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04 April 2004
Various Artists, Rough Guide to the Brazilian Electronica (World Music Network)
Aside from hearing the soundtracks of a few futuristic foreign movies, this reviewer was completely unaware there was a big electronica movement in Brazil. This collection provides a startling, and sometimes pleasantly disturbing, array of material ranging from its first stirrings in the east side of Sao Paolo to the boom in the late '90s and a bit beyond. To hear Dona Cila (of Cila Do Coco) singing "Juntando Coco (Instituto Mix)" over a wild mix of local rhythms and genres now remixed in the most current styles is simply worth the price of the whole CD. Superagua's "Stylish" is just that and dreamy and seductive besides, while "Mulata Assanhada" by Rica Amabis is the funniest damn thing ever. Many of these 16 tracks could satisfy even the most jaded jet-setting raver. And why not? Samba was the original breakbeat. In fact, let's guess ravers and chillers both would like the weird loopy twangs of "Chegando De La" by Loop B and the crazed flute and beats by O Discurso on "O Sertao". You won't hear music quite like this anywhere else.
— Barbara Flaska
.: posted by Editor 9:44 AM
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