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Product Description
This is the 3rd and clearly most accomplished album by Zuco 103, the Brazilian/European band, who ever since their debut in late 1999, have positioned themselves at the vanguard of the new world/electronic fusion movement. Crammed. 2005.

Tracks:

Na Mangueira
Duele Le Le
Mayfly
Love Is Queen Omega
Nha
Vivente
Whaa!
Vou Levar
Futebol
Conscience
Garganteiro
It's A Woman's World
Jave

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The multi-national Crammed Discs-Ziriguiboom-Six Degrees triumvirate is the force behind several tropical world salads, wherein classic and cutting-edge styles are shredded, tossed, re-imagined and transformed. Zuco 103 have released two previous exercises in frothy, mind-bending musical shape shifting. The Dutch-based trio consists of Lilian Vieira, a Brazilian-born chanteuse and co-composers Stefan Schmid (drums) and Stefan Kruger (aka Stuv, on keyboards), plus a tight back-up band that includes a sultry saxophone and a shimmering West African kora. The group's sonic language applies trip-hop, light jazz, electronica, subtle drum 'n' bass and other urban sounds to rich gleanings from the lead singer's ancestral samba, afoxé, bossa nova and forró, along with grooves from the Caribbean, Africa, and the Middle-East. Vieira swerves between sophisticated, hallucinatory evocations of Billie Holiday and Elis Regina (the Judy Garland of Brazil), torrid belting and offhand, conversational raps with all the risqué flair of a born scene-stealer. The mix is further enhanced by the presence of two legendary figures--Roberto Menescal, an arranger-singer whose career began in Rio during the sixties--and the brilliant, wildly idiosyncratic Jamaican producer, songwriter and vocalist, Lee "Scratch" Perry. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews:

Incredible CD! Very soulful, funky, eclectic, ect. Nice find........2006-12-14

Even though I don't speak the language, this CD is hot. I come from an old school, East Coast Hip Hop backround with intrests in Renaissance Jazz, Old school MTV 80's rock, NY House music, Acid Jazz, ect, but I've just always liked Soul in my music. This CD has a nice mix of all of the above. If you like producers like Vikter Duplaix, house music, Regge, Afro Cuban & Latin Jazz, ect, you'll like this CD.

I Am Not Hip Enough for this..........2005-09-20

...but I love it anyway. Outrageously cool Brazilian pop lead by the sexy vocals of Lilian Vieira. Programming rules the day with lots of dance beats, bits of reggae & rap, more than a hint of funk. Big energy, great guest artists and fun-fun-fun for days. If this doesn't get you moving, check your pulse to make sure you're still breathing.

The best album so far from this Euro-Brazilian dance band.......2005-09-07

I had mixed feelings about the last two albums by the Dutch-Brazilian electro-dance ensemble, but this record really got my toes tapping. On the giddy, exhiliarating opening track, "Na Magueira," singer Lilian Vieira bursts forth with an incandescent homage to the sprightly jazzy rhythm style of '60s samba-soul diva Elza Soares -- Vieira's version being draped in a contemporary techno-tinged sound mix... The band's roots in Europhilic dance music come back to the fore in a few of the house-ier tracks, but their explorations of African pop (on "Duele Le Le") and cameos by dub reggae legend Lee "Scratch" Perry make this disc their richest, most resonant album to date. Nice stuff; catchy and clever, and playful as well. Recommended!

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Whaa
Zuco 103
Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Brazil | South & Central America | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Bossa Nova | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music

International | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0009RJDRA
Release Date: 2005-08-01

Tracks:

Na Mangueira
Duele Le Le
Mayfly
Love Is Queen Omega
Nh A
Vivente
Whaa!
Vou Levar
Futebol
Conscience
Garganteiro
Its A Womans World
Jav E
Mama Woye
Tegenanjen

Average customer rating:

Whaa!

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0009J26BS
Release Date: 2005-06-14

Album Description

This is the 3rd and clearly most accomplished album by Zuco 103, the Brazilian/European band, who ever since their debut in late 1999, have positioned themselves at the vanguard of the new world/electronic fusion movement. Crammed. 2005.

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