The rich musicality of Brazil needs to be better shared, even amongst Brazilians, as there are so many rhythmic varieties. Varieties, that even in Brazil, are little explored. Noting the urgency of disseminating little-known sonorities, the producer Maga... Read Article
Kafundó Records are back with a new selection of bass and electronic music from Brazil, following on from Volume 1: Digital Roots Music From Brazil and Volume 2: Roots and Bass Music from Brazil, both of which earned... Read Article
More than 20 years ago the so-called favela funk (or funk carioca) scene grew out of a few basic elements: banging 808 drum beats – indebted to the Miami Bass scene – short berimbau-looping patterns, porn samples, salacious... Read Article
We’ve been working on our Sounds and Colours Peru book, CD and DVD for quite some time now, and all that hard work will soon reach fruition as we are now in the final throes of putting it... Read Article
Today, Kafundó Records released the second volume of their series of compilations focused on new electronic music from Brazil. Titled Kafundó Vol. 2 and with a sub-heading of “Roots and Bass Music from Brazil”, this one continues where... Read Article
At this point, trying to attach a single name to styles within the global bass/electro-tropical movement might as well be useless, as new and incredibly interesting fusions keep popping up from the urban centres and the peripheries of... Read Article
Rich Mix are going Brazil-crazy during the World Cup with Joga Bola, a festival of culture and football running through June and July. Toast of the event will be live sets from Tulipa and Graveola, as well as... Read Article
Wand Aus Klang is a heavy dose of global bass from the always reliable Doma Tornados. The mix does a great job of showing the links (heavy bass, dub, indigenous samples, percussion) between the electronic artists working across... Read Article
It’s that time of the year again when we select some of our favourite releases from the last year, albums either made by South Americans or suitably inspired by South American music as to be deemed worthy of... Read Article
On Quilombo do Futuro, the latest album from Maga Bo, this US DJ and producer fuses the heavy dancefloor rhythms and beats that you’d find in dancehall, baile funk and tropical bass productions with Afro-Brazilian percussion and singing... Read Article
Sunshine is great! Finally the sun has reached England and the feel-good is piping through the air. To celebrate this new sunny disposition we thought we’d post a few of our recent favourites from Soundcloud, a selection of... Read Article
Maga Bo has truly earned the title of “global producer”. Though born in the US, he has performed, recorded and travelled in over 40 countries and held artistic residences in Morocco, India, Ethiopia and Senegal to name a... Read Article
