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Brazilectro: Latin Flavoured Club Tunes 6

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At least to me. I can't imagine a summer coming by these days without seeing the newest from this franchise that now spans 6 volumes! (8 if you include the Brazilution series on Ministry of Sound) And what is Brazilectro without more exclusive cuts? That's what sets the series apart from the commercial compilations and there are plenty here along with neat remixes.

The style of this set is very similar to the 5th one, only a bit funkier with CD2 being the stand-out. On CD1 you have some African influences along with mellowed out musical tracks like dr. beatnick's cool Terra Nova and Briskey's "Galactic Jack", remixed by Buscemi (if you have St. Germain Des Pres Cafe IV, this is it). Ikon's "Vai E Vem" is given a smooth remix with a twist and Soul Surfer's "Imploracao" has a cool feel to it with a touch of, I believe, Rosalia De Souza's vocal sampled into it. Even [Re:jazz] have a funky cut to close out disc 1. But disc 2 proves to be the strongest with standout cuts being Cool Hipnoise's swingin' "Dama Dada", Ty's soulful and rich "Inner Love", Petgroove's vocal and spacey bossa "Beside Brazil". But the real gem - A Bossa Eletrica's "Tudo Esta Previsto" will take you to Brazil and there more great tunes.

It's Brazilectro! Always recommended. And of course some of these cuts will appear on rip-off compilations that will come out in a few months. The bad - CD1 doesn't start so promising to me - they should've kicked it off with Dr. Beatnik's cut, "Parabens" is on Brazilectro 6's sister compilation titled "Brazilution 5.2" (also recommended), and while the packaging is beautiful like a book (same as Brazilectro 5), don't carry it around everywhere because the discs will probably slip out! It's not quite as strong as the 4th one, but is about on par with the 5th one since disc 2 makes up for disc 1's few missteps.

ALSO - Brazilectro 6 has a DVD out now in Europe, which has even more tunes on it. So it's definitely worth the pick-up if you're a fan of the series - it reminds me of Red Hot&Rio's TV special. And if you really dig this - check out the rest of the series, Brazilution 5 and 5.2, Brazilation and Nova Latino IV.

This set presents a deliciously balanced mix of up- and down-tempo latin-flavoured music. I bought the set banking on the presence of soild artists I already knew of, like Zuco 103 and Da Lata, but was also pleasantly surprised by unfamiliar artists such as Stereo Maracana.
Great turned up at a party, or turned down for a study session or chill event. I liked this set enough to start slowly amassing all of the other CDs in the Brazilectro series.... they're all absolutely worth having.

Good CD, quiet lounge music, with here and there some quicker tracks. Good buy.

The Brazilectro series neither presents electo (not even pure electronic) nor Brazilian music. So the title is misleading. Nevertheless, brazilectro session 6 contains a fine and diverse collection of Latin (or Latin flavored) music in the area of donwntempo, lounge, house and nu jazz.