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The document has moved here.Carlinhos Brown en Valencia en 2005."Acordes Verdes" de Luis Caldas.Caetano Veloso en el disco "Estrangeiro".Brasil y en el exterior.Goya a la mejor Banda Sonora Original.Antonio Carlos Santos de Freitas, alias Carlinhos Brown, was born in the Candeal favela (slum) in Salvador do Bahia, (Brazil) during the 60s.Brazilian religion) with the musicians from the poor neighbourhood where he lived.We had to wait a whole year and for a million copies of this CD to be sold in Brazil before it was brought over to Europe, where we are now able to revel in this sonic delight.In the title track they describe themselves as 'Tribalistas, hands on the ceiling, feet on the ground, Tribalistas is an anti movement that will split up any second'.The film bears witness to the complicity of the trio, the simplicity of their communication, their love of unexpected instruments (table vacuum cleaner, nail file, paper, plastic trumpets...Carlinhos Brown as an inventive Mr Plus."Yasmin Levy Yasmin Levy puts on a premiere show for her new album Mano Suave in Tel Aviv, Israel, on January 15th."Canadian ghazal singer Kiran Ahluwalia has a gorgeous singing voice and charismatic personality.Indian jazz from Rez Abassi, fado from Mariza, and songs from thumri master Shoba Gurtu and Mauritanian singer Malouma."Mondomix brings you the highlights of the showcases and workshops that marked this gathering of world music specialists and retailers.The artist was set upon by counterfeiters in Abidjan.It is impossible to go anywhere today in Brazil without hearing the music
of Carlinhos Brown.His name is almost synonymous with music.In addition to his band Timbalada, and his solo
record, Alfagamabetizado, he has been collaborating with artists from
all over Brazil: Daniela Mercury, Marisa Monte, Sergio Mendes, and even
the rock group Sepultura.If you flip on the television,
you'll see him dancing, and of course, drumming around Toyotas.Brazilian percussion with a
touch of a reggae beat.Brazilian drumming, and sets it
to pop beat, with electric guitars and a brass section.The sound is
infectious, and it is largely responsible for Salvador's millions of
visitors annualy, tourists on musical pilgrimages.There are certain cities that simply "are" music, cities that live and
breath creativity, New Orleans, Louisiana or Havana, Cuba.Salvador de Bahia was Brazil's first center of government (from 1549 to
1763), but remains it's musical capital.For centuries, Bahia was home
of the Portuguese the sugar industry, and the slave trade.As a result,
today Salvador is the largest center of African culture in the Americas.Olodum, Filhos de Gandhi, Ile Aiye, and Carlinhos Brown's Timbalada all
perform regularly in public.These groups "Blocos Afros" don't just have
two or three drummers, but often number in the hundreds.Carlinhos Brown began drumming as a child.As many children in Bahia do, Carlinhos began selling bottles of
water on the streets.His first drums were the empty water bottles he
carried back at the end of each day.James Brown, he changed his name from Antonio
Carlos Santos Freita to Carlinhos Brown.They becamse instant hits.Timbalada features 120 instrumentalists (most of them drummers).Timbalada's
social mission includes educational projects, and aid to street children."Like many cities in Brazil", says Brown, "we have many many street
children.One of our projects is working with these kids, allowing them
to work with professional musicians, and play with a wide variety of
instruments."Carlinhos Brown for this interview in an empty office.He entered,
singing, walking with a dance in his step.At that point, he
took his plastic cup, and began playing it, transforming it into both a
scraper and a drum simultaneously.He then began playing the table.Everything around is 'alive'".Every few minutes or so, he would
break into song.This unfortunately isn't part of typical American
conversational skills, but for Carlinhos Brown, it seems as natural as
breathing.On the song, "Bog
La Bag", he uses his voice as a percussion instrument.The song begins
with the trademark Bahian beat: countless drums with a touch of reggae.Then the vocal percussion kicks in."Bog la bag la bog la bag la bog la
bag la bog la bag la bo bla bla".He also uses vocal drumming on
the song "Cobricada" on Timbalada's CD, Mineral."Creativity comes
through experimenation.Timbalada to be different.Bahian sound is part of the "Negritude" movement, a Black
pride, a reclamation of roots.Carlinhos Brown credits the group Ile
Aiye, "They have maintained this tradition of what it means to be Black
in Bahia, to bee poor in Brazil, singing about slavery, colonization, and
pain."On just about any evening, Bahia's top bands can
be found drumming in the streets, or performing in clubs.Like Rio, the
city of Salvador is famous for its carnaval.Rio is famous for its Samba schools, elaborate costumes (or at times
no costumes), and a huge parade held at the Sambodromo Stadium.Salvador
is Brazil's street carnaval.Brown explains, "We play, not for money, but to celebrate happiness.It is for everyone, not just for those
with money."The bands play on huge trucks, packed with loudspeakers.Brown jokes about the experience in the song "Formigeiro" (from
Timbalada's latest CD, Mineral), "At Carnaval, our population instantly
doubles.And more often than not, the "big song in
Bahia" is a Carlinhos Brown composition.Last year's big hit at carnaval
was Brown's "Rapunzel" (Yes, it is about the famous fairy tale concerning
the young woman with very long hair).Latinha" was just one of many highlights from Timbalada's 1998 Trio
Electrico.Decades ago, the bands on small pickup trucks were normally
trios.The big carnaval headline came
when Carlinhos Brown did the "Full Monty" aboard the Timbalada Trio
Electrico.What is considered "normal" for women in Rio was big news in
Bahia.Brazil, like most parts of the world, treats male nudity quite
differently than female nudity.Despite Carlinhos Brown's love for "craziness", he still prefers to make
headlines by making music.The result
is magnificent.Bahian and Cariacan vocals and drums are integrated
flawlessly as Brown bridges the rhythms of Brazil's fabled musical cities.In just two decades, the kid that grew up playing music on empty water
bottles has transformed the music of a nation, creating new instruments,
new sounds, and playing a large part in introducing the world to the
music and culture of Salvador de Bahia.Candeal Pequeno, not far from Brotas, Renato and Madalena watched the first steps of their elder son with admiration.As a child, Carlinhos was attracted by the many Salvadoran feasts.Up and down the town, he was in every place where music was played, listening and dreaming.As a teenager, he changed his name from Antonio Carlos Santos Freita to Carlinhos Brown after the name of his idol, James Brown, the godfather of American soul music.This childhood filled with music and freedom (he only attended primary school) was followed by two important encounters that shaped the life and future career of Carlinhos Brown.An artist with Angolan roots, Fialuna represented the street, the fun, and the noise of the atabaque.From then on, Brown was deeply involved in the Salvadoran music scene.At the WR studios in Bahia in the early 1980s, Brown learned to play instruments he had never encountered before and acquired production techniques by composing jingles.In 1984, Brown joined the Banda Acordes Verdes as a percussionist.Caetano Veloso and Djavan.Monte and also recorded duets with some of them.Carlinhos with legendary jazz musicians Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock.In 1996, Carlinhos recorded his first major solo effort, Alfagamabetizado.Carlinhos Brown on its World Music Portraits DVD series.Carlinhos has a commanding presence.FIP des disques musiques du monde dans chaque magazine papier Mondomix.Maroc) pour le festival Jazz in Riads (16 au 18 novembre).Mondomix de la saison 2007.Dernier reportage : Zad Moultaka.Mondomix : Bako Dagnon, Lo Cor de la Plana, Chango Spasiuk, Jerry Kamit, Bozi Boziana...Calculadora HP 12CFinanceira gold e platinum.Motos:Encontre aqui diversos modelos e marcas. |
