Tejo Beat

Tejo Beat is a 1998 compilation album produced by Mario Caldato Jr. and Mário Barreiros that features ten new-music groups and artists who were active in Portugal during the mid-late 1990s including; Arkham Hi*Fi*, Blasted Mechanism, Blind Zero, Boss AC, Cool Hipnoise, Da Weasel, Ithaka, Flood, Ornatos Violeta, Primitive Reason, and Zen.[1]

Tejo Beat
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released31 August 1998
RecordedJuly 1998
StudioValentim de Carvalho Paço de Arcos, Portugal
GenreAlternative rock, Rock n Roll, Hip hop, Soul music, Electronic music, Nu Jazz, etc
Length46:30
LabelNorteSul (Valentim de Carvalho)
ProducerMario Caldato Jr. and Mário Barreiros

The album was conceptualized by Henrique Amaro from Portugal's premier radio station, Antena 3, in association with a concert series sponsored by the Expo '98 (1998 Lisbon World Exposition). The goal of the project, according to Amaro, was introducing Portugal's emerging sounds to the general public and providing these new artists with the opportunity to work with international-level producers, in this case Brazilian-American Mario Caldato Jr. (Beastie Boys, Beck) and Mário Barreiros (from Portugal). Mário Barreiros was the producer of Pedro Abrunhosa and Silence 4, (two of the biggest commercial successes in Portugal in the 1990s).[2][3]

Each Tejo Beat participating group was entitled to spend three days each with Mario Caldato Jr. and Mário Barreiros at the Valentim de Carvalho Studios in Paço de Arcos to record their songs. The songs recorded, which diversed sonically from hip hop to alternative rock, were under exclusive contract to NorteSul-Valentim de Carvalho and never released on the artists' own albums.[4]

In 1998, hip hop and urban music were still in an embryonic phase in Portugal, just four years had passed since the release of Sony Music's Portuguese release "Rapública" (a compilation of Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole hip hop by artists from, or based, in Portugal). On this record, rapper Boss AC was one of standouts, (his debut album Mandachuva was released just a month after Tejo Beat). Cool Hipnoise, founded by Francisco Rebelo and João Gomes along with vocalist Melo D, already had two albums released. Pacman (now called Carlão) and Da Weasel were already working on a third album and later returned to collaborate with Tejo Beat producer Mário Barreiros on the album, Podes Fugir Mas Não Te Podes Esconder.[5]

The album's executive producer was Rui Miguel Abreu, (then head of A&R at Nortesul-Valentim de Carvalho), who was also half of the ambient hip hop duo Arkham Hi*Fi* (alongside DJ Jaws-T). For the Tejo Beat compilation, Arkham Hi*Fi* collaborated on the story-song song entitled "The Day Was Hot" with Californian songwriter Ithaka (Ithaka Darin Pappas), who is also the vocalist/lyricist of the song "So Get Up" (remixed onto the international charts by the Portuguese electronic music duo Underground Sound Of Lisbon in 1994).[6]

Track listing
  1. Unknown Artist – "Intro"
  2. Cool Hipnoise – "Change"
  3. Da Weasel – "Produto Habitual"
  4. Primitive Reason – "Quando Uno Pisa Un Caracol"
  5. Ithaka + Arkham Hi*Fi* – "The Day Was Hot"
  6. Boss AC – "It's All Right"
  7. Flood – "Viaje Universal")
  8. Blasted Mechanism – "Thick Tongue"
  9. Zen – "Air"
  10. Blind Zero – "The Wire"
  11. Ornatos Violeta – "Tempo De Nascer"[7]

Tejo Beat (Sample) EP

An abbreviated Tejo Beat EP was released as a radio promo some weeks before the release of the full album.[8]

  1. Da Weasel – "Produto Habitual"
  2. Ithaka & Arkham Hi*Fi* – "The Day Was Hot"
  3. Blasted Mechanism – "Thick Tongue"
  4. Blind Zero – "The Wire"

Album Art Work

The CD cover design was created by Porto-based artist/graphic designer João Faria, with photography made by Adriana Oliveira. The cover also included kite and animal drawings by students from Escola EB Eng. Fernando Pinto de Oliveira, in Leça da Palmeira, Portugal.[9][10]

Concerts

All bands participating on the Tejo Beat album also performed live in two associated concerts during the Expo '98 (1998 Lisbon World Exposition), one separately at a smaller stage and another in September 1998, during a Tejo Beat finale weekend at the Sony Stage, the largest stage of the four month long event.[11][12]

20th Anniversary

Although a second physical release has yet to be made, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Tejo Beat compilation, label Valentim de Carvalho released the album to the streaming platforms for the first time on.[13]

References
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  7. "Era uma vez cinco rapazes do Porto que viram e agarraram um sonho lindo. A noite dos Ornatos Violeta no Campo Pequeno". blitz.pt/. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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