“Oi! A Nova Música Brasileira!”
2CD 40-track compilation of new alternative & leftfield Brazilian music
Released 13 September 2010 (Mais Um Discos). Compiled by Mais Um Gringo
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Latino Music UK Review
01/10/2010
Having had The Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira Album for a couple of weeks now and after an extensive amount of replay’s and rewinds we can safely say that this is quite easily one of the best Brasilian Compilation albums that we have come across for quite sometime.
This album represents brasil’s true variety of music and muscicians marching into global music, you are able to hear Ska, House, Rock, Dub and other global influences that have inspired this eclectic ensemble of Brasilian musicians, although having said that, the album still manages to retain a trully authentic Brasilian feel, you never feel for one second that what you are listening to is not Brasilian.
Current stand out flava’s have to be (and there are quite a few)
Amarelasse, Barrio Novo, Amigo, Gaita Mestra, Kay Fora, Outro Modo, Perdizes, Nome Proprio, Caixa Preta, O Carnaval Quem é Que Faz?
The other bonus is for £9.99p you get 40 quality tracks tracks, it’s difficult to go wrong. There is literally something for everyone.
What others have Said!
Giles Peterson – compilation of the month – oi! a nova musica brasileira – 40 brilliant ‘unknown’ tracks of contemporary Brazil.
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Press Release!
Thought Brazilian music began with bossa nova, morphed into tropicália and then finished with baile-funk? Well think again. “Oi! A Nova Música Brasileira!” is a sonic-snapshot of the most exciting new Brazilian music from artists influenced by the likes of Kraftwerk, Massive Attack, Talking Heads, Os Mutantes, Beastie Boys, Sly & Robbie, Sonic Youth, Ween, Robert Wyatt & Stereolab.
CD1 features 20 of the hottest artists from Brazil’s new wave, tropicália, folk & indie scenes inc. the hyped Mini Box Lunar (currently drawing comparisons with the legendary Os Mutantes) & Do Amor (“Brazil’s Vampire Weekend”).
CD2 collects together 20 electronic, dancehall, baile-funk, dub, hip-hop, r ‘n’ b & folktronica gems inc. an exclusive track from Céu, plus Catarina Dee Jah (Brazil’s answer to M.I.A) & Gaby Amarantos (“the Amazonian Beyonce”)
Mixing Brazilian styles such as tropicalia, manguebeat and brega with rock, pop, new wave and electro “Oi! A Nova Música Brasileira!” is the sound of the Brazilian alternative/ leftfield scene now and features a dizzying array of mind-blowing new Brazilian genres.
Want tropicália-reggae-thrash? Look no further than Diego de Moraes e O Sindicato. Schizophrenic art-house-brega? Cidadão Instigado are your boys. Insane tecno-guitarrada? Pio Lobato’s your man. Punk-forró? Try naurÊa.
Or maybe you’re after something with a nod to those artists you already know? In that case there’s Mombojó peon to Stereolab, Curumin’s nod to Salt ‘n’ Pepa, La Pupuña ‘s tropical tribute to Dick Dale and Jam Da Silva’s homage to Manu Dibango.
Compiler Mais Um Gringo explains how the album came about: “All the Brazilian compilations I found either offered a tired mix of nu-bossa and nu-samba or were titles covering niche genres like baile-funk. I was looking for an album that provided an overview of the most exciting new Brazilian music across all genres”
Following months of 21st century crate-digging – trawling blogs and websites for the hottest artists and tracks – the Gringo set off to Brazil in late 2009. From Sao Paulo’s thriving singer-songwriter scene to the fertile manguebeat scene of Recife via the tecnobrega rave heartland of Belem and rock city Goiana, he left no MP3 unheard of ending up with a wishlist of 40 artists from 14 Brazilian states.
