VARIOUS ARTISTS - ONDA DE AMOR: SYNTHESIZED BRAZILIAN HITS THAT NEVER WERE (1984-94) [CD]

SOUNDWAY

£10.08

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: SNDWCD125
Barcode: 5060571360120
Release Date: Mar 2022
Genre: BRAZILIAN, ELECTRONIC, BALEARIC, POP

Some crate-digging compilations are often the result of someone hand-picking their choice favourites from another country’s musical history, perhaps unaware or uninvolved with its cultural lineage in the process. On Soundway’s latest release - a treasure trove of synth jams, pop, samba boogie, balearic and electro from 1980 & ‘90s Brazil - the tracks are picked by Millos Kaiser, one half of the Brazilian duo Selvagem, who are at the helm of throwing some of the country’s best dance parties. It’s a rare compilation that offers Brazilian music actually picked by a Brazilian.

Whilst names such as Ricardo Bomba, Villa Box, Fogo Baiano, Electric Boogies and Batista Junior may not be household names, they tell an untold, yet rich and important part of musical history in Brazil. The release also covers a decade that has been intentionally forgotten and brushed aside by many in the country.

Onda De Amor is a release that is loaded with smooth grooves, bubbling bass, glistening synthesisers, funk strutting guitar lines and sheen of production that undeniably marks it of its time. For Kaiser this compilation is about reintroducing music during a period of reappraisal, catching a new wave and hoping contemporary listeners will ride it with him. “The idea is to do justice to these songs. Songs that combine all the right ingredients that should have put them on radio playlists when I was growing up or at least in the cases of more adventurous DJs”.

Millos Kaiser is a DJ, digger, vinyl junkie/dealer born in Rio de Janeiro and living in São Paulo for the past 8 years. He launched the dance party/club night Selvagem with partner Trepanado in 2010, bringing thousands of dancers one Sunday a month to a public square in the heart of São Paulo.

TRACKLIST:
1. Ricardo Bomba - Você Vai Se Lembrar
2. Vânia Bastos - Tabu (The Sweetest Taboo)
3. Rosana Mendes & Grupo Veneno - Reague
4. Grupo Controle Digital - A Festa É Nossa
5. Villa Box - Break De Rua (Versão Longa)
6. Batista Junior - Cheira
7. Dado Brazzawilly - Saramandaia
8. Anacy Arcanjo - Toque Tambor
9. Fogo Baiano - O Fogo Do Sol
10. Dodô Da Bahia & As Virgens De Porto Seguro - Africamerica
11. Via Negromonte - Love Is All
12. Electric Boogies - Electric Boogies
13. Os Abelhudos - Contos De Escola (Millos Kaiser Edit)
14. Nanda Rossi - Livre Pra Voar (Millos Kaiser Edit)
15. André Melo - Onda De Amor
16. Região Abissal - Feminina Mulher (Instrumental)