Customer Reviews

Brazil Remixed

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When I first saw this last summer, I was thinking "Man does this look familiar..." It didn't have anything to do with the music, but the cover - I knew I saw it before. And low and behold when I was home I pulled out this massive conglomerate of a 6 disc Decadance chillout compilation titled: "The Ultimate Chillout Album" and saw pretty much the exact same cover... just on a different wall. Seroiusly, have a look. B00006JSHV. Already you know this isn't the most original of releases.

Still, it's not a bad cd. You've got some lounge cuts, some bossa cuts, alternative takes and remakes and general feel good bossa and samba mixed in. Artists include Maya FS, Mo'Horizons, Da lata and many others as they mix and match styles and skills on this semi-mixed compilation. However this cd isn't without fault. I found some of the songs a bit annoying over time ("Fancy" and "One" come to mind) and the Italian bossa Buweyah seems like more of a "Sister Bossa" modeled track than this. And if you have heard "Cafe Samba", which has literally stripped off tracks from this compilation and put them onto that one, this will hardly sound new to you but of course that's at no fault of this compilation's own. Odd, but I know exactly what the previous reviewer meant when he/she said that a song was a bit embarassing as some songs seemed to force the Braziliance with cliche'd sounds and loops.

All in all, I would say this is a solid release but not one of the best I own. There are just so many nu-Brazil cd's out there - this is one I'd say to take a pass on if you're comparing with Brazilectro (usually 2 discs of good tunes) or Glucklich (mixed by Rainer Truby). But if you're looking and deciding between this and Cafe Samba I'd recommend Cafe Samba instead. IMO it has the better all around songs. The Italian Bossa mixes in since they went on and stripped cuts from Pyramide's Cafe Noir series... who of course stripped songs from Irma's "Sister Bossa" series. Talk about song taking gone crazy! So there are a few suggestions if you like this - but just watch the group names/song titles for carry-over before you buy any of them.

Rated as one of my all time best favorite lounge chill brazilian electronica eveeer... it's haunting chill and remote. It's just so cool. The melody's stay in your head. a really great compillation.

If you want to listen to modern Brazilian music and not spend a lot, this CD would be a good start. Slickly produced and competently mixed, these songs represent a smooth introduction into the genre. Though some of the tracks may have appeared elsewhere, that doesn't detract from their brilliance on this album. The sub-label claims "chilled bossas and scorching sambas for a new generation" and I see no reason to contradict that. Enjoy!

Sometimes you hear the best music from the most unlikely sources--I heard the song "One" from Brazil Remixed on an especially spooky CSI. At first I did not recognize the song as Three Dog Night's "One" is the loneliest number, but when I did, this remix fit the CSI story to a tee. Great musical selection.

I have quite a collection of songs in portuguese. Although this is Brazil remixed, the songs just don't quite make it. There are some cool songs, like samba numeiro 9 or felicidade, but number one has a great beat, but "one is a lonely number". It's a bit odd to listen to, kinda embarrassing.

Anyway, the tunes are silky, and soothing, but other cds are more effective. Maybe try Cateano Veloso for something real and Bossa Nova from Putumayo.

This is an impressive CD. Very melodic and sophisticated but still grooves nicely without sinking into "ambience".
HIGHLY recommended!

-Jason