Konkret Dance 1986-89 is the unreleased first album by Brazilian post-punk quartet R. Mutt from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The record features a collection of 15 songs recorded between 1986-89 taken from their only two cassette tapes, respectively self-titled 1 & 2.
R. Mutt was formed in 1986 by Bruno Verner (vocals, guitar, keyboards and samples), Karla Xavier (vocals, keyboards and percussion), Bernardo Rennó (drums, keyboards, electronics and percussion), Marcos Basho (bass guitar) and Frederico Pessoa (bass player in the initial line-up). Making use of drum machines, synths and cheap samplers, R. Mutt's dystopian soundscapes combined glacial electronic instrumentation with female and male half-spoken/half-sung vocals; folk introspection, dark bass-lines & metal percussion, with an urgent and poetic dada-surrealistic lyricism.
Part of the same Belo Horizonte art-punk scene as bands such as Divergência Socialista, Ida & Os Voltas, Sexo Explícito, O Último Número etc, R. Mutt performed in several local underground bars, clubs, cinemas, universities and auditoriums; playing shows in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte & Juiz de Fora in venues such as Madame Satã, Espaço Retrô, Sesc Pompéia Complexo B, Crepúsculo dos Deuses, DCE da UFMG, Icbeu, PUC, Teatro Cenário among others. Konkret Dance features recordings drawing on their electronic experiments through to their goth-punk-industrial and folk/acoustic side; revealing to the listener an unusual and overlooked Brazilian post-punk repertoire of atmospheric dub-landscapes, ambient, cosmic synth-pop and percussive experimentation, with a penchant for an icy & lyrical-melancholic expressionist post-tropicalia instrumentation. The collection also includes live performances from the legendary São Paulo underground club Madame Satã, as well as at Belo Horizonte's Rock Líquido project.
