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Hey hey! There's a new Os Mutantes tribute album out today! Jardim Elétrico: A Tribute to Os Mutantes features fifteen different artists tackling tracks from all over the catalog of the highly influential, stupendously great Brazilian psych-pop experimentalists.

You'll likely get quite a kick out of contributions by the Earlies, Jennifer Gentle, Residual Echoes, and Sean Lennon and Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto), as well as White Flag's take on "Mysterious White Roses," a Mutantes gem that never made it to a proper album but did show up in a 1968 film. The disc features an insert poster drawn by Mutant Arnaldo Baptista, which we'd wager might look pretty cool under a blacklight. All this can be yours from Italian label Madcap Collective.

There's also a clause in this here press release suggesting this album was made available at all Os Mutantes tour dates. Since those suckers have, for the time being, come and gone, you may already own this album. If not, get to searchin'!

Jardim Elétrico:

01 Stop the Wheel: "Top Top"
02 Jennifer Gentle: "Panis et Circenses"
03 Father Murphy: "Ave Lucifer"
04 Sean Lennon and Yuka Honda: "Trem Fantasma"
05 White Flag: "Mysterious White Roses"
06 Tater Toz: "Bat Macumba"
07 Littlebrown: "Senhor F."
08 Residual Echoes: "A Minha Menina"
09 Wondermints: "Arnaldo Said"
10 Pillars and Tongues: "Magica"
11 Oswald: "Dois Mil e Um"
12 Gomma Workshop: "O Relogio"
13 Franklin Delano/GRES Unidos Do Berimbau: "Adeus, Maria Fulo"
14 The Earlies: "Ave Gengis Khan"
15 Fabio Recco & Bia Mendes: "Tecnicolor (Beto Salmon Remix)"