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Late one night in Olinda, we had been out dancing to Samba de coco, and the youth Maracatu Maracatudo when it was announced from the stage that Chico Science had been killed in a car crash just outside Olinda.
Tributes to him from Carlinhos Brown, Gilberto Gill, Aleceu Valen‡a and others showed what a great loss to the future of Brazilian music Chico Science will be.
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By fusing a mad mixture of funk and hip-hop with maracatu and samba, psychedelic dub with metal-laced guitars and a soul thumping bass driven by three alfaias (a sort of strapped on bass drum), added to politically and socially charged lyrics, Chico Science and Nação Zumbi were quite simply the next big thing.
Proudly showing off their Pernambucano roots at every opportunity, manguebeat was born through the voice and lingo of Chico Science and Nação Zumbi.
But since that horrible day in 1997, the past few years have seen limited press on Recife and what has become of this scene that was so close to making a Los Fabulosos Cadillacs-type impact on the Latin rock market.
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Pouco a pouco, as artérias vão sendo debloqueadas e o sangue volta a circular pelas veias de Manguetown- Pequena peça sobre o movimento Manguebeat (less)
Manguebeat Chico Science Mundo Livre SA Naçao Zombi Recife Mangue Manguetown
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Rock and roll, samba, forró and a lot of different rhythms have started living together (and in harmony) since mid 90´s, thanks to a very creative generation of musicians, and a huge background of 500 years of music.
Claimed to be the most important musical movement since the Tropicalia in the 70´s, MangueBeat exploded in 1993 with Chico Science and Nação Zumbi, bringing music from the swamps of Recife, and opening a new conscience among the youth.
The Brasilian folklore and the forgotten rhythms now would be explored without prejudice, revealing the richness of our music.
Estivemos em ressaca por um longo período depois do carnaval… alguns problemas técnicos entre outros problemas… mas em breve o podcast manguebeat estará de volta com muitas novidades!!
Para quem quiser ouvir as edições do podcast manguebeat a partir de um agregador de podcasts padrão instalado (como o itunes por exemplo), através de um link direto, o endereço de nosso “pcast://” é:
Muito em breve o novo portal manguebeat estará funcionando, e para não deixar todos os caranguejos e caranguejas esperando demais, está entrando no ar oficialmente o PODCAST MANGUEBEAT que vai divulgar e tocar toda a biodiversidade musical do Brasil e do mundo através de “feeds” periódicos de podcast!!
Nacao Zumbi gets its menace and thunder from the battery of alfaias (bass drums that are slung across the torso) that propel it.
Originally fronted by the late Chico Science who named the music they created Manguebeat (for the mangroves that cover the shores of Recife in Pernambuco) they have emerged from the shadow of his death, and are pumping away with more drive than ever.
Jorge du Paixe, one of the founding members now carries the vocals.
They're a bit loud compared to the next group...They have a new CD out and we'll try to get it soon.
Contemporary of Da Lama ao Caos, this is the first CD of this manguebeat's "second wave" group.
Named after a character in the popular Cavalo-Marinho dramatic dance, Mestre Ambrósio does an acoustic mix of very traditional rural music with urban elements, with incredible success.
The music industry can barely keep up, but at least it's trying.
If you're searching for the next new sound of Brazil, you'll discover it in Instituto, a label founded in 2002 by a group of distinctive underground producers to mix their beloved samba with bits of maracatu, ciranda, manguebeat, dub, and hip-hop.
The São Paulo-based collective — including producers Rica Amabis, Tejo Damasceno, Daniel Ganjaman, and graphic designer Rodrigo Silveira — has created an organic yet futuristic style that respects the country's great musical traditions while keeping all eyes and ears fixed on the contemporary sounds of the streets.
