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Tropicalia, Bossa Nova, Samba, and other Brazilian goodies

post #1 of 9
3/19/03 at 6:34am
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Inspired by a recent purchase of Smokey and Miho, "Tempo de Amor", I am starting to get interested in Tropicalia and other forms of Brazilian music. Miho's voice isn't really perfectly suited for the music, but hey, she scores points for being Miho! The Smokey Hormel/Miho Hatori team got together after hearing the album, "Os Afro Sambas" -- I'm interested in picking this album up and was wondering if anyone has heard the reworked version (which is available at amazon).

I love the way Portuguese sounds on top of the fun yet calming samba-esque rhythms... it has such a lazy and smooth delivery. Think Joao Gilberto-style. I also love the use of cuica... such a fun fun instrument.

Any recommendations in this area?
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post #2 of 9
3/20/03 at 12:35pm
Caetano Veloso, Caetano Veloso, Caetano Veloso! I've been hooked on this guy for a few months, and theres not one album that I've heard that I don't listen to over and over and over. I also picked up an album, "Brazilian Duos," by Luciana Souza which is quite good. Much better than the title would lead you to believe. Drop me an email if you want to talk lusophone music. I can hook you up with some samples.
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post #3 of 9
3/20/03 at 11:52pm
If you like Lo-Fi Brazilian music you might want to try Nicola Conte. I really
like his work. I also enjoy the Brazilectro series off Fusion3 or the Trip Do Brazil
series. I like the Brazil 5000 series aswell.. I like lots of stuff actually! You
could try stuff on the lable 'Irma' or maybe the series 'Bossa Tres Jazz', you might
like that too. Let me know what you think of some of those suggestions if
you ever get the chance to hear some of them.
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post #4 of 9
3/21/03 at 5:21am
Tropicalia: Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Maria Bethania, Os Mutantes
See http://www.slipcue.com/music/brazil/...ropicalia.html

Bossa Nova: Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz (jazz like)

Other excellent artists: Dorival Caimy, Vinicius de Morais, Elis Regina, Chico Buarque, Ivan Lins, Edu Lobo, Milton Nascimento, Simone
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post #5 of 9
3/21/03 at 12:09pm
Just remembered Jorge Aragão. "Preto qu'é preto ilumina por qu'é preto...." Good Stuff. You can find a real audio sample here: http://www.putumayo.com/cd_brazil/samba_bossa.html
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post #6 of 9
11/15/11 at 10:39am

if you want to know the best new brazilian band of the last two decades,i would recommend Nacao Zumbi,piooners of the "mangue bit" musical political movement along with Mundo livre s\a an fogo do cordel encantado.

chico science (dead leader of the band)  and nacao zumbi are a massive undergound (they does not appear on television or sell them out for cigarettes or beer propaganda) band tha mix maracatu (a north-east traditional-afro-root style the most played with percussion) with rock instrument,added with reasonably electronic influences and especially many political-metaphorical lyrics.

i will upload all their cd in flac on the PTB soon.

 

 

 

Krisium (extreme technical death metal)

Orappa (pop rock)

Tim Maia (higly recomended,the father of brazilian funk formed in the US properly) alerady dead

Raul Seixas (tha king of rock and roll in brazil ,a sort of our Bob Dylan)

 

to name a few 

the problem,sometimes,is that the language play a major role in understanding and judging a song for an audiophile,an example is the great success bossa nova had even it was singed in portuguese,so imo the quality of sound was so good that was enough to gain popularity around the world (italy,japan,usa) even with a foreigner language.if bossa nova would be created in uk or usa ,for example,it would be so popular and hystorical remembered like jazz blues or rock and roll.

 

sorry for my bad english.

 

 

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post #7 of 9
11/15/11 at 2:40pm

A good place to start might be those Beleza Tropical compilations that David Byrne's label Luaka Bop put out about 20 years ago. They get you acquainted with a lot of the names (Caetano, Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethania, etc.) you'll be wanting to hear when you start digging deeper.

 

 

 

 

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post #8 of 9
11/16/11 at 1:39pm

I recommend Marisa Monte, currently one of the best singers/songwriters in Brazil - his albums "Infinito Particular" and " Universo ao Meu Redor" are excellent.

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post #9 of 9
11/16/11 at 6:42pm

A pretty recent discovery of mine is Leila Pinheiro, who does bossa-infused, laid-back tunes to great effect.  The guitarist Romero Lubambo has some beautiful acoustic-guitar music in the Brazilian style.

 

For something fairly different, check out Virginia Rodrigues from Northern Brazil, especially the album Nos with its tender, elegant chamber-music stylings.

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