My favorite is Nação Zumbi, who as far as I know hasn't released anything since I wrote about 'em in 2008.
You should try 'Fome de Tudo'. It's absolutely brilliant.
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Sunday, 24 July 2011 12:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Luisa Maita is touring the US again
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 July 2011 03:56 (thirteen years ago) link
They're looking for more dates as well. The publicist wants me to help find them DC and Baltimore shows
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 July 2011 13:19 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJg914QTsOk
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
Hmm, is Romulo Froes' cd one of the best of 2011...Need to listen to it more
From an interivew with him (google translated from Portuguese)
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%25C3%25B4mulo_Fr%25C3%25B3es&ei=_EjHTrK1F8nF0AHmoInzDw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CEkQ7gEwAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dromulo%2Bfroes%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1C1CHFX_enUS367US368%26prmd%3Dimvnslo
The generation that grew up and graduated in the last decade have you, Rodrigo Campos, Tata Airplane, Nina Becker, Domenico, Tulip. But it also has Rita Maria, Maria Gadu, Vanessa da Mata and others who direct dialogue with the industry, with "success." To some extent, does not condone the latter, so to speak, "aesthetic" ("philosophy" might fit, too) generation? Of course, even in the industry, artists are linked to their time with issues similar to ours. But they still have to deal with the machine's success and the problems arising from such relationship, very different from an independent artist - you see, said different, neither better nor worse. What I am sure that there is more room for invention in the industry for the construction of a work that you think the history of Brazilian music and its evolution. I think the last move in this direction, an industry support of a renewal of the work of Brazilian music, was the manguebeat. Since there will be more than 15 years.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 19 November 2011 06:22 (twelve years ago) link
x-post- very interesting, I like it(though not completely crazy about the guitar sound)
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 19 November 2011 06:26 (twelve years ago) link
Now I still have to listen to that older Romulo Froes album
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 19 November 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
Many artists from São Paulo seem to be inspired by afrobeat sounds these days. And this is one of the finest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDhALcAPsOQ
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Saturday, 22 December 2012 02:33 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/arts/music/marching-to-an-african-beat.html?ref=music
modern but traditional Salvador carnival parade blocas
― curmudgeon, Monday, 18 February 2013 00:26 (eleven years ago) link
Some new Brazilian artists - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGTZ5CBBLso
― tarping, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
Zuzuka Poderosa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2gyeUWFDv8
― tarping, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
A compilation with some new electronic producers - http://www.spin.com/articles/hy-brazil-vol-1-fresh-electronic-music-from-brazil-compilation-download
― tarping, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
You can hear the hole Gang Do Eletro CD here - https://www.facebook.com/gangdoeletro/app_208195102528120
― tarping, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
You can hear the hole Gang Do Eletro CD here - https://soundcloud.com/deckdisc/sets/gang-do-eletro
― tarping, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
thanks
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
Hey Tarping do you work for Spin or the folks putting that stuff out?
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
No, but i know the Chico, who compiled the compilation.
― tarping, Wednesday, 27 March 2013 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/maria-luiza-jobim/two-moons
― tarping, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
40% Foda/Maneirissimo is a new Techno/House label from Rio. This is their first tracks - http://40porcentofodabarramaneirissimo.bandcamp.com/album/40-foda-maneirissimo-001
― tarping, Saturday, 27 April 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
Another one from Opala - https://soundcloud.com/maria-luiza-jobim/come-home
― tarping, Saturday, 27 April 2013 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Tom Jobim's daughter
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 27 April 2013 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
I need to find time to listen to these folks
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
Still do
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jxGPhxDPTk&feature=youtu.be
― tarping, Thursday, 13 June 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
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― curmudgeon, Friday, 14 June 2013 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/870885596/a-tale-of-two-nations-featuring-maracatu-estrela-b
The chance to present Estrela Brilhante in the United States
― curmudgeon, Monday, 17 June 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2013/06/23/193915387/dj-betto-arcos-spins-the-latest-from-brazil
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 27 June 2013 05:08 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCpIpvCrzUw
― tarping, Thursday, 8 August 2013 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks for posting
― curmudgeon, Friday, 9 August 2013 14:18 (eleven years ago) link
Luisa Maita is gonna tour the US again. No new album out as far as I can tell (although 1 new song)
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 25 March 2014 18:44 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/general/2014/03/28/brazils-luisa-maita-on-samba-sao-paulo-and-speedy-beats/
interview
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 March 2014 15:06 (ten years ago) link
Luisa Maita and her great band live nicely blended old-school and new school sounds. Looking forward to her next album
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 April 2014 15:14 (ten years ago) link
Her band had a funky drummer with a kit and a laptop, plus guitarist & bassist who have heard postpunk and funk...
