Various – Atencao!: Novos Sons Do Brasil

Atenao!: Novos Sons do Brasil” (Attention! New Sounds of Brazil) is a compilation produced in collaboration between online audio journal Aquarium Drunkard and Org Music. This is not your typical Brazilian music compilation. These ten songs capture a new wave of musicians who are reinterpreting their country’s musical heritage in bold and divergent ways, generations removed from the familiar sounds of breezy bossas or psychedelic tropicalia. While these songs don’t sound like bozza nova or Tropicalia, they share the tradition of cultural collision, mashing styles from abroad and home indisciminately, tearing down genre barriers. The release features the artwork of celebrated visual artist Robbie Simon, and includes an inserrt with extensive liner notes by Brazillian music scholar Allen Thayer.