How about some hipster tecnobrega? You gotta love Banda UÓ.

Piranha – O Carimbó no Ceará is another film documenting an amazonian micro-genre. This one is about Carimbó, based in Ceará and in the the state of Pará, the very same state where you can find tecnobrega. Inspired by The Buena Vista Social club, in the style of a road-movie it looks to reunite the great masters of this style and show them once again to the general public.

Carimbó is particularly interesting as it is a mixture of Amazonian rhythms and styles, created by the Tupinambás indians, it mixes indigenious black and Portuguese culture as well as being influenced by Merengue and Cúmbia. Carimbó was most popular during the 70s and 80s, when artists such as Pinduca introduced bass, guitar, and drums and created carimbó pop.

It reached its peak in the 80s in the state of Ceará and is a fine example of a pop music that is intrinsically Amazonian, as it relates its indigenious past and the culture of the Amazon, praising the beaches, places and of course women.

It was directed by Tibico Brasil, and the trailer above unfortunately doesn’t have subtitles, but you can get a great idea of the music and characters involved.

Cremoso does it again, this time with Rage Against the Machine, who recently headlined the most overpriced and absurdly programmed rock festival imaginable in Brazil.

Bulls On Parade (Dj Cremoso Remix) by Dj Cremoso

I have an article about Tecnobrega and Belém in British avant music mag “The Wire”this month, pick it up and you get a free CD on the cover. Quite proud of this as, to me, The Wire has (and had) some of the best music writers around contributing articles, these include: Simon Reynolds, Ian Penman, Peter Shapiro, Kodwo Eshun and David Toop to name but a few. Pictures were supplied by the rather excellent Vincent Rosenblatt at Agencia Olhares, (well worth a click to see his photos). Also The Wire put some mp3s online at their site, click here to listen to Maderito e Joe, DJ Cremosa and Man’s own Kid Conga.

Great piece of the Tecnobrega sub-genre Eletromelody below for your listening pleasure by Maderito e Joe. Eletromelody is a definite progression for Tecnobrega, moving away from the romantic themes to talking about the parties,  going crazy, the aparalhagems etc. The sound is faster and heavier with more pronounced bass. This track has a great production, some very appealing ravey sounds and a certain European electro house influence, if you listen carefully there’s some mad sounds going on in the background.

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MADERITO E JOE – ELETRO GALERA DA OITENTA 80