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...
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...
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...
Música Negra Del Perú: Festejos Al 100%

Música Negra Del Perú: Festejos Al 100%

A compilation of afro-peruvian music or música criolla. Combining African, Spanish and Andean influences the genre consists of various rythms and dances like Festejo, Landó, Marinera, Alcatraz and Pregon. One of its characteristic instruments is the cajón, a wooden...
Coletivo Rádio Cipó – Formigando na Calçada do Brasil

Coletivo Rádio Cipó – Formigando na Calçada do Brasil

From their website: “Coletivo Rádio Cipó is a media hub for the production of sound, combined with the homemade digital audio technology in the production of sound experimental research. The objective is to this production for Brazil and abroad. The core of the...
Funkero – Poesia Marginal Mixtape

Funkero – Poesia Marginal Mixtape

Funkero is one of the most talented and fastest Brazilian MCs. He participated two times in the final of the Liga dos MCs, a local battle competition, and appeared on several TV shows. His first solo album is mixed by DJ Negralha with whom he performs live as well....
Buguinha Dub – Vitrola Adubada

Buguinha Dub – Vitrola Adubada

Buguinha Dub is sound engineer of Nação Zumbi one of the bands of Recife’s Mangue Beat movement. In april 2009 he released this solo album on the French netlabel Les Cristaux Liquident. 01. Abre caminhos 02. Liberate 03. Adubando 04. Fino da massa 1 05. Gafieira...
Songoro Cosongo – Misturado Com Cachaça Fica Muito Bom

Songoro Cosongo – Misturado Com Cachaça Fica Muito Bom

I have recently been to a very nice show of Songoro Cosongo. Founded in 2005 in Rio de Janeiro, the band is made up of musicians from Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Columbia and Chile and thus what they play is a mixture of Brazilian music, Latin rythms, Reggae and...