Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira

Thought Brazilian music began with bossa nova, morphed into tropicália and then finished with baile-funk? Well think again. ‘Oi! A Nova MúsicaBrasileira!’ is a sonic-snapshot of the most exciting new Brazilian music from artists influenced by the likes of Kraftwerk, Massive Attack, Talking Heads, Os Mutantes, Beastie Boys, Sly & Robbie, Sonic Youth, Ween, Robert Wyatt & Stereolab.

CD1 features 20 of the hottest artists from Brazil’s new wave, tropicália, folk & indie scenes inc. the hyped Mini Box Lunar (currently drawing comparisons with the legendary Os Mutantes) & Do Amor (“Brazil’s Vampire Weekend”).

CD2 collects together 20 electronic, dancehall, baile-funk, dub, hip-hop, r ‘n’ b & folktrônica gems inc. an exclusive track from Céu, plus Catarina Dee Jah (Brazil’s answer to M.I.A) & Gaby Amarantos (“the Amazonian Beyoncé”).

Mixing Brazilian styles such as tropicalia, manguebeat and brega with rock, pop, new wave and electro ‘Oi! A Nova Música Brasileira!’ is the sound of the Brazilian alternative/ leftfield scene now and features a dizzying array of mind-blowing new Brazilian genres.

Want tropicália–reggae-thrash? Look no further than Diego de Moraes e O Sindicato. Schizophrenic art-house-brega? Cidadão Instigado are your boys. Insane tecno-guitarrada? Pio Lobato’s your man. Punk-forró? Try naurÊa.

Or maybe you’re after something with a nod to those artists you already know? In that case there’s Mombojópeon to Stereolab, Curumin’s nod to Salt ‘n’ Pepa, La Pupuña ‘s tropical tribute to Dick Dale and Jam Da Silva’s homage to Manu Dibango.

Compiler Mais Um Gringo explains how the album came about:“All the Brazilian compilations I found either offered a tired mix of nu-bossa and nu-samba or were titles covering niche genres like baile-funk. I was looking for analbum that provided an overview of the most exciting new Brazilian music across all genres”

Following months of 21st century crate-digging – trawling blogs and websites for the hottest artists and tracks – the Gringo set off to Brazil in late 2009. From Sao Paulo’s thriving singer-songwriter scene to the fertile manguebeat scene of Recife via the tecnobrega rave heartland of Belém and rock city Goiana, he left no MP3 unheard of ending up with a wishlist of 40 artists from 14 Brazilian states.