD Sound System, The Rapture, 
Whomadewho,
Radio 4 and other contemporary punk/dance bands taking their influences from 
the
early eigthies, the music of the groups included on Não Wave (all of whom have
remained unknown outside of Brazil until now) will be a surprising revelation.

The tracks that Andy Cumming, Alex Antunes and Miguel Barella compiled in this
collection give an idea of what was the Brazilian "Não Wave". An idea that is
perhaps incomplete, because what was documented in the studios was often less
explosive than the live experience - but still intriguing none-theless to see
how current some of these tracks sound.