As championed by the likes of David Byrne, Beck (who took the musical template of Os Mutantes and ran with it), The Bees, Kurt Cobain, Stereolab, Sean Lennon, Tortoise and many more, Tropicalia revolutionized Brazilian music in the late 60s, mixing up psychedelic rock, avant-garde musique concrete (tape loops and sound experiments), samba, funk and soul into a truly unique combination. Against the backdrop of the most violent and repressive days of Brazilian military dictatorship, the artists on this collection created a new style of music considered so radical that both Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil were seen as such a threat by the ruling junta that they were first imprisoned then finally deported. This is the first album to bring together all the artists involved in Tropicalia, including Os Mutantes, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Tom Ze, Gal Costa and Jorge Ben.