Atlas is a monthly show hosted by Barbarelle in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Connecting different parts of the world with obscure tracks, Barbarelle takes us through a deep and evolving sonic landscape. From Ambient, Experimental and Jazz, to Latin, African and Middle East sounds, this imaginary musical journey evoques the -both subtle and deep- connection between worlds, existent and imaginary.

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On this especial episode, Barbarelle travels to Montevideo, Uruguay to meet and celebrate the birthday n. 80 of one of the most legendaries musicians from there: the great Hugo Fattoruso, founder of Los Shakers and jazz fusion band Opa.

He has collaborated also with such renowned artists as: Airto Moreira, Abraham Laboriel, Manolo Badrena, Chico Buarque, Milton Nascimento, Ruben Rada, Djavan, Hermeto Pascoal, among many others.

This episode is made in collaboration with Little Butterfly Records, a label from Montevideo that is a important key in uruguayan music – they recorded the episode in Discomoda, LBR’s record store. Barbarelle uses records from Hugo Fattoruso’s works, cortesy of Mauro Correa (LBR).

Video by: Nico Soto Diaz
Special thanks to Mauro Correa from Little Butterfly Records.

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ABOUT HUGO FATTORUSO:
Iconic Uruguayan keyboardist, singer, and composer Hugo Fattoruso, born in Montevideo, is known for blending rock and roll, electric jazz, and bossa nova with traditional styles and creating his own contemporary sound, which led to a number of key records that span the past six decades of Latin music.

From early beginnings, playing in his family band at street festivals around Uruguay, to fronting Los Shakers: South Americas answer to the Beatles, and one of the most successful rock and roll groups from the continent. At the end of the sixties Fattoruso was looking to broaden his musical horizons, and in 1969 he moved to New York where he formed Opa and went on to rub shoulders with the likes of Ron Carter and Creed Taylor. Fusing Candombe (traditional rhythm of Uruguay) with rock, jazz, funk and other Latin American rhythms, Opa created a distinctive Afro-Uruguayan voice within the global jazz vernacular, influencing a generation of musicians throughout the seventies and beyond. During the eighties Fattoruso moved to Brazil, where he continued to work and record with Brazilian artists including Milton Nascimento, with whom he composed the World Music Grammy winning Nascimento album in 1997. Fattoruso also famously collaborated extensively with Airto Moreia, arranging and playing on a plethora of hit records including Fingers and Im Fine, How Are You. More recently Fattorusos music has been sampled by the likes Flying Lotus and Madlib.

In recent years, Fattoruso has performed in a variety of formats and settings, continuing to explore the fusion of jazz and South American folk. His discography includes dozens of albums, rich in innovation and experimentation.

ABOUT LITTLE BUTTERFLY RECORDS:
Little Butterfly Records is an independent record label from Montevideo, Uruguay.

Pioneers in Latin America in the recovery of the historical catalog on vinyl, a format through which they had published fundamental works of Uruguayan music.

They are motivated to show the world the musical news that is taking place in Uruguay, they have a catalog of contemporary artists who develop different musical genres such as Jazz, Candombe, fusion, rock, Indie, pop, Electro Pop, etc.

Learn more about LBR through their website and social networks or at their DISCOMODA record store, located on the emblematic Tristan Narvaja street.