{"product_id":"back-home-6","title":"Back Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeaning 'Hi' in Uruguayan slang, \u003cstrong\u003eOpa\u003c\/strong\u003e are a South American jazz-funk phenomenon. Fusing Uruguay's native Candombe rhythms with North American jazz and pop music, Opa's space-age synthesizers, boisterous grooves, and compositional magic expressed a distinctive Afro-Uruguayan voice within the global jazz vernacular: a voice which remains as vital and unique today as when it was recorded, almost half a century ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHaving migrated to New York from Montevideo in the early seventies, Opa were heard playing in a nightclub by renowned producer and label owner Larry Rosen. At Holly Place Studios between July and August 1975, Rosen oversaw Opa's first recordings using a four-track TEAC 3340. The album would become home to some of Opa's hardest-hitting funk jams, with moments of songwriting wonderment and soulful pop and rock progressions combining with the jazz-funk fusion Opa would become known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMysteriously (for reasons unknown to the band), Opa's debut was shelved and remained so until the mid-1990s. But the \u003cem\u003eBack Home\u003c\/em\u003e recordings were used as demos, gaining Opa a record deal with Milestone Records and the subsequent release of two cult-favorite albums: \u003cem\u003eGoldenwings\u003c\/em\u003e (1976) and \u003cem\u003eMagic Time\u003c\/em\u003e (1977). Opa would also collaborate with North American titans including bassist Ron Carter, producer Creed Taylor, and Brazilian icons Airto Moreira, Flora Purim, Hermeto Pascoal, and Milton Nascimento.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn more recent years, Opa's music has found new audiences after being sampled by Captain Murphy (aka Flying Lotus) and Madlib. For fans of Azymuth, Weather Report, Cortex, and The Headhunters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far Out Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Black LP.","offer_id":50400340377931,"sku":"2179631","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50400341524811,"sku":"2179634","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Back_Home_7702755c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726511837","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/back-home-6","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}