{"product_id":"grupo-controle-digital-a-festa-e-nossa-brazilian-electro-vinyl-lp","title":"Grupo Controle Digital: A Festa E Nossa (Brazilian Electro) Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLone release from '80's Brazilian duo, reissued in full for the first time.\u003c\/i\u003e First released in 1988, \u003cem\u003eA Festa E Nossa\u003c\/em\u003e was the only album released by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Grupo+Controle+Digital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrupo Controle Digital\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, a duo composed of \u003cstrong\u003eBilly Jaguar\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eGel Valiery\u003c\/strong\u003e. Influenced by such contemporaries as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=tim+maia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTim Maia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSecos E Molhados\u003c\/strong\u003e, the album features lo-fi synths, cruising bass lines, and drum machine rhythms that make it sound like some kind of cross between new-wave, synth-pop, and proto hip-hop. After it's release and the death of Gel in the 90's, the album faded into obscurity until relatively recently, when the title track “A Festa E Nossa” (a dancefloor gem) circulated the last few years in DJ sets, eventually being included on the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/soundway-onda-de-amor-synthesized-brazilian-hits-that-never-were-1984-94-vinyl-2lp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnda De Amor - Synthesized Brazilian Hits That Never Were (1984-94)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e compilation put out by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/search?q=soundway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoundway\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e earlier this year. Now, clean copies of the original album go for triple digits on the second-hand market, so this remastered reissue (from the original tapes) is the next best thing. The sound is surprisingly similar to another Soundway release, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/soundway-gumba-fire-bubblegum-soul-synth_-_boogie-in-1980s-south-africa-vinyl-3lp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul \u0026amp; Synth-Boogie in 1980s South Africa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. 10 tracks in all, housed in heavyweight tip-on sleeve. Recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eremastered from original tapes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehoused in tip-on heavyweight sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoundway 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by RBG 12\/2018\u003c\/h6\u003e","brand":"Grupo Controle Digital","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP *LocNYF1","offer_id":15328333856880,"sku":"fr-4015","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/4542\/products\/grupocontroledigital-afesta.jpg?v=1762276079","url":"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.mom\/products\/grupo-controle-digital-a-festa-e-nossa-brazilian-electro-vinyl-lp","provider":"turntablelab.mom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}