Words (& Pictures) from DJ Cliffy

DJ Cliffy has been staging Batmacumba (named after the Os Mutantes track of the same name) at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London for the last 10 years. As the man behind England’s longest running Brasilian club night, he was perfectly placed to give us his thoughts on the influence of Brasilian music on UK clubbing…

Continue Reading Add comment August 29th, 2007 Posted by Dougal

New Brasilian Compilation on Soul Jazz Records

Essential listening for all fans of Os Mutantes and co. courtesy of Soul Jazz Records, “Brazil 70 - After Tropicalia: New Directions In Brazilian Music” is the follow-up to last year’s critically acclaimed “Tropicalia: A Revolution in Sound”…

Continue Reading Add comment August 28th, 2007 Posted by Dougal

Live Capoeira at the Old Fruitmarket Glasgow

Add comment August 9th, 2007 Posted by Dougal

King Creosote’s Brasil Blog

Early evening on Sunday 27th May the KC lads assembled at Heathrow Terminal 4. Pictish (Johnny) and KC had played the last of their acoustic tour dates in Bracknell the night before, Le Baron Rouge (Nathan) had had a late one with The Whip, Von Supponatime jetted in from Manchester (Christian), OTF (Gavin) from Edinburgh. Nobody had, until now, thought about what we were meant to be doing in Brazil, and with whom…

Continue Reading Add comment August 8th, 2007 Posted by King Creosote

Share your photos & videos of TrocaBrahma 2007

We had great time at last weekend’s TrocaBrahma 2007 gigs and we’re sure you did too! If you’re anything like us you must have taken a load of photos and maybe even a bit of video too, so why not send us the evidence and share your experiences of these amazing and unique collaborations.

Continue Reading Add comment August 3rd, 2007 Posted by Dougal