In time for the 30th anniversary of Brazil 5: Tom Z -The Hips of Tradition – The Return of Tom Z, were releasing two of Zs albums chock full of avant garde pop hits ready to be discovered and exalted by the mainstream.

On both Brazil Classics 4: The Best of Tom Z – Massive Hits, which comes in a limited Brazilian Blue gatefold edition, and The Hips of Tradition, which comes in a limited Amazon Green edition, heres what you have in store: Household appliances and tools in arrangements with horns, strings, prepared guitars (punctuated by grunts, screams and other wild percussion), all melded with eccentric metaphorical lyricism. The result: sounds of sambas and archangels/ street and street riot, sometimes hypnotic, sometimes dissonant and always a beautiful amalgamation of unusual noises, hysterical lyrics, and pop songs that remain an essential part of the Brazilian historical legacy of musical exploration.