― curmudgeon, Friday, 4 April 2014 20:53 (ten years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/maisumdiscos/mini-box-lunar-amarelasse-from
I like this. Reminds me a little of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. These new comps look good too -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rol%C3%AA-Sounds-Brazil-Novos-Brasil/dp/B00JK4JZJO
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brasil-Bam-Gilles-Peterson/dp/B00J9ZB12I/ref=pd_sim_m_h__1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0S57XJZCPV95HRNX64MT
― StillAdvance, Monday, 16 June 2014 09:07 (ten years ago) link
Lindsay has found many like-minded musicians in Brazil with which to further his style. When I ask him who he plays with and listens to there, he reels off a long list of bands and artists who inspire him. His current recommendations include Metá Metá, Siba, and the young improv group Chinese Cookie Poets. He also mentions a fascination with a Brazilian dance music called Funk Carioca, and its recent offshoot Rasteirinha.
http://pitchfork.com/features/the-out-door/9408-tk/2/
Arto Lindsay
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 31 July 2014 04:35 (ten years ago) link
this is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=850VvOreUf4
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Monday, 25 August 2014 05:57 (ten years ago) link
Retro but modern (I guess. I haven't heardthis yet. Read NY Times review, excerpt below)
There have been echoes of Tropicália in Brazilian pop ever since, and something new that bears its traces is “Tremor Essencial” (Sem Paredes), the third record by Celso Sim, a São Paulo singer-songwriter with a background in theater. (You can hear it at celsosim.com.br.) The record is fast-moving, highly literate, magpie-ish about style and mood, tender and circusy and processional, full of intimacy and electric guitars. It also feels as if it wants to tell a story:
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 30 August 2014 15:22 (ten years ago) link
Finally listening to Celso Sim now (on Spotify). Some of it reminds me of Caetano Veloso. I like the quieter numbers better than the circus-like melodramatic ones.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 September 2014 03:03 (ten years ago) link
There's quite a bit of guitar on it. On some songs he repeats the noisy gestures or the circus-like songs so much it can get a tad annoying in an almost prog-rock like way, other times it fits better.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 8 September 2014 13:30 (ten years ago) link
http://latinjazznet.com/2014/08/31/news/sammy-figueroa-glaucia-nasser-release-talisman/
Female Brazilian singer with Latin percussionist...
She has that classic bossa nova/samba voice...
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 04:11 (nine years ago) link
Jucara Marcal--post-punk sorta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18p5_PiPk8E
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 24 December 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
publicist is pitching me on Ana Carolina, Brazilian singer who I have never heard, who is scheduled to play a 1200 seat hall in DC. Read that she collaborated with Seu Jorge once.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
I still haven't checked her music out on Youtube or wherever yet
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 14:28 (nine years ago) link
Her bio plays up her classic Brazilian critic type influences, but this album on Spotify has more arena pop melodrama than I generally like.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:40 (nine years ago) link
Tried another album of hers, and it adds some programmed beats, but its still too polished and overdone in a not so enjoyable way. Yep, I know she has a big following in Brazil
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 September 2015 12:15 (nine years ago) link
She's doing a NYC gig and others too. But I'm not won over based on my brief listening to 2 albums
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 10 September 2015 14:25 (nine years ago) link
Gonna go visit Brazil on a holiday/vacation trip/adventure
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 28 January 2016 19:18 (eight years ago) link
Anyone else here been there, or live there now?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 29 January 2016 05:40 (eight years ago) link
I don't, but i understand this song is extremely popular there right now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzOkza_u3Z8
― rob, Friday, 29 January 2016 14:56 (eight years ago) link
Romulo Froes 2015 album Por elas Sem elas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zadIoJoozS4&feature=youtu.be
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 31 January 2016 05:42 (eight years ago) link