DJ Dolores playlist

DJ Dolores AKA Helder Aragão is the inspired DJ and producer from Recife who has been instrumental in putting Pernambucan music on the map, both inside and outside Brazil. Deeply interested in the rural and traditional music of the North-East, Dolores makes renegade electronic dance music rooted in local tempos and flavours like coco, maracatu and forro. Here he gives us his latest tips featuring emerging artists from Brazil’s incredible independent music scene, including a forro version of the James Bond theme!

www.myspace.com/djdoloresaparelhagem

DJ Dolores talks about Recife, carnival and his latest album 1 Real

01. Catarina Dee Jah/Kai Fora (featuring Buguinha Dub)
Catarina Dee Jah is a brand new name on Recife’s predominantly male music scene. Her lyrics come from a bitter sweet post-feminism point of view.
www.myspace.com/catarinadeejah

02. DJ LK/Balança o seu Ganha-Pao
Lucio K is an inventive producer from Rio de Janeiro. This track is a mix of the baile funk beat with samba instruments and the chorus makes a reference to James Brown’s Sex Machine.
www.myspace.com/luciok

03. Jam da Silva/Dia Santo
Jam and I played together with our Orchestra Santa Massa. This first solo project by him is a great surprise.
www.myspace.com/jamdasilva

04. Chico Correa/Baile Muderno
Chico Correa, aka Esmeraldo Marques takes his influences from the northeast of Brazil. This song Baile Muderno is almost a manifesto!
www.myspace.com/chicocorreaelectronicband

05. Pio Lobato/Andando no Chuvisco
From Belém do Pará, at the mouth of the Amazon, guitarist Pio Lobato makes connections between tecnobrega (the local pop style) and his own musical virtuosity.
www.myspace.com/piolobato2009

06. Joe/Galera da Laje
The new King of Aparelhagens (sounds systems in the north of Brazil), Joe has created his own style: eletromelody.
www.becamp.net/blog/?p=14 (for free download)

07. MC Flora Matos/Não tive o que não quis ter
Born in Brasília and now based in São Paulo, Flora Matos is a brilliant MC and sings little autobiographical tales against traditional Brazilian machismo.
www.myspace.com/cslindaflor

08. La Pupuña/Ex-quadrilha da fumaça
Caribbean surf music from Belém do Pará, in this track they also do a very surreal mix with music from São João parties.
www.myspace.com/lapupuna

09. N.A.S.A./Spacious Thoughts
Tom Waits and Kool Keith in the same track? Say no more ....
www.myspace.com/nasa

10. Naurêa/ A Peleja de Lampião contra 007
James Bond goes forro!!!!
www.myspace.com/naurea

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