Best Albums of 2018
Time for our round-up of the best albums of the year and, as ever, the criteria remains the same. These are the albums by Latin American and Latin American-descendant artists that we think are the best of the... Read Article
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Brazil’s Rodrigo Brandão Teams Up With Prince Paul and Ladybug Mecca for BROOKZILL!
Boy, is this one sounding good. About a decade ago, Prince Paul headed over to Brazil where he hooked up with São Paulo MC Rodrigo Brandão. The fruits of that encounter are now seeing the light of day... Read Article
Plenty of Ideas to Take Foward: An Interview with Nação Zumbi’s Lucio Maia
One of the most respected bands in Brazil, Nação Zumbi took seven years to release their new studio album. The eponymously-titled record follows Fome de Tudo (2007) and the live CD/DVD Ao Vivo no Recife (2012), and was... Read Article
Rodrigo Brandão’s Brazilian Rap Seleção
Rodrigo Brandão is a Brazilian rapper, music promoter and much-loved representative of ours for everything happening in the world of Brazilian hip-hop. He was there at São Bento station when rap kicked off in São Paulo and he’s... Read Article
Daora! An Interview with Rodrigo Brandão
This year Mais Um Discos released Daora, a 2CD compilation of new Brazilian music subtitled Underground Sounds Of Urban Brasil – Hip-Hop, Beats, Afro & Dub. Whereas on Mais Um Discos’ previous compilation, the almighty Oi! A Nova... Read Article
New Afropop Radio Show Focuses On São Paulo’s Alternative Music Scene
Afropop set themselves up in São Paulo for their latest radio show, a documentary about the alternative and underground music scenes in the city. Featuring some of Sounds and Colours’ favourite artists (Lulina, Rodrigo Brandão, Tulipa) the documentary... Read Article
Lucas Santtana Remix Album Is Released & Available to Download For Free
Lucas Santtana‘s UK debut Sem Nostalgia has been given the remix treatment and is now available in the UK. Featuring remixes by the likes of Mauricio Takara, Deerhoof’s John Dieterich, A.J. Holmes, DJ iZem, El Buho and João... Read Article
Afrofuturismo with Nana Vasconcelos
Ekundayo, a new project featuring Mike Ladd, Rob Mazurek, Guilherme Granado, Mauricio Takara, Rodrigo Brandao, Lurdez da Luz, Nana Vasconcelos and Scotty Hard, was one of our favourite things about 2011. Here is Vasconcelos talking about the project... Read Article
REVIEW Ekundayo
Ever wondered what it would sound like if Sao Paulo’s underground scene decamped to the US, joined up with a number of jazz musicians and hip-hop MCs, and attempted their own unique version of Sly & The Family... Read Article
Ekundayo is coming! New album featuring Mike Ladd, Rob Mazurek, Nana Vasconcelos and Sao Paulo’s finest
I first heard about the existence of this recording back in February. I have to admit the prospect of a collaboration between Brazilian percussion legend Nana Vasconcelos, hip-hop beatmaker Mike Ladd, Chicago avant-jazzer Rob Mazurek, Mamelo Sound System’s... Read Article
MIXTAPE PG Presents New Brazilian Music
June has been dedicated mixtape month on Sounds and Colours. In collaboration with JungleDrums we’re going to be bringing you mixes of new music from Latin America every Wednesday throughout the month. We begin with PG Presents New... Read Article
Sounds and Colours Present ‘Nossa, Cara! New Sounds of Sao Paulo’ in Partnership with Brasil Music Exchange
This is the day we’ve been waiting for, the day in which we finally release our compilation showcasing some of the best sounds coming from Sao Paulo. Nossa, Cara! New Sounds of São Paulo is a labour of... Read Article