brazil's creative, intellectual, and political community rallied the movement and regularly met at posto 9, conversing and enjoying the view and the sunset - impeccably standing up, in what was described as 'a cocktail party without the ashtrays'.

an album that defines the legacy of the movement is tropicália - ou panis et circencis, an 1968 album that encompassed the main features of tropicália into one musical manifesto.

there was an element of political expression in music, which was the brainchild of gilberto gil and caetano veloso, who strongly objected to the coup d'état of 1964.