| Various Artists / Forro Do Brasil |
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| Album: | Forro Do Brasil | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Jul 2004 | |
| Label: | Arc Music Inc. | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-09-13 | Pull Date: | 2004-11-14 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Nov 14 | Oct 31 | Oct 24 | Oct 10 | Oct 3 | Sep 26 | Sep 19 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jun 22, 2013: | Music Casserole Deixe O Chifre Pra La | 4. | Feb 13, 2006: | caranaval slot interim Baiao Da Garoa | |
| 2. | Jun 08, 2013: | Music Casserole Sebastiana | 5. | Nov 09, 2004: | At the Cafe Bohemian Baiao Da Garoa | |
| 3. | Dec 27, 2012: | Cacao! Baiao Da Garoa | 6. | Oct 29, 2004: | No Cover, No Minimum Sirido |
| Album Review |
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| Alex Reviewed 2004-08-19 | ||
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Artist: collection Album: Forro do Brasil Label: Arc Music Brazilian nortenos! According to the liner notes, Forro is a dance music from northeast Brazil. The music is relatively simple, with accordion, bass, triangle, sometimes guitar and drums. All the lyrics are in Portuguese. I really like banda, nortenos, and the like, so I enjoyed this CD a lot. The Portuguese lyrics gives the album an alternate universe feel. As it happened, I liked the contributions from two groups: Ze Cupido and Corone Pereira. I don't speak Portuguese, but no FCCs in English. Recommend tracks 1, 7, 13, 19. Please 1) 112 bpm. Hybrid french/norteno feel. More mellow than the mexican accordion driven music that one hears on the radio. Cool high bass guitar counterpoint., cowbells. Recommended 2) 116 bpm. Accordion, light perucussion, male vocals. bass line more reminisent of nortenos than previous track. 3) 80 bpm. Laid back, accordion bass prominent, male sing-song lyrics. 4) 90 bpm. Slightly more complicated percussion, lower pitched, swung male vocals, closer to Cuban style. More prominent guitar than previous tracks. 5) 126 bpm. Instrumental, triangle, bass, accordion. Bouncy bass line, laid-back accordion. 6) 96 bpm. Laid back, with usual accordion, triangle, bass lineup. Male vocals. 7) 112 bpm. Electric guitar, nice female vocals, great groove. Drums, claves added to percussion mix. Recommended. 8) 108 bpm. synth trumpets, alternating male/female vocals. Much closer to Mexican pop. 9) 90 bpm. Instrumental. Prominent accordion, bass, triangle. European influence is noticeable. Mellow. 10) 96 bpm. Male vocals, bouncy bass, simple but pleasing melody. Clapped bridge. 11) 120 bpm. More uptempo, w/ cumbia influence. Again, simple but fun bass line. Male vocals, female chorus. Weird attention grabbing bridge close to end of song. 12) 90 bpm. Instrumental. Twangy bass line, accordion melody. 13) 114 bpm. Cumbia-influenced, with twangy electric guitar, female vocals and chorus. Fun stuff. Guitar fuzzes out at the end of song. (!) Recommended. 14) 114 bpm. Male vocals. Closer to tejano music. Synth bells half way through track. Seems pretty tame after (13). 15) 132 bpm. Instrumental. Accordion arpeggio intro, then settles into a goofy 2-step, polka beat. 16) 96 bpm. More complex rhythm than previous tracks. Hint of samba. Funky, slightly out of tune acoustic bass. Muddy mix gives an earthy feel to track. 17) 144 bpm. Fast cumbia feel, female lyrics belted out. In middle of song, smoother male vocals give different feel to song, then band chimes in on chorus. Double accordion action. Cool. 18) 90 bpm. Laid back cumbia, with beat and bass line that I've heard on the radio before. 19) 112 bpm. Instrumental. Bird sounds, twangy, high bass or low guitar, accordion melody. More complex rhythms with cow bell, guiro, drums. Recommended 20) 96 bpm. Male vocals, synth strings. Cumbia bass line. Nice accordion backing to vocals. Alex D. | ||
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