by Ben Hogwood

What’s the story?

After a long time on hyetas, Rainer Trüby adds a sixth instalment to his Glücklich series, celebrating Brazilian and Brazilian-flavoured music, old and new.

Trüby is a fanatical collector, leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of happiness, scooping up a number of rarities and vinyl-only gems along the way. It may be two decades since the last Glücklich release, but this one draws on all the elements that made the first five volumes essential for collectors and Brazilian music devotees.

What’s the music like?

Smile-inducing. If you have collected the series to date, you will know what to expect, but for the uninitiated the music here gives an instant, uplifting fix.

If Jon Lucien’s Come With Me To Rio doesn’t get you, with its promise of ‘doing the samba when they want’, then Debbie Cameron & Richard Boone‘s breezy Stop Foolin’ Yourself will. Jean-Marc Jafet‘s Offering goes with a swing, as does Marcia Maria’s piano-fuelled Brasil Nativo.

On the cool side sit Midnight Gigolos with Brother Samba and a winsome Portuguese-language cover of Roy Ayers from Swedes A Bossa Elétrica, Sob A Luz Do Sol.

Meanwhile Trüby himself gets in on the act with a sultry remix of the Gilles Peterson project, Sonzeira‘s The Mystery Of Man.

Does it all work?

Yes. The loving attention to detail extends throughout the tracklisting and as far as the artwork, which once again links Germany and Brazil – the car being a Volkswagen SP2 manufactured in Brazil between 1972 and 1976.

Is it recommended?

It is great to see Rainer Trüby picking up where he left off with this series, investing a great deal of love and devotion into the music. Because of that we get a winsome collection of music capable of bringing the sunshine to any summer.