MIXTAPE DJ 440’s Camisa 10 Mixtape
This time next year of course we’ll all be living it up on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, bathing in the greatest show on earth as Brazil stages what should be a quite splendid World Cup. Will... Read Article
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Feiticeiro Julião “BARRA”
Feiticeiro Julião are one of the more interesting new bands to come out of Recife. With outlandish clothing, energetic stage presence and songs that mix mangue bit, jazz and funk with something tribal, hallucinogenic even, they are definitely... Read Article
REVIEW Cabruêra – Nordeste Oculto
Nordeste Oculto is the fifth album from Paraíba’s Cabruêra, and forms part of a special release mapping the North-East of Brazil which also includes texts written by musician/poet Alberto Marsicano and a book of band member Arthur Pessoa’s... Read Article
MIXTAPE DJ Incidental – A Laussa Qué Dinheiro Mixtape
Heavy, heavy mix of Northeastern Brazilian music from DJ Incidental. Seriously, this mix is incredible! You’ll feel like you’ve suddenly been transported to the center of Pernambuco carnival as soon as you press play. Throughout the mix DJ... Read Article
Volver – Mangue Beatle
And the award for irony most definitely goes to Pernambuco’s Volver and their song “Mangue Beatle.” If you don’t understand Portuguese unfortunately you may miss out on this song’s charms, including various nods to the mangue beat scene... Read Article
REVIEW Mestre Ferrugem – Ferrugem
I’ve never been to Recife or to its neighbouring city, Olinda, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco, but if a holiday spent in these cities had a soundtrack, I imagine the music would come straight from Ferrugem, Mestre... Read Article
New Albums from Eddie and A Banda Mais Bonita da Cidade and three Brazilian music compilations available for download
Normally we would try and write a seperate post for all of these new releases, but frankly new Brazilian music is coming at us too thick and fast to waste too much time. So, we’ve lumped all of... Read Article
New tracks from Eddie featuring Otto and Karina Buhr
One of the problems we had with our recent compilation Musica da Massa! New Sounds of Pernambuco, which brought together music made in Pernambuco in 2010 and 2011, was that these restrictions meant we couldn’t include one of... Read Article
Mr Bongo Records to release Pernambucan Rozenblit catalogue on Vinyl
Following the delightful Pyschedelic Pernambuco compilation, containing some of the finest cuts from the Rozenblit catalogue (released on CD and vinyl earlier this year), Mr Bongo Records are now planning on releasing further treasures from the catalogue, containing... Read Article
Jr. Black – Sha-layam!
We’re loving this new video from Jr Black, an artist from Pernambuco who we featured on our Musica da Massa! New Sounds of Pernambuco compilation. This track is taken from RGB which you really should check out.
New Junio Barreto album “Setembro” to be released in October!
A new album is on the way from the man from Caruaru. It’s been seven years since Junio Barreto released his self-titled debut album. He’s been a busy man in the meantime, composing for films and TV and... Read Article
Tibério Azul – Veja Só
Here’s the first single from Tibério Azul‘s forthcoming album Bandarra, to be released soon. Tibério Azul is also a member of Seu Chico, a seven-piece band from Pernambuco, and this is his first solo effort. Although the summer... Read Article