Criolo Doido – Singles, Parcerias e Raridades

Criolo Doido – Singles, Parcerias e Raridades

“The purpose of the compilation “Singles, partnerships and rarities” is to rediscover the lost path – once seen as a break – between the careers of today and the old Crioli Doido through partnerships, rarities and inaccessible tracks...
Projeto CCOMA – Peregrino

Projeto CCOMA – Peregrino

“Born in the mountains of southern Brazil, the project of trumpet player Roberto Scopel and percussionist and producer Swami Sagara flirts with Latin rhythms, crosses oceans to get to Africa, in a corner of Morocco, among many stops. With these references in the...
Brazilian Bass Culture & Beyond

Brazilian Bass Culture & Beyond

Excellent and representative compilation from Brasil Music Exchange, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting talented Brazilian...
Chico Correa & Electronic Band – DerivaSONS

Chico Correa & Electronic Band – DerivaSONS

A Remix collection of Chico Correa’s excellent album. “Remixes are derivative works, versions and interventions realized by other artists that can be based on a theme of a song or a complete reformulation, changing tempos, timbres, adding sounds, beats and...
Afrobeat BR Mixtape

Afrobeat BR Mixtape

Brazilian music is known for its vast influences from Africa, but how about Afrobeat? Well, the slaves that brought African music to Brazil were deported from their homeland until one century before Fela Kuti and Tony Allen invented the explosive mixture of Jazz,...
Funk Carioca Hybrid 14: DJ X-Trio

Funk Carioca Hybrid 14: DJ X-Trio

Cover version of the Brazilian Pop megahit by Funk Carioca boy group Os Ousados meets Afro House from Angolan master DJ and producer DJ...
Ba-Boom – Incendeia

Ba-Boom – Incendeia

“Well tempered Brazilian-Jamaican music, for all tastes, eyes and ears, which satisfies the senses and causes the body to dance. Connecting ideas with lyrics that speak about the everyday, the street, the human being, politics and culture. Strong rhythm with...
Afroelectro

Afroelectro

“Founded in 2009, the band Afroelectro creates its sonic identity revisiting the African continent through contact with artists and their contemporary sound production, the direct experience of some members of the band with musicians from there and the...
Sonic Junior

Sonic Junior

“Enshrined in the national independent music scene SONIC JUNIOR became known for its pulsating energy developed in the disks and his electrifying performance on stage, being called by critics as “one man band”, where he sings, puts the beats and...
Positivo Vibrations

Positivo Vibrations

“Positivo Vibrations is a collection of bass oriented music contributed by outstanding musicians and producers from Mozambique, Ireland, Malaysia, France, Poland and the UK. The album has been put together by Mr Upfull to help an organisation of music activists...
Bemba Trio

Bemba Trio

Formed by Russo Passapusso, Fael 1st and DJ Root. BEMBA TRIO incorporates the diversity and cultural authenticity of the peripheral culture of Bahia state in its melodies, performances and language. The vocalists emphasize on a spoken style valuing stories, regional...
Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda – Pra Ficar

Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda – Pra Ficar

New album free for download. From their website: Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda is a symbol of strength and inventiveness of the music of Pernambuco that Brazil and the world have learned to admire. Among latin grooves, afro beats and rhythms of Pernambuco, the...
duSouto – Cretino!

duSouto – Cretino!

Brazilian Northeastern rhythms and guitar riffs meet Dub and Drum´n´Bass. Download for free from their website.
OQuadro

OQuadro

The band OQuadro from Ilheus, south of Bahia, has just released their first album, and promises to give his fans with a quite peculiar run Hip-Hop. With the versatility of shows played ​​with instruments (bass, drums, guitar, percussion and electronics) the group drew...
Café Preto

Café Preto

Translation of part of the booklet: Café Preto is an album realized by musician Cannibal in partnership with DJ and producer Bruno Pedrosa and the musician PI-R. The lyrics are written by Cannibal and the programming and samples were made ​​by Pedrosa. The musical...
Vida Seca – Som de Sucata

Vida Seca – Som de Sucata

Vida Seca was created by members of a street carnival band that used scrap and waste as raw material for constructing musical instruments. They explore timbres and sonorities obtained from these materials researching and re-reading Brazilian , African and Latin...
Eletro Pankadão Mixtape

Eletro Pankadão Mixtape

While Funk Carioca is stagnating or even declining in Rio, it becomes treated in other parts of Brazil. Eletro Funk is made in Brazilian states such as Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Acre and Tocantins and is a mix of Funk Carioca and Electro/House Beats. Unfortunately...
Jogja Joy Mixtape

Jogja Joy Mixtape

Selection of some Indonesian stuff: Dangdut, Pop, Hip Hop, Reggae, Chill… Tracklist: 01. Unknown 02. Jambu Alas 03. Darso – Sarua Jeung Bohong 04. Ki Djarot feat. Jogja Hiphop – Jogja Istimewa 05. Jahanam – Cintamu Sepahit Topi Miring 06....
MC Ralph – Os Afro-Raps

MC Ralph – Os Afro-Raps

Translation of the accompanying text: Inspired by the Afro-Sambas of Vinicius de Moraes and Baden Powell this disc is to rescue the roots of a folk. Letters that address african-Brazilian spirituality, music full of samples and percussive elements. A mixture of...
NaurÊa – Furdunço

NaurÊa – Furdunço

Interesting project from NaurÊa mixing Forró, Samba, Afro-Caribean sounds and Tropical Beats. They will release an EP with internationally renown guests every three months and the cover artwork will later form a big mosaic. The remixers on this one are DJ Dolores and...