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Putumayo Presents: Brazilian Lounge,Various Artists

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Various Artists
Released 2006

Brigas Nunca Mais
03:24
971 plays

Parece Mentira
03:38
934 plays

Os Grilos
03:07
841 plays

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- 1
- Brigas Nunca Mais
- 03:24
- 971 plays

- 2
- Meu Esquema
- 04:21
- 1,126 plays

- 3
- Há Dias
- 03:50
- 1,477 plays

- 4
- Previsão
- 03:02
- 1,101 plays

- 5
- Água de Côco
- 04:48
- 1,205 plays

- 7
- Parece Mentira
- 03:38
- 934 plays

- 8
- E Depois...
- 03:49
- 1,083 plays

- 9
- August Day Song [King Britt Remix]
- 04:07
- 1,513 plays

- 10
- Como Vou Fazer [Remix]
- 04:42
- 1,005 plays

- 11
- Os Grilos
- 03:07
- 841 plays

- 12
- Saudade Fez Um Samba
- 02:56
- 775 plays

album review

Electronica is a very global phenomenon, and serious world music enthusiasts will tell you that it isn't hard to find world/electronica hybrids coming from places ranging from Ireland and Scotland to Japan to North Africa. Electronica also has plenty of followers in Brazil, where club hounds have been combining Brazilian rhythms with jungle/drum'n'bass, trance, house, trip-hop, and many other club-friendly styles. Putumayo has described Brazilian Lounge as one of 2006's Brazilian/electronica compilations -- not electronica as in harsh, abrasive, forceful techno and rave music, but electronica in the softer chillout/downtempo sense. Much of the time, however, this 44-minute CD's electronica credentials are questionable. The use of some electronic programming doesn't automatically make your music electronica; hip-hop and new age (to use two disparate examples) are often heavily electronic, but neither is considered part of electronica. And for the most part, Brazilian Lounge is best described as a jazzy Brazilian pop disc that has some chillout and downtempo references but isn't aimed at a hardcore electronica audience. One needn't be heavily into electronica to appreciate this release. Anyone who has spent a lot of time listening to Ivan Lins, Astrud Gilberto, Ana Caram, or Ithamara Koorax will have an easy time getting into tracks by Bebel Gilberto (João Gilberto's daughter), Katia B, and others; Brazilian Lounge emphasizes the subtle, gentle, understated side of Brazilian pop (as opposed to, say, the more exuberant forro recordings that have come from northeastern Brazil) and does so with enjoyable results. Some of the artists on Brazilian Lounge are established veterans (most notably, Marcos Valle), while others didn't enter Brazilian pop until the '90s or 2000s (Paula Morelenbaum and Luca Mundaca, for example). Either way, fans of Brazilian pop and bossa nova will find a lot to appreciate on Brazilian Lounge. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide