Francisco Buarque de Hollanda, popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his music, which often includes social, economic, and cultural reflections on Brazil.
Eloy Fernando Fritsch is an electronic musician, keyboard player and main composer of Brazilian progressive rock band Apocalypse. As a solo artist he creates cosmic new-age music.
Apocalypse is a progressive rock band from Brazil that plays symphonic rock with strong electronic keyboard orientation.
Arnaldo Antunes is a Brazilian musician, writer, and composer. He was a member of the rock band Titãs, which he co-founded in 1982 and left ten years later. After 1992, he embarked on a solo career. He has published poetry and had his first book published in 1983. He has worked with Marisa Monte, Tribalistas, and Carlinhos Brown.
Mythology is an album by new age artist Eloy Fritsch.
Behind the Walls of Imagination is the second album by new age artist Eloy Fritsch, known for his work in progressive rock group Apocalypse.
Perto do Amanhecer is the second studio album by Brazilian progressive rock group Apocalypse. The compositions are in the symphonic prog rock way with influences of progressive British bands such as Yes, Marillion, IQ, Genesis and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Keyboardist Eloy Fritsch's Minimoog solos and synthesizers are present on all tracks of this CD. The album has some classical moments and even hard rock passages. The lyrics are in Portuguese and deal with several themes, such as existentialism, nature, science fiction, and mysticism. Musea invited the band to perform at a compilation, which came later as Le Melleur du Progressif Instrumental. This CD was edited in the end of 1995 with several European bands and Apocalypse representing Brazil with the song "Notre Dame".
Aurora dos Sonhos is the third studio album by the Brazilian progressive rock group Apocalypse. One year after Perto do Amanhecer, Apocalypse released Aurora dos Sonhos through Musea Records. The album dealt with different issues like conservation of nature, science fiction and spirituality. The tracks scan the fields of Neo Prog and Symphonic Rock with comfort, most of the guitar melodies are fantastic, while Eloy Fritsch seems to be another talented keyboard wizard, torturing his minimoog synthesizer with easiness. Many shifting moods and diverse textures guarantee another enjoyable release by the band.
Cyberspace is the fourth album by the composer Eloy Fritsch.
Gil Luminoso is a 2006 album by Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil, performed using only voice and acoustic guitar. It is composed of songs written by Gil from the late 1960s to the 1990s.
Lendas Encantadas is the fourth album by Brazilian progressive rock band Apocalypse. It's a reissue of their first work with all lyrics in Portuguese. The difference is that one track was completely re-recorded and the guitar parts are added to this CD. Three bonus tracks recorded in 1992–1993 were also included.
Apocalypse Live in USA is the first live album by Brazilian progressive rock group APocalypse. The Rock Symphony Record Company release the band's double-live album recorded at North Carolina including a multimedia track with the band's history, discography, video clips, and photos. The tracks were taken from their previous CDs released by Musea Records, but there are also the Refúgio album tracks "América do Sul," "ProgJazz," and "Toccata." There is also a track called "Clássicos," which features rock versions of songs by Grieg, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky. Also, "Paz da Solidão" features Ravel ("Boléro").
Refúgio is the fifth studio album by Brazilian rock band Apocalypse released in 2003 and the second under Rock Symphony Record Company. Musically, Refúgio features symphonic rock with complex arrangements for keyboards, including organ, piano, digital synthesizer, analog minimoog synthesizer, drums and electric guitar. Refúgio album contains some fan favorites such as the album’s title track and the two progressive epics Cachoeira das Águas Douradas and América do Sul. The band included two bonus tracks from the USA Live recordings Último Horizonte and Terra Azul. The album was to be the last recordings with the band's original lineup.
The Best of Apocalypse is an album by the Brazilian rock band Apocalypse.
In September 2005, Apocalypse was invited to the Rock Symphony for the Record Festival at the Teatro Municipal de Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The band's concert, on 8 September, was taped for posterity and released in DVD and CD format. In this project the Apocalypse band recorded some of their old hits in English language.
The Bridge of Light is an album by Apocalypse, recorded live in concert. The album is divided in two acts. Act I is composed by individual songs and Act II tells the story of a boy trying to find answers about himself in an abandoned park in the Christmas Day. Eloy Fritsch plays keyboards including analog synths and Hammond organs. His brother Ruy plays guitar. Singer Gustavo Demarchi also plays flute. The guest violin player is Hique Gomez.
Magic Spells is the third live album from the Brazilian progressive rock band Apocalypse released on Financiarte label. The album is part of the Apocalypse 25th Anniversary Box Set and was recorded during the Apocalypse tour.
2012 Light Years from Home is the seventh studio release by Brazilian progressive rock Apocalypse.
Bossa Nova is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Reprise label in 1962.
Plínio Marcos de Barros was a Brazilian writer, actor, journalist and playwright, author of several stage plays adapted into film. Called a "Poète maudit" by some, his work features the life and struggles of underground characters, touching themes such as violence, prostitution and homosexuality, and was censored by the military government.
