André Sampaio & Os AfroMandinga – Desaguou

André Sampaio & Os AfroMandinga – Desaguou

André Sampaio is lead guitarist of one of the most popular Roots Reggae bands from Brazil, “Ponto de Equilibrio”, and a pioneer of the new wave of Brazilian musicians working with Afrobeat. But the ingredients used for his first solo album...

w∆lla-C – T∆mborimOdyssey

w∆lla-C – T∆mborimOdyssey

“wΔlla| C is an MC/Beatmaker from Rio de Janeiro, now resident in Perth WA. Producing beats for over 2 years now, he draws from diverse influences such as jazz, funk, blaxploitation, afrofuturism, glitch, lo-fi beats, afrobeat, brazilian folk, amongst others....

Naurêa – Na Dansanteria

Naurêa – Na Dansanteria

NaurÊa from Aracajú (capital of Sergipe State in the Northeast of Brazil) plays what they call Sambaião. As the name already suggests, it’s a mixture of Samba and Baião (one of the music styles that later became Forró), but that’s not all. The band...

Coletivo di Tambor

Coletivo di Tambor

The Coletivo di Tambor is made up of musicians from Timbalada, Baiana System, Orquestra Rumpillez among others and presents on his first EP a globalized mix between Bahian styles like Samba and Ijexá, as well as Carimbó, Merengue African Music and electronic elements....

STANK

STANK

STANK is a duo formed by DJ Dolores and Yuri Queiroga. Live they value improvisation, mixing original tracks with records, samples, guitar and gadgets leading to a rare case of combination of experimentation and full dancefloor. The EP is a compilation of remixes done...

Wladimir Gasper

Wladimir Gasper

“Wladimir Gasper, nephew of a Russian filmmaker, was born in Ukraine and came to Brazil when he was still young. He left the former Soviet country to venture into the inspirations of the tropics and created his bunker here. He could be a metaphysical or a...

Fernando TRZ – Origames

Fernando TRZ – Origames

Fernando TRZ is a multi instrumentalist, music producer and sound designer and graduated in Popular Piano and Graphic Design. He lives in São Paulo and is part of the bands Lavoura, Cérebro Eletrônico, Flavião, Retrofuturismo and the live art group A_Factory...

Zebrabeat Afro-Amazônia Orquestra

Zebrabeat Afro-Amazônia Orquestra

From their website: The Afro-Zebrabeat Amazon Orchestra mixtures and adds effects to the sound of guitarradas from Pará Sate with the percussive rhythm of Afrobeat. Based on an experimental mixture, Amazon Zebrabeat African Orchestra redimension the traditional music...

DJ Dolores – Banda Sonora – Música Para Filmes

DJ Dolores – Banda Sonora – Música Para Filmes

Compilation of tunes made for movie soundtracks from one of my favorite producers of Brazilian Electronic Music, DJ Dolores. Download for free from his website. From the inlet: “This is an albums with songs inspired in images from very different origins, from...

Bixiga 70 (2013)

Bixiga 70 (2013)

New album by Modern Brazilian Afrobeat pioneers Bixiga 70: Download for free. “The music is instrumental, but the message is clear. Bixiga 70 releases his second album: the groove became heavier, guitars and keyboards are now on the front line along with the...

Estudio de Criação – An Homage to Jongo

Estudio de Criação – An Homage to Jongo

The project Estudio de Criação (“Studio of Creation”) is a realization of the cultural group “Jongo da Serrinha”. Jongo is a cultural manifestation of essentially rural Africans directly linked to African culture in Brazil. Aimed at an audience...

João Cassiano’s Nomade Riddims

João Cassiano’s Nomade Riddims

João Cassiano from João Pessoa, the capital of Paraiba state in Brazil, is busy as illustrator, DJ, percussionist and beatmaker since the 90s. He is working with the bands Real Futuro Antigo and Chico Correa Electric Band. His solo project is called Nomade Riddim and...

Combo X

Combo X

Combo X is the solo project of Nação Zumbi’s Gilmar Bolla 8. Fresh Manguebeat mixed with other rhythms from Northeastern Brazil and innovative band of 10 people including two...

Iconili – Tupi Novo Mundo

Iconili – Tupi Novo Mundo

From their website: “Iconili is a Brazilian band from the city of Belo Horizonte composed by eleven musicians. Its instrumental compositions bring a peculiar mix of musical timbres, merged into an trancending atmosphere. Brasses, electric guitars, keyboards and...

Ben Charles – Carimbó Electro Seco

Ben Charles – Carimbó Electro Seco

MPB meets Reggae. The lyrics talk about love and ecology which is synthesized in the subtitle of the album: O Amor e a Esperança em Tempos de Aquecimento Global (Love and Hope in Times of Global Warming). Download

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...