Biography
Boogarins took shape when high school friends Fernando Almeida and Benke Ferraz formed a tropical psychedelic rock group that channels the bright eccentricity of 1960s Tropicalia through contemporary D.I.Y. punk and indie-psych routes. What started as two teenagers tracking material on borrowed equipment and glitchy computers inside their parents’ basements later expanded into a full live unit whose humid, high-energy performances appear on 2017’s La Vem a Morte and the cosmic, jam-oriented Sombrou Dúvida from 2019.
The band originated in the Brazilian city of Goiania during the early 2010s. Ferraz and Almeida first operated as an untitled recording project, laying down enough songs for an entire album before they had played any concerts, added a rhythm section, or settled on a name. Those tracks reached international listeners and tastemakers, eventually reaching Other Music Recording Co., the label arm of the historic New York store and cultural landmark Other Music. After signing, the pair quickly adopted the Boogarins name, taken from a species of jasmine flower, and prepared to function as a performing ensemble. Their debut album As Plantas Que Curam—whose English title is “Plants That Heal”—appeared on the label in September 2013, once drummer Hans Castro and bassist Raphael Vaz had joined; the first live dates took place in April of that year and were followed by international touring. Castro later exited, with Ynaiã Benthroldo stepping in on drums. The follow-up studio album Manual arrived in 2015, again via Other Music. La Vem a Morte surfaced in 2017 with no advance notice, uploaded directly to YouTube as a surprise for listeners; the record earned favorable notices and additional touring. Sombrou Dúvida, the fourth album, followed in 2019 and offered a lighter mood than earlier releases that had often turned darker, yet it retained the group’s psychedelic production choices, dub echoes, and dense effects. The next several years yielded assorted releases that began with the 2020 collection Manchaca, Vol. 1, a gathering of demos, outtakes, and other studio artifacts. Levitation Sessions, a live album, also appeared in 2020. Manchaca, Vol. 2 arrived in April 2021, and both volumes were later compiled onto a limited run of 300 cassettes issued in February 2022.
The band originated in the Brazilian city of Goiania during the early 2010s. Ferraz and Almeida first operated as an untitled recording project, laying down enough songs for an entire album before they had played any concerts, added a rhythm section, or settled on a name. Those tracks reached international listeners and tastemakers, eventually reaching Other Music Recording Co., the label arm of the historic New York store and cultural landmark Other Music. After signing, the pair quickly adopted the Boogarins name, taken from a species of jasmine flower, and prepared to function as a performing ensemble. Their debut album As Plantas Que Curam—whose English title is “Plants That Heal”—appeared on the label in September 2013, once drummer Hans Castro and bassist Raphael Vaz had joined; the first live dates took place in April of that year and were followed by international touring. Castro later exited, with Ynaiã Benthroldo stepping in on drums. The follow-up studio album Manual arrived in 2015, again via Other Music. La Vem a Morte surfaced in 2017 with no advance notice, uploaded directly to YouTube as a surprise for listeners; the record earned favorable notices and additional touring. Sombrou Dúvida, the fourth album, followed in 2019 and offered a lighter mood than earlier releases that had often turned darker, yet it retained the group’s psychedelic production choices, dub echoes, and dense effects. The next several years yielded assorted releases that began with the 2020 collection Manchaca, Vol. 1, a gathering of demos, outtakes, and other studio artifacts. Levitation Sessions, a live album, also appeared in 2020. Manchaca, Vol. 2 arrived in April 2021, and both volumes were later compiled onto a limited run of 300 cassettes issued in February 2022.
Albums
Singles
Live
