Produced by Frédéric Pagès and Rodolfo Stroeter

Recorded and mixed at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, Norway in July,1991 by Jan Erik Kongshaug. Remastered by Lelo Nazario at Utopia Studio in São Paulo in February, 2012

Design - J. N. Duru

First album recorded by the group at the Rainbow Studio, in Oslo (Norway), Metrópolis Tropical allowed Pau Brasil to break into the European market with a high standard of sound recording. The French producer Frédéric Pagès – who had already visited Brazil – suggested that the group create a musical portrait of the city of São Paulo.

Marked by compositions of greater length, created or arranged with the intention of representing different facets of the metropolis that is São Paulo, the album includes brand new themes, among which are title track ‘Metrópolis Tropical’ (by Nazario) and ‘Cordilheira’ (by drummer Nenê). Rodolfo Stroeter contributed the suite ‘Perdido (Lendas da Cidade)’, co-written with Nazario, and with the vibrant ‘Espíritos da Mata (Saci e Curupira no Bambuzal)’, a partnership with Nenê, which includes several solo improvisations. Paulo Bellinati’s ‘Queimada’, highlights his virtuoso playing of the viola caipira.

The album's very good repercussion could be confirmed by the April, 2012 edition of the highly-regarded French Jazz Magazine which included Metrópolis Tropical in a selection of “gold nuggets” of Brazilian jazz: 80 of the best albums of this particular musical genre were chosen and commentated by the publication’s cast of critics.