![Album Review: Let Drum Beat – Lua Cheia [February 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/let-drum-beat-lua-cheia-335x295.jpg)
Let Drum Beat’s debut album – Lua Cheia – was recorded in the Navegas Cantareira Studio housed within a tropical forest in Brazil. The London based all female group consisting of Alba Cabral, Béa Shantifa, Lizzie Ogle and Tuca Milan have created an album that is charming and simmering with...
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![Album Review: Sociedade Recreativa – Sociativa [Jarring Effects; February 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sociedaderecreativaalbum-335x335.jpg)
Sociativa (Jarring Effects) is a punchy, electronic and beat-heavy rendition of older Brazilian pieces (mostly from North East Brazil) which have been remade for a modern audience. Definitely made for sub-woofers and loudspeakers, the heavy bass frequencies interact with traditional styles in an exciting fashion. Sociedade Recreativa is a collaboration between...
Preview of the album: Only available until 30th September 2018
Total Refreshment Centre will go fully Brazilian on the 4th of November with a tribute to the unbridled creativity of Hermeto Pascoal. To celebrate the re-release of Viajando Com O Som, a lost 1976 recording of the Brazilian jazz and Forró master, Far Out Recordings have organized a Brazilian-inspired night,...
There are few musicians who are able to give a disenchanted but still appealing and rhythmic perspective of Brazil. One of the most original of them is Emicida. The Sao Paulo born and bred MC has grown up, polished and mellowed his sound and approached more traditional influences, but his...
It really is something special to see a live performance by ‘O Bruxo’ (the sorcerer). The eminent Brazilian musician, producer, arranger and composer Hermeto Pascoal was once described by Miles Davis, no less, as ‘the most impressive musician in the world.’ His show at London’s Barbican Centre was hugely anticipated...