Re: Top Five Brazilian releases

From: Jeremy Hollister (jeremy@mte.com)
Date: Tue Dec 19 2000 - 18:08:25 CET

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    here are a couple new finds:

    Andrea Marquee - this is really hot, hard beats, complex rhythms and the
    vocals range from aggressive party vibes to more sublime and "traditional"
    (in the bossa nova vein), there a nice variety on the cd I picked up
    "Zumbi". Some of her songs would work into a set of other female vacalists
    a la Jill Scott, new N'Dea...

    Lenine - NaPressao - this I would put into a kind of Arto Lindsey camp,
    mellow to angst male vocalist, excursions into downtempo as well as
    drum and bass. I think they may have transplanted to Brooklyn ( I vaguely
    remember a documentary about Brazil music and Summerstage from several
    years ago)

    Chico Science & nacao Zumbi - this group ramges widely - some of it is hip
    hop inflected downbeat, which would definitely fit into much of what is
    discussed on the list, some more in the "Urban Dance Squad" early Chili
    Peppers blend of funk punk and Hip hop, and still more that is straight
    ahead Hardcore.

    I would love to know what Hermeto Pascoal is up to these days - he was
    also featured in the previously mentioned documentary. A note on
    contemporay Brazilian music - there seems to be a fairly good blending of
    "ruffness" evident in a certain punk sensibility with the smoothness that
    comes out of the bossa nova stuff, really fascinating.

    J

    On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Patrik Hamberg wrote:

    > I know I should have asked this weeks ago. But better too late then
    > never, right?
    >
    > If you're into Brazilian music with a jazzy funky feel, could you
    > give me a list of your top five albums availble on CD?
    >
    > My sister have been living in Brazil since June and I can't believe
    > I'v e not taken advantage of this...
    >
    > Cheers,
    >
    > Patrik
    >



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