Produced by Rodolfo Stroeter

Recorded at estúdio Mosh, São Paulo in June,2005 by Alberto Ranellucci

Remixed by Jan Erik Kongshaug at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in January,2012

Remastered by Lelo Nazario at Utopia Studio in São Paulo in February, 2012

Design - Marcílio Godoi

Bonus track: Recorded live at Teatro Fecap in September, 2007 in Sao Paulo at the concert “Noites de Gala, Samba na Rua” by Mônica Salmaso and Pau Brasil.

The eighth album of Pau Brasil was produced in June, 2005 and included a new member, the drummer Ricardo Mosca, already known, at that time, as a new arrival on São Paulo’s instrumental scene.

 “When I joined Pau Brasil, I was surprised at how much creative freedom I was given”, says Mosca, highlighting the fact that he had been expecting the exact opposite. “They gave me total freedom to inject my own personality into the group’s music”. 

The album 2005 is defined by Stroeter as “settling accounts with the repertory of that particular line-up”. Except for ‘Pulo do Gato’ (by Bellinati) and ‘Ciranda’ (by Stroeter and Bellinati), and the Cantilena Aria of Villa-Lobos’ ‘Bachianas Brasileiras nº 5’” – the five remaining compositions were taken from Pau Brasil’s early albums and include new interpretations of audience favorites such as ‘Fogo no Baile’ (by Ayres), ‘Jongo’ (by Bellinati), as well as their arrangement of ‘Bye Bye Brasil’ (by Roberto Menescal and Chico Buarque).