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Forget Bebel - Brazil´s true new sounds
Max De CastroMax De Castro by Max De Castro
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £4.38
Fresh, innovative, constantly inventive - a real work of genius
Em Sujecito HomenEm Sujecito Homen by Rappin' Hood
Buy used from: £10.00
Great favela rap infused with funk and samba
Sem GravidadeSem Gravidade by Otto
Buy new: £11.95 / Used from: £3.00
An arty, quirky trip through Brazilian rhythms. Unique, odd and infectious.
Nova CaraNova Cara by Afro Reggae
Buy used from: £42.46
The real sound of the City of God but with hope alongside the anger, garnished with oodles of funk
Totonho and Os CabraTotonho and Os Cabra by Totonho
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £2.79
A unique, spacey fusion of all things Brazilian
CruCru by Seu Jorge
The new pretender to Jorge Ben´s Crown. His first CD is better
A Great NoiseA Great Noise by Marisa Monte
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £4.79
Brazilian Portuguese at its most feminine
VerdeVerde by Badi Assad
Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £6.61
CD credits with John Abercrombie, etc and thus the latest in a line of Brazilian cross over artists that runs from Paulinho da Costa to Tania Maria. But this is far rootsier.
KarnakKarnak by Karnak
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Art rock-samba-theatre-opera-fusion from the high priests of eccentricity. A Jack Russel is creditied as lead singer.
Maria RitaMaria Rita by Maria Rita
Buy used from: £12.10
Not as passionate, effortless and virtusoso as her mother, Elis Regina, but so much better than Bebel
Uma GeralUma Geral by Acid X
Light and fluffy Rio sounds inspired by MPB and British Acid Jazz