Sep 1, 2007

Sunshine, Samba

Hello Sunshine , we leave the caribean and drift southward towards the beautiful sunny sandy brazilian beaches . Music and rhythms are everywhere in Brazil .This melting pot of cultures is bubbling . Tourist attraction no 2 ( after those buns ..wink) must be the carnival and looking at this cover, there's much sunshine even without the sun in sight, Samba Soul Sound of the Seventies , Milton Nascimento, one of brazils best known singers is a socially engaged artist and on Txai he relates to the amazone indians plight. David Byrne expressed his love of brazilian music by compiling a series of his favourite brazil classics today no 1. Berimbau virtuoso Nana Vasconcelos' Rain Dance reminds us that sunshine alone is detrimental, he brings us a cool cure . Finally the jazzy sound of bossa nova muscled up with breakbeats, turntablism, and electronica from Bossacucanova brings us into this century.

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VA - Brazil Carnaval Brazil
Milton Nascimento - Txai
VA - Brazil Classics 1(Beleza Tropical)
Nana Vasconcelos & The Bushdancers - Rain Dance
Bossacucanova - Uma Batida Differente

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VA - Brazil Carnaval Brazil (79 ^ 97mb)

The modern Brazilian Carnival finds its roots in Rio de Janeiro in the 1845s, when the city’s bourgeoisie imported the practice of holding balls and masquerade parties from Paris. It originally mimicked the European form of the festival, over time acquiring elements derived from African and Amerindian cultures. In the late 19th century, the cordões were introduced in Rio de Janeiro. These were groups of people who would parade through the streets playing music and dancing. Today they are known as blocos (blocks), consisting of a group of people who dress in costumes or specials t-shirts according to certain themes or to celebrate the Carnival. Blocos are generally associated with particular neighbourhoods or suburbs and include both a percussion or music group and an entourage of revellers.
There are more than 100 "blocos" now a days and each year this number increases. Some are big, some are small, most concentrate in square and later parade though the streets Usually the people who organized the "bloco" compose their own music which plays all the time during the parade with old canival musics called "Marchinhas de carnaval" and sambas that have become classics.

Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is known worldwide for the elaborate parades staged by the city’s major samba schools in the Sambadrome and is one of the Rio’s major tourist attractions. Each samba school rehearses all year round for this event and all its members take part in the rehearsals, whether experts or not. It is a place where people who always wanted to write a song, play a percussion instrument or choreograph a dance will have their opportunity. Especially choosing the samba-enredo is a long and tedious process. Before Carnaval, months in advance, a samba school holds contests for writing the song. Each school receives many, sometimes hundreds of songs, hoping to be the next samba-enredo (theme) for that year. Samba schools are very large, well-financed organizations that labor year round in preparation for Carnival.Parading in the Sambadrome runs over four entire nights and is part of an official competition, divided into seven divisions, in which a single samba school will be declared that year’s winner.



01 - Almir - Esta do Povo (3:07)
02 - Jorginho do Imperio - Felicidade (2:43)
03 - Elza Soares - Exaltacao (2:11)
04 - Criole - Homenagem em forma da samba (2:55)
05 - Mano Decio - Tiradentes-Herois da liberdade (5:11)
06 - Carlao Elegante - Cidao Sambista (3:23)
07 - Ricardo Reis - Carnaval Intrigase Opinoes (2:35)
08 - Agepe - Dor Major (3:38
09 - Ana Roseli - Velhos Tempos (3:13)
10 - Jorginho do Imperio - Somos Filhos De Canaa (3:48)
11 - Elza Soares - O Carnaval (2:28)
12 - Edoraldo Gentil - Oia (canto livre) (3:27)

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Milton Nascimento - Txai (90 ^ 93mb )

Milton Nascimento is a singer-songwriter considered one of the icons of Brazilian Music, he was born in Rio de Janeiro. In the earlier stages of his career, Nascimento played in two samba groups, Evolussamba and Sambacana. In 1963 when he was 19, Nascimento moved to the capital Belo Horizonte and began singing wherever and whenever he could. Finally he caught a break when the pop singer Elis Regina recorded one of his songs, "Canção do Sal," in 1966.

Nascimento is famous for his chime-clear falsetto and tonal range, as well for highly acclaimed songs such as Maria, Maria, Canção da América (Song from America), Travessia, Bailes da vida and Coração de Estudante (Student's Heart). A rememberance song for Edson Luís, killed by police officers in 1968. The song became the hymn for the Diretas Já social-political campaign in 1984 and it was also played in the funeral of the late president Tancredo Neves the next year, and at Ayrton Senna´s funeral. Since he began recording with his self-titled debut in 1967 for the Codil label, Nascimento has written and recorded 28 albums.

This charismatic Brazilian superstar just won't slow down any time soon, and whether he's packing a stadium in Brazil or singing at a club in New York, his experienced stage persona allows everyone in the audience to feel as if they're in his living room

Txai is an indian 2nd generation kinship word adopted by the indians, rubbertappers and river people in the state of Acre as a term of respect and caring for all those who are allies of the people of the forest.



01 - Abertura-fala de Davi Kopenawa Yanomani (1:16)
02 - Txai (4:07)
03 - Baú Metóro (0:35)
04 - Coisas da vida (5:01)
05 - Hoeiepereiga (0:40)
06 - Estórias da floresta (1:33)
07 - Yanomani E nós (Pacto de vida) (4:11)
08 - Awasi (0:46)
09 - A terceira margem do rio (3:49)
10 - Benke (3:45)
11 - Sertão das águas (2:28)
12 - Que virá dessa escuridão (2:22)
13 - Curi Curi-fala de River Phoenix (1:15)
14 - Nozani Na-participação Marlui Miranda (2:19)
15 - Baridjumokô (1:56)

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VA - Brazil Classics 1(Beleza Tropical) (89 * 99mb)

"Beleza Tropical" is the first in a four part series of Brazilian music assembled by David Byrne. The three albums that are still in print are all fantastic - I highly recommend each one. Byrne has selected some prime offerings from the biggest names in MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira - it's easily translatable)for this album, almost exclusively from the 1970s, at the highpoint of the genre (Caetano Veloso, Jorge Ben, Gilberto Gil, Milton Nascimento). Obviously this is only a small sampling of the immense talent of musicians from Brazil. Next time i will post part 2



01 - Jorge Ben - Ponta De Lança Africano (Umbabarauma) (3:51)
02 - Maria Bethania E Gal Costa - Sonho Meu (2:52)
03 - Gilberto Gil - Só Quero Um Xodó (4:52)
04 - Caetano Veloso - Um Canto De Afoxé Para O Bloco Do llê (Ilê Ayê) (3:03)
05 - Caetano Veloso - O Leãozinho (3:06)
06 - Chico Buarque - Caçada (3:00)
07 - Chico Buarque - Calice (4:02)
08 - Lô Borges - Equatorial (3:11)
09 - Milton Nascimento - San Vicente (2:41)
10 - Gilberto Gil - Quilomba, O El Dorado Negro (4:39)
11 - Jorge Ben - Caramba!... Galileu Da Galileia (2:28)
12 - Nazaré Pereira - Caixa De Sol (3:27)
13 - Nazaré Pereira - Maculele (2:29)
14 - Caetano Veloso - Queixa (4:22)
15 - Gilberto Gil - Andar Com Fé (3:17)
16 - Jorge Ben - Fio Maravilha (2:15)
17 - Milton Nascimento - Anima (4:11)
18 - Caetano Veloso - Terra (6:43)

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Nana Vasconcelos & The Bushdancers - Rain Dance ( 89 ^ 97mb)

Naná Vasconcelos is one of the endlessly inventive Brazilian percussionists who is changing the direction and sounds of Brazilian jazz in the post-bossa nova 1970s. Vasconcelos is an especially inventive virtuoso of the berimbau, the weird yet expressive instrument shaped like an archer's bow. As the son of a guitarist, Vasconcelos got his start in his father's band at age 12 playing bongos and maracas. Taking on a drum kit as part of his arsenal, he moved to Rio de Janeiro in the mid-'60s and caught on with the young Milton Nascimento, picking up several other Brazilian percussion instruments in the process.

He formed a group named Codona with Don Cherry and Collin Walcott. Beginning from 1967 he joined many artists' works as a percussionist. Among his many collaborations, he contributed to four Jon Hassell albums from 1976 to 1980 (including Possible Musics by B. Eno and Hassell), and later to several Pat Metheny Group works and Jan Garbarek concerts from early 1980s to early 1990s. This last decade he's released an album every year.



01 - Bird Boy (4:32)
02 - Anarrie,Raindance ( 7:40)
03 - Push Dance ( 3:27)
04 - Eh! Bahia (5:17)
05 - Cantei Oba (2:55)
06 - Batida (4:15)
07 - Olhos Azuis (4:23)
08 - Pasha Love (7:25)
09 - Bemtevi , Festa (7:07)

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Bossacucanova - Uma Batida Differente (04 ^ 99mb)

The Brazilian trio Bossacucanova ( Dj Marcelinho DaLua, Márcio Menescal, Alexandre Moreiro) has been taking the smooth, jazzy sound of bossa nova and muscling it up with breakbeats, turntablism, and electronica since they first hit the international dance music scene in 1999. Their previous Ziriguiboom/Six Degrees releases, Revisited Classics (1998) and Brasilidade (2001), updating the classic samba and bossa nova sound and bringing it to a contemporary audience.This their third album isn't really a departure from their previous work (album title notwithstanding, the beats are pretty much the same), but it does represent a continued refinement of their approach. Bass player Márcio Menescal brings his father, the legendary producer and guitarist Roberto Menescal, on board yet again to lend his delicious licks and slinky filigrees to the proceedings, and other guests include singer Marcos Valle and Bossacucanova's labelmates Zuco 103.



01 - Bom Dia Rio (Posto 6) feat. Roberto Menescal,Cris Delanno
02 - Sambra Da Minha Terra feat. Zuco 103
03 - Essa Moça Tá Diferente feat. Simoninha
04 - Previsão feat. Adriana Calcanhoto
05 - Vai Levando feat. Trio Mocotó
06 - Just a Samba feat. Celso Fonseca
07 - Queria feat. Marcos Valle
08 - Aguas de Março special guest: Cris Delanno
09 - Bonita feat. Roberto Menescal
10 - Feitinha Pro Poeta feat. Roberto Menescal
11 - Onde Anda Meu Amor special guests: Orlan Divo & Cris Delanno

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All downloads are in * ogg-7 (224k) or ^ ogg-9(320k), artwork is included , if in need get the nifty ogg encoder/decoder here !

6 comments:

Peter Tron said...

Rho!

Here's that 'Dome' CD ('Yclept') that I said I would send you.
There is some decent info in the inner sleeve detailing when and why the tracks were made, but I forgot to put it in this zip, so I will send that scan to you separately.

Enjoy,

Baz.

Peter Tron said...

Damn!

Sorry, I forgot to give you the link.

http://www.mediafire.com/?2mmtt3mn93s

Anonymous said...

Great albums you've uploaded here, especially the Vasconcelos one, been looking for that for ages!

Anonymous said...

Naná Vasconcelos along with another great musician, Egberto Gismonti are two of my favorite Brazilian musicians ever. Many thanks for this gem!

A bit of lore, Bird Boy was used in the soundtrack for a Micky Rourke flick "Wild Orchid".

Wave~

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