Best Compilations of 2016
2016 may well be over but we’re not ready to forget about it just yet. There were many great releases out last year and January is a great time to catch up on them, especially some of the compilations... Read Article
Mais Um Discos
We Got To Keep On Fighting: An Interview with Dona Onete
The first time I listened to the music of Dona Onete was in a bar in Alter do Chão, a small beach by the side of the Tapajós river in the state of Pará. A local singer was... Read Article
MIXTAPE Metá-Metá Mixtape
Brazil’s Metá-Metá bring together influences as diverse as afro-samba, punk, free-form jazz, candomblé and afrobeat to create visceral, experimental and soulful music that reaches from a whisper to an all-out aural assault. On their latest album, MetaL MetaL,... Read Article
REVIEW Metá Metá – Metal Metal
One side of Brazil is sunny, party-loving and happy-go-lucky. Then there’s the other face of the coin. A face which has recently conquered the scene, at least musically-speaking, and which hotly distances itself from the picture postcard views and the... Read Article
5 Questions With Mais Um Discos’ Lewis Robinson (+ Sociedade Alternativa Mixtape)
Starting with Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira!, Mais Um Discos have been responsible for releasing some of the best new Brazilian music in Europe over the past five years, with artists like Lucas Santtana, Metá-Metá, Graveola and Bixiga... Read Article
Joga Bola!, A Contemporary Brazilian Culture Festival in London
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
REVIEW Bixiga 70 – Ocupai
When Bixiga 70 released their self-titled debut album in 2011 I jumped at the chance to call it “Brazilian afrobeat”, which is essentially what it was, a 10-piece orchestra heavy in percussion and horns playing extended jams that... Read Article
Pulsating Rhythms from São Paulo’s Response Pirituba
My favourite track off Mais Um Discos‘ last compilation, Daora – Underground Sounds of Urban Brasil, was undoubtedly Response Pirituba‘s “M. B. Williams”, a frenetic, pulsating groove that builds and builds into a wall of sound, a variety... Read Article
REVIEW Siba – Avante
Ever since I first heard “Qasida”, the 10th track off Siba Veloso’s latest album Avante, I haven’t been able to stop listening to it. It’s lyrics are apprehensive, poetic, the conflicting words of someone who is looking for... Read Article
REVIEW Daora: Underground Sound of Urban Brazil
Mais Um Discos is out to revolutionize the way that curious onlookers seek out new music expressive of the changes undergoing the Brazilian music scene and their latest compilation, Daora: Underground Sounds Of Urban Brasil – Hip-Hop, Beats, Afro... Read Article
Mais um! Bring the ‘New Sounds of Brazil’ to London with Lucas Santtana, Gaby Amarantos and Graveola
On July 25th, Mais Um! will present three of Brazil’s hottest musical acts at the Village Underground in Shoreditch, bringing three unique sounds from three very distinct parts of Brazil to the capital. Bahian singer/songwriter Lucas Santanna –... Read Article
Graveola “Babulina’s Trip”
Brazilian band Graveola today launched a new video for “Babulina’s Trip”, one of the highlights from their new album Eu Preciso De Um Liquidificador. Hailing from Belo Horizonte – Brazil’s third largest city – Graveola have been making... Read Article