“The artists that really excited me were those who mixed Brazilian styles with more western influences such as new wave, rave, electro, dub and indie to create Brazilian music that was both foreign yet familiar. Western artists have always taken musical inspiration from Brazil yet thanks to affordable music equipment and widespread broadband Brazil’s young musicians are now redressing this balance. ‘Oi!” is this generation’s calling card. “
As the Gringo says: “This is music that is global but is not “world music”. It’s music that you can’t help but sing along to even though it’s in a language most people don’t understand”.
Artwork notes:
Pernambuco-based Brazilian street-artist Derlon Almeida produced the woodcut for the front cover which is a tribute to the local folk art of Cordel. The type was set by one of the last remaining letterpress workshops in Brazil, Gráfica Fidalga, who then produced 500 coloured ‘lambe-lambe’ fly posters in five different colours. São Paulo’s pioneering underground-art gallery Choque Cultural made this all possible. A replica of this poster appears in the booklet with a map of Brazil pinpointing the artists’ locations produced by UK based graphic artist Swifty.
Um disco:
1 Mini Box Lunar – Amarelasse (Amapá)
2 Do Amor – Perdizes (Rio de Janeiro)
3 Tulipa – Pedrinho (São Paulo)
4 Graveola e O Lixo Polifônico – Outro Modo (Minas Gerais)
5 Diego de Moraes e O Sindicato – Amigo (Goias)
6 Cidadão Instigado – Ovelhinhas (Ceará)
7 Caldo de Piaba – Venska Pro Papai (Acre)
8 La Pupuña – Ex-Quadrilha Da Fumaça (Belém)
9 Mombojó – Justamente (Pernambuco)
10 China – Colocando Sal Nas Feridas (Pernambuco)
11 Lucas Santtana – Hold Me In (Bahia)
12 Eddie – Bairro Novo/ Casa Caiada (Pernambuco)
13 Burro Morto – Navalha Cega (Paraiba)
14 Porcas Borboletas – Nome Próprio (Minas Gerais)
15 Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda – Tá Falado (Pernambuco)
16 Alessandra Leão – Boa Hora (Pernambuco)
17 Ronei Jorge e Os Ladrões De Bicicleta – Vidinha (Bahia)
18 naurÊa – Hoje Tem Forró (Sergipe)
19 Siba e Roberto Corrêa – Cara De Bronze (Pernambuco)
20 Otto – Crua (Pernambuco)
Dois disco:
1 3namassa ft. CéU – Doce Guia (São Paulo / Pernambuco)
2 Catarina Dee Jah – Kay Fora (Pernambuco)
3 Curumin ft. BNegão & Lucas Santtana – Caixa Preta (Pernambuco)
4 M. Takara & R. Brandão – Bença Do Batuque (São Paulo)
5 Jam Da Silva – Mania (Pernambuco)
6 Chico Correa & Electronic Band – Eu Pisei Na Pedra (Paraiba)
7 Os Ritmistas
- Samba De Pacto (Rio de Janeiro)
8 Zé Neguinho do Côco – Recife D’água (DJ Dolores’ Dub Remix) (Pernambuco)
9 BaianaSystem – O Carnaval Quem é Que Faz? (Bahia)
10 Mestre Curica – Carimbó Pra Maria (Luico K remix) (Rio de Janeiro)
11 Chernobyl&Praga – Balança (Porto Alegre)
12 Maderito & Joe – Eletro Do Maciota Light (Belém)
13 Pio Lobato – Cultura Do Pará (Belém)
14 Gaby Amarantos – Melody Do Vetron (Belém)
15 Coletivo Rádio Cipó – Amor Brejeiro (Belém)
16 DJ Tudo & Gente De Todo Lugar – Gaita Mestra (Cock Soup Mix) (São Paulo)
17 Flora Matos & Stereodubs – Pai De Família (Brasília)
18 Instituto – Ossario (São Paulo)
19 Guardaloop – O Dub (Pernambuco)
20 Júlia Says – Cá (Pernambuco)
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