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Album Review: Various Artists - Nu Brazil 2 (Manteca ) Writer : Xantoné Blacq Brazil
has long been acknowledged as one of the world’s leading musical
nations and on the evidence of this double CD it is clear that they
are not ready to rest on their laurels. Regular listeners to “classic”
Brazilian music will have grown hale and hearty on a diet of tender,
sinuous melodies and harmonies from Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius
de Moraes, Joyce and their contemporaries. Others may have tuned in
later to the electric rumblings of Azymuth, Airto Moreira and OPA.
The music on these CDs holds a kinship with the “classic” music listed above but definitely has its own identity. This is the sound of “young Brazil”, electric, driven, proud and free. Samba meets drum n bass, choro meets funk and milonga meets 4-to-the-floor. Heavily compressed drum beats, choppy rhythm guitar and punchy bass lines feature throughout these CDs, and yet there’s so much more. Check out Siri's No Tranco, a track built around the sound of a car engine starting and choking, or the self-titlled Pagode Jazz Sardinha’s Club which should be loved by jazzoids all over. Acid X's Uma Geral is semi-acoustic drum n bass with some of the sweetest vocals you will find on the album, while Orientaçao by Tuzé De Abreu is a mixture of the strange, pure and breathtakingly beautiful. This is a CD filled with open-minded music for open-minded listeners. Open your ears and enjoy! RELATED LINKS: Manteca - Label's official web site 
Buy Nu Brazil Vol. 2 album at Amazon UK (CD) | US (CD) PUBLISHED: 31 July 2004 RELEASED DATE: 28 June 2004 (UK), 6 July 2004 (US) More Reviews To send us music for potential inclusion, email us at promos@knowtheledge.net EMAIL UPDATES! Do you want to receive Know The Ledge update emails? Click here to sign up!
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::: RELATED LINKS
Manteca
- Label's official web site.
Buy Nu Brazil Vol.2 album at Amazon UK (CD)
| US (CD).
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