VA - The Rough Guide to Brazilian Street Party (2008)

An alleyway in Cidade de Deus favela ? A country lane somewhere in the palm-fringed northeast ? An Amazon forest path and clearing outside Belém hosting a country fair ? The main Sambadrome in Rio ?

They’re all Brazilian streets, in a way. Of course, ‘street’ is a musical genre as well as a physical location. Does it mean (as in the Euro-American music industry) modern urban black music ? Or marching music ? Or just honestto-goodness music heard in the street rather on the record player, TV or PC ?

Brazil’s range – musically, historically and geographically – is easily wide enough to accommodate all definitions comfortably, with room to spare. After all, Carnival is the biggest street party in the world today, and although its roots lie in the medieval Catholic processions of Spain, Italy, Portugal and France, Brazil’s multifarious Carnival celebrations are sufficiently diverse to refute claims of unoriginality.

Tracklist:

01. Funk N Lata - Baile Funk (Live in Berlin)
02. Capoeira Experience - Princesinha da Maré
03. Zé Cafofinho e Suas Correntes - Meio de Transporte
04. Afroreggae with Manu Chao - Benedito
05. João Sabiá - Renata, Renatinha
06. Ashen & Walker - Batucada Ostinata
07. B Negão & Digital Dubs - Sorriso Aberto
08. Gabriel Moura - Brasis
09. MC Marcinho - Favela
10. Chico Salles - Côco Trocado
11. Comadre Fulozinha - Zumba
12. DJ Marcelinho da Lua Feat. Martinho da Vila - Plim Plim
13. Think Of One - Tirar Onda
14. Marco Andre - Baiuca's Bar
15. Silvério Pessoa - Coco do M [Digital Groove Remix]
16. Anna Luisa Feat. Pedro Luis e A Parede - Do Zero
17. Sururu Na Roda - Na Glória

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