writer & polemist

instead relying on quixotic lyricism

and by 1991 he'd been introduced to the breakbeat culture that birthed jungle

as well as reggae star Big Youth on several tracks

Tim Maia - Tim Maia Nightcall writer & polemistBrazilian guitarist and singer, known as the father of Brazilian soul music. Born: 28 September 1942 in Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Died: 15 March 1998 in Niteri, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (aged 55). Maia fundamentally changed the music scene in Brazil, introducing modern black music from the US to national pop music, linking funk, samba, and baio, bringing soul closer to bossa nova and opening windows and doors to new forms of music