Who Sang "Bambalalao" on "Children Dreams: Traditional Lullabies from Around the Globe"?

December 17, 2004 12:02 PM

Irma/Mana records? They just played this track again, so I emailed the station and got the reply Children Dreams - Traditional Lullabies from Around the Globe. There's an image and track listing here and the album is listed on various sites. There's no spanish track, so I'm guessing it was the brazilian one (Bambalalao). Now I need to find the company that issued the compilation to ask who recorded it. I don't think it's this IRMA (they don't list the CD in any catalagoue, as far as I can tell and the style seems very different). So I've hit a dead end. Where now? [mi]

i'll try getting hold of a copy (it's not trivial/quick buying things over the net from s america) and also look round the shops in santiago. but if anyone can turn up an email address for the label, that would be great.

also, does anyone know the brazilian lullaby in question? what i heard certainly could be a lullaby, and it's possible it was brazillian rather than spanish, but i'd like confirmation. do the words refer to dead people living in the countryside? was there a hit in brazil some time ago with a fairly "modern" rendition of this (trip-hop ish)?

posted by andrew cooke to media & arts (6 comments total)

there are audio clips of the whole album at allmusic.com, so you can check whether it's the right one.
if you're not a member, email me and i'll give you my login details.
posted by nylon at 12:17 PM on December 17, 2004

eeek. so that's not the track. i'm checking the rest now, but the conexn is slow. thanks!
posted by andrew cooke at 12:30 PM on December 17, 2004

well, thanks for that. none of those tracks were anything like what i was looking for. looks like some kind of mix-up at the radio station (or they just hate me). track 17 sounded pretty cool, though.
thanks again.
posted by andrew cooke at 12:44 PM on December 17, 2004

YAY! it's this poem (they're playing it now and i tried searching for different words...). now i just need to see who recorded that...
posted by andrew cooke at 12:35 PM on January 11, 2005

could be track 5 of this. no sound card at work (ahem!) but i'll bring in my laptop tomorrow....
posted by andrew cooke at 12:44 PM on January 11, 2005

wow. well, that sounds like it. although the sample must be from the start of the track - what's played on the radio is either without the intro or a remix of some kind, with lyrics and a denser texture. but it's pretty clearly the same work - several motifs already there.
posted by andrew cooke at 4:36 AM on January 12, 2005