Comments on: Nipo-Brasileiro Mixtape

Question: Nipo-Brasileiro Mixtape

billtron — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:41:10 -0800

Help me capture the sound that emerges from the countless contacts between Brazil and Japan. I know about artists like Ganga Zumba, Joe Hirata and Tigarah but I'm looking for other recordings to put on a mix for a friend, including field recordings of the Asakusa Carnival or Ryukyu Koku Matsuri Daiko. Have any suggestions?

By: hydrophonic

hydrophonic — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:45:40 -0800

It's bashed on a tired musical cliche, but Orlann Divo's "Samba no Japão" really swings.

By: hydrophonic

hydrophonic — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:08:23 -0800

~~bashed~~ based

Oh yeah...

Cornelius - Aquarela do Brazil
Kahimi Karie - Take it Easy My Brother Charlie (covering Jorge Ben)
Cesária Évora + Caetano Veloso with Ryuichi Sakamoto - E Preciso Perdoar
Sakamoto has done a lot of Brazilian music. His work in Morelenbaum² might be a place to start.

By: billtron

billtron — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:05:46 -0800

Here's something. A Brazilian remake of the numa numa song "Dragostea din tei" by O-Zone, which was then translated into Japanese. Anyone know the story behind this?

By: hydrophonic

hydrophonic — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:13:24 -0800

Here's two more:

Nara Leão's "Menina de Hiroshima"--again with the musical cliches, although it's subtler this time.

Smokey & Miho - The Two EPs has versions of Baden Powell tunes as well as their own bossa nova-inspired songs.