Nao Wave: Brazil Post Punk 1982-1988

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 3, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Man Recordings
• ASIN: B0009JDRCK
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,319 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Agentss

2. Eu