UNDERGROUND MUSIC FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
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 ambiances."...
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
Cover version of the Brazilian Pop megahit by Funk Carioca boy group Os Ousados meets Afro House from Angolan master DJ and producer DJ X-Trio.
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 catchy...
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 experience of...
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 plays drums." Get his...
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
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
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...
Oriente – Desorientado
Download for free from their website.
duSouto – Cretino!
Brazilian Northeastern rhythms and guitar riffs meet Dub and Drum´n´Bass. Download for free from their website.
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
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...
Curumin – Arrocha
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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
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...
Some 3Ball tracks
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...
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
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...
Dangdut Electro
Dangdut is a popular music style from Indonesia that originally is partly derived from Malay, Arabic, and Hindustani music. One of it's modern subgenres is called Dangdut Electro or Dangdut House and is actually more 190bpm-Drum'n'Bass-Pop style. Check it out....
Eddie – Veraneio
Download their latest album here, for free.
Belém da Bahia Mixtape
I already posted some Tecno Brega tracks that are mixed with other latin american styles. Here comes a minimixtape with Axé Melody, a fusion of Axé, a very popular style from Salvador da Bahia, and Tecno Brega/Eletro Melody. [soundcloud...
MC César do Castro
MC César do Castro is one of the very few MCs from Rio that do not only make Putaria (sexist) and Poibidão (apology to crime) tracks, but as well Funk Consciente (“Conscious Funk”, with socially critical lyrics). Here he raps about a personal experience regarding...
Tecno Brega News
It seems that Tecno Brega/Electro Melody continues on the list of the genres to keep an eye on. Blogs and magazines regularly post about it, like Man Recordings, The Wire and The Uncool Hunter, for example. João Brasil as well made a nice mixtape with tracks of one of...
Sabor Sonidero Mixtape
Cumbia Sonidera in Mexico City is a kind of what Cumbia Villera is in Buenos Aires: originated from Colombian Cumbia it has been transformed in the marginalized settlements. Its sound is characterized by slow beats, long instrumental parts and voices often deformed by...
Cumbia Rebajada: No voy a trabajar
Here comes a very nice example of Cumbia Rebajada, slowed down Cumbia from Mexico. The original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQZJxYcgL1M And the rebajada:
Los Reyes Del Perreo
HAPAX
Hapax is a band and a sound art group that works with percussion in industrial wasteyard style and experimental electronic music to create a sound that is conceptual, pop and densely rhythmic at the same time. Musically, the style could be called...
El Perú Africano Mixtape
Download Tracklist: 1. Susana Baca - Se Me Van Los Pies 2. Eva Ayllón - Inga 3. Pepe Vazquez - Ritmo De Negros 4. Zambo Cavero - El Chacombo 5. Chabuca Granda - Gardo O...