Dj Dolores / Aparelhagem
Album: Aparelhagem   Collection:World
Artist:Dj Dolores   Added:Dec 2005
Label:Crammed Discs  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-12-11 Pull Date: 2006-02-12 Charts: Electronic, Reggae/World
Week Ending: Feb 12 Feb 5 Jan 29 Jan 22 Jan 15 Jan 8 Jan 1 Dec 25
Airplays: 2 2 1 4 1 2 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 21, 2023: Music Casserole
A Espuma Dos Dias
4. May 02, 2019: Global Ginga
Trancelim De Marfim
2. Feb 02, 2022: Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Jan 22, 2022)
Sanidade, Salvo!
5. Dec 20, 2018: Pumping Iron
Sanidade
3. Jan 22, 2022: Music Casserole
Sanidade, Salvo!
6. Jan 23, 2018: Waste FM
Trancelim De Marfim

Album Review
Sadie O.
Reviewed 2005-12-08
DJ Dolores – Aparelhagem (Crammed Discs)
Reviewed by Sadie O., 12/8/05
Brazilian mix of urban and country folk vocal styles with dancehall grooves and bumpin’ beats. More energized and electronic than your usual samba stuff; great balance of indigenous Brazilian and international dance/hip hop sounds. (DJ Dolores is a he, by the way.)
If there are FCCs, they’re in Portuguese. It’s really hard to pick favorites – all have their own feel, but all are great in their own way. Track 5 (and 11, to an extent) is the only one without some kind of dance beat. 10 is slower and dubbier. Everything is GREAT.
1. 3:56 upbeat midtempo syncopation, mostly drums and female vocals with a bit of bass and horns. Singing is based on “embolada”, a humorous back and forth duet common in Brazilian country folk music. Fun and funky. Ends with a few seconds of a guy talking.
2. 3:42 cool uptempo syncopation, a bit of jungle groove, mostly solo female vocals, definitely a booty shaker.
3. 5:47 uptempo, like a carneval parade in a nightclub, mostly instrumental with a bit of male voices “preaching”, plenty of electronic sounds, but also horns and great beat.
4. 5:00 random sounds form the midtempo beat, really fun. Lovely female vocals wind around the mix ethereally. Some reggae/dub influence. Long fade with moment of vocals at end.
5. 4:13 slow, strange start, lots of electronics, fast jungle groove comes in and out, not so much dance as trance or electronica.
6. 5:04 midtempo beat, drunken party vibe, raw male and female vocals, dizzy bits.
7. 4:42 solo horn intro, hard midtempo groove w/ drums and accordion as well as electronics. Frank London from Klezmatics guests and adds jazzy klezmer overtones. Solo horn ending.
8. 5:20 soulful female vocals, somewhat uptempo beat, based on dance music of the lower classes of northern Brazil. There’s a bit of everything in the mix. Wacky “yaa yaa yaa” ending.
9. 4:53 beat comes together gradually, very funky slightly uptempo syncopation. Influenced by music from northern Brazil/Caribbean. Instrumental, great beat. Slow fade.
10. 4:57 solo horn intro, slow snakey beat, soulful female vocals, definite reggae/dub feel. Female spoken outro/fade.
11. 3:37 electronic tone at start, slightly uptempo beat, lots of electronics and mystery/melancholy. Based on Madame Bovary! Spoken female outro.
12. 3:55 crazy guitar/electronic noises at start, hard midtempo beat after a few seconds, pretty random instrumentation, but definitely great dance groove.

Track Listing
1. De Dar Do   6. Azougue
2. Trancelim De Marfim   7. Matilha
3. Salvo!   8. Sanidade
4. Ciranda Da Madrugada   9. A Espuma Dos Dias
5. Prece   10. O Medo Do Artilheiro Na Hora Do Penalti
  11. Rouen