The group is the brainchild of saxophonist Thiago França, best known as a founding member of Afro-punk explorers Metá-Metá, and one of São Paulo's most in-demand horn men, with credits on influential albums by Criolo, Elza Soares, Céu and Lucas Santtana. A Espetacular Charanga do França is, without question, his most personal and powerful project to date. It maps his life and career: his time listening to the charanga (horn and percussion band) of his local football team, Atletico Mineiro; his formative years playing classic sambas and marchinhas in São Paulo nightclubs; the fervour of hearing frevo and maracatu at Recife-Olinda carnival; the cumbias he discovered in Colombia; his love for 60s samba sax players like Paulo Moura, Zé Bodega and the Sax Sambistas ensemble.

1. Hasta La Cumbia
2. Carnaval Arco-Íris (Feat. Verônica Ferriani)
3. Vem Desacatar (Feat. Lucas Santtana)
4. Cadê Renan
5. Eu Te Conheço (Feat. Suzana Salles)
6. Cheia De Manias
7. O Capitão Do Sax (Feat. Juçara Marçal)
8. Cara Do Apetite (Feat. Tulipa Ruiz)
9. Shabab'La
10. O Trombonista
11. Hino Da Charanguinha (Feat. Verônica Ferriani)
12. Nao Para (Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough)
13. Oba Ina