Booty Dance - Brazilian Funk

Ok. I just came across a really weird and humorous Brazilian funk song. It´s called "The Booty Slap" or Surra de Bunda, in portuguese.

Brazilian funk is a popular adaption of Miami Bass originating from the slums of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil. Funk songs typically discuss topics such as poverty, human dignity, racial pride of black people, sex, violence and social injustice to a funky eletronic drum loop.



I don´t know but I feel sorry for the guy!

Ps. I think thsi video was removed, butyou can check it here!

Her morning elegance

A while ago I came across a really interesting music video and now it has more than 12 million views in Youtube. It was recorded frame by frame and I cant believe how long it took. Enjoy it! This is a good work worth seeing lots of times. Clap Clap Clap!

      

Brandi Carlile

Here is a great music by Brandi Carlile "Downpour"

                       

Downpour

I'm like the rain in a downpour

I wash away what you long for

And I wave goodbye with the sun in my eyes

I wish I could be there tonight

I'm like the wind in the canyon

I'm there when I'm gone in a second

You're growing older in peace where you're at

I wish I could be there for that

But I've moved on

Like a rolling stone

In a crowded room

I'm alone

NPR's Project Song: Moby & Kelli Scarr - by Guest Columnist Lacey McDaniel

               

NPR's Project Song is the topic of today's post. The project challenges its competetors to complete a song in just two days. Normally this is a task that leaves artist working until the last moment, until Moby & Kelli Scarr. With in a day, they had already fully completed the challenge: "Gone to Sleep" was created. On the second day they composed two more versions of the same song entirely superpassing all expectations.

        

To see all three versions of the song "Gone to Sleep" by Moby & Kelli Scarr, you can access the full story at NPR's official site along with previous Project Songs.

Music Alley

Find the best tracks to put for free in your podcast or to just enjoy listening online! Some of the greatests podcasters use this resource and some good musicians find in the Music Alley a great way to advertise and show their work. So it works for them and us, the listeners!

The most played band is the Brother Love from New York city with the song "Summertime". This song was played 780 times already. And the top rated band is the Uncle Seth from Ontario, Canada. Their most listened music is "To be an angel".

Matisyahu + Dub Echoes Documentary

               
Last weekend, I had the pleasure to listen live to Matisyahu at Circo Voador in Lapa (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil). I don´t know why but I arrived four hours before the show and had to wait. I decided to have garlic pizza with a catupiry cheese filled boarder and to watch a documentary about dub called "Dub Echoes" produced by Bruno Natal. It was amazing how the fans were calmly seated down listening to a two hour documentary before the show. Matisyahu definitly attracts a distinguished audience.

“Dub Echoes is a documentary that traces the origins of the Jamaican dub music and it’s influence on the development of hip hop and electronic music.The film shows how the Jamaican invention called dub ended up influencing much of the music we hear today, from electronic music to hip-hop, transforming the studio in a musical instrument and giving way to all of sonic experiments.”

“Dub Echoes” was produced by a Brazilian crew in Kingston (Jamaica), London (UK), NY, Washington, LA (US), Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (Brazil). It was appointed as the best dub documentary ever. It is definitly worth watching.

Some of the greatest dub music references given in the documentary are:

2MANYDJS, ABA SHANTI-I, ADAM FREELAND, AUDIO BULLYS, BASEMENT JAXX, BEAT JUNKIES, BILL LASWELL, BLACK ALIEN, BULLWACKIE, BUNNY LEE, CONGO NATTY, DAVID KATZ, DENNIS BOVELL, DJ SPOOKY, DON LETTS, DR. DAS, DREADZONE, DUB PISTOLS, G-CORP, GLYN BUSH, GUSSIE CLARKE, HOWIE B, KING JAMMY, KODE 9, LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY, LTJ BUKEM, MAD PROFESSOR, MARCELO YUKA, MARIO CALDATO JR., MUTABARUKA, NAÇÃO ZUMBI, PETER KRUDER, ROOTS MANUVA, SLY & ROBBIE, STEVE BARROW, SWITCH, THIEVERY CORPORATION, U-ROY, VICTOR “TICKLAH” AXELROD & ZION TRAIN.

Watch "Dub Echoes" trailer here and also watch Bruno Natal´s portunol (portuguese + spanish) interview for the website El Parlante Amarillo here!

Diego Stocco

In a rainy day, the Italian sound designer and composer Diego Stocco was moving some sandbags out of his backyard when he noticed the interesting sound that they made. That's when it all started: music from sand. Diego "creates eclectic musical experiences with custom built instruments and experimental recording techniques".

You can watch online how he does that in his own website or at Vimeo!