Brazil Classics 7: What's Happ ening in Pernambuco (CD)

In the 1980's, while urban centers of the Brazilian south like Sao Paulo, Braslia and Rio were inundated with homegrown rock movements, Pernambuco didn't have much of a music scene at all. Vowing to jump-start the local scene Fred Zero Four got together with Chico Science and a collective of local bands and visual artists to found the Mangue Beat movement - the most significant musical and aesthetic movement in Brazil since Tropicalia. The music is an explosion of punk-rock-funk-rap-electronic sound, infused with the maracatu, coco, ciranda and embolada rhythmic traditions of the rural northeast. "What's Happening in Pernambuco?" (volume 7 of Luaka Bop's influential Brazil Classics series) presents 13 amazing artists creating a new genre-defying party.

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• Released: 2/5/08
• Format Detail: Standard Jewel Case
• Format: CD
• Genre: World Music