Tom Zé - Estudando o Samba (1975)

The weirdest samba album I've ever heard.

Tom Zé is a brilliant brazilian multi-instrumentalist that was influential in the late sixties Tropicália movement but kept recording great albuns in the other decades too.

Even though he's a very talented artist, Tom Zé didn't enjoy much success and lived in relative obscurity throughout the 80's and 90's, until David Byrne, Talking Heads's lead singer, in a visit to Rio de Janeiro, found this album(Estudando o Samba, Studying Samba) in a record shop and instantaneously fell in love.

Byrne then went on to find Tom Zé and offered to produce him and sign him to his american label Luaka Bop from this point on. This is a true story, I swear. I read it in the internet.

Tom Zé in 1978, on a sexy photoshoot for Playboy magazine.

1. "Mã" (Tom Zé)
2. "A Felicidade" (Tom Jobim - Vinicius de Moraes)
3. "Toc" (Tom Zé)
4. "Tô" (Élton Medeiros - Tom Zé)
5. "Vai (Menina Amanhã de Manhã)" (Perna - Tom Zé)
6. "Ui! (Você Inventa)" (Odair - Tom Zé)
7. "Doi" (Tom Zé)
8. "Mãe (Mãe Solteira)" (Élton Medeiros - Tom Zé)
9. "Hein?" (Tom Zé - Vicente Barreto)
10. "Só (Solidão)" (Tom Zé)
11. "Se" (Tom Zé)
12. "Índice" (José Briamonte - Heraldo do Monte - Tom Zé)

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Rough Guide to Indonesia

From allmusic.com:

Like most releases in the Rough Guide series, this compilation provides a solid overview of the music of a particular region, but Indonesia's musical traditions are probably among the least well-known in the West. World music aficionados may be familiar with the gamelan orchestras for which the region has become known, but this 15-song CD exposes the broad diversity of sounds you might expect from a country with over 550 ethnic groups spread across more than 17,500 islands. From the traditional gamelan and throbbing percussion of CBMW's folksy "Sambasunda" and the lilting guitar picking and melancholy vocals of Grup Bamba Puang's "Los Quin Tallu-Tallu" to the more modern, Indian- and Arabic-influenced pop sounds of artists like Elvy Sukaesih and her former partner, Rhoma Irama, The Rough Guide to Indonesia provides an accessible introduction to some very unfamiliar musical traditions.

1 - CBMW - Sambasunda 2 - Waldjinah - Anoman Obong 3 - Elvy Sukaesih - Kareta Malam 4 - Rhoma Irama - Begadang 5 - L.S. Gelik - Jeruk Manis 6 - Detty Kurnia - Dar Der Dor 7 - Grup Bamba Puang - Los Quin TalluTailu 8 - Imas Permas and Asep Kosasih - Ceurik Rahwana 9 - Sabah Habas Mustapha & The Jugala Allstars - Sumbawa 10 - Sandii - Rentak 106 11 - Ibu Maimunah Mochtar and Group - Joged Laksmana Mati Raden Ditembak 12 - Uning-Uningan - Pege Sakarimpang 13 - Gentra Pasundan - KucapKucip 14 - Nasida Ria - Boleh Bersuka Ria 15 - Waldjinah and Gesang - Bengawan Solo

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Jesvs Cristvs goes to Arabia

Lounge, jazz, sufi music, pop, experimental, traditional, and other styles with only one similarity: they all come from the desertic and mystic arabic lands.

Put on your turbans and repeat with me while dancing to these tunes: there is only one God and Muhammad is his messenger.

1 - Secret Chiefs 3 - The Great Ishraqi Sun

2 - Salamat meets Les Musiciens Du Nil - Kabadin

3 - Ali Slimani - S'Habi (Stereomovers Remix)

4 - Hamdi Ahmed - El Dawhaa

5 - Rachid Taha - Ah Mon Amour

6 - Latif El Idrissi - Ya Rayah

7 - Arabic Beat Box - Dembe

8 - Mariem Hassan Con Leyoad - Id Chab

9 - Nass Marrakech - Zeye Meyel

10 - El Dor El Awal - Aa'tareeq

11 - Oojami - Fantasy

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The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco

Cajun e Zydeco são dois estilos musicais de origem dos franco-canadenses que, expulsos do Canadá, se fixaram na Louisiana. Estado americano onde a capital é New Orleans.

O som super distino desses dois estilos se caracteriza por uma incorporação de milhares de ritmos(música cubana, rock 'n' roll, jazz, folk, blues) e por uma presença constante de seu instrumento símbolo: o acordeon.
A qualidade de todas as gravações é maravilhosa e pretensiosamente duvido que alguém com um senso crítico apurado para música(o que naturalmente têm de sobra os visitantes do selo digital Jesvs Cristvs) chegue ao ponto de desgostar desse som. Um som tão honesto, humilde e alegre. Um genial representante da música do continente americano que nem sempre é lembrado.
Obs: A coleção A ROUGH GUIDE TO contém mais de 30 coletâneas com estilos musicais desconhecidos do mundo inteiro e de difícil acesso na internet. Pretendo postar em outras ocasiões outros álbuns da série.

The Rough Guide to Cajun & Zydeco
1. One Step at a Time - Clifton Chenier
2. Zydeco Boogaloo - Buckwheat Zydeco
3. Balfa Waltz - David Doucet
4. 'Tit Cord (The Little String) - Jimmy C. Newman
5. Misère M'a Fait Brailler - John Delafose, The Eunice Playboys
6. Rolling Pin - Beausoleil
7. Grande Bosco - Eddie LeJeune
8. Bayou Pon Pon - Michael Doucet
9. Two Step d'Amédé - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
10. Disco et Fais Do-Do - Bruce Daigrepont
11. Kolinda - Beausoleil
12. Slow Horses and Fast Women - Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas
13. Pointe aux Pins - Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys
14. Fiddle Stomp - Wallace Cheese Read
15. Jolie, Petite Blonde - Nathan Abshire
16. Chico Two-Step - The California Cajun Orchestra
17. J'Etais au Bal - Jo-El Sonnier
18. Let the Good Times Roll - Buckwheat Zydeco
19. I Passed in Front of Your Door - D.L. Menard

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A fantastic compilation with the best of Cajun and Zydeko(music from french louisiana). Even though it sounds folkloric, it also sounds modern. This is not pure folkloric music, the influences of Rocknroll, Blues, Jazz and Country are evident and gratefully accepted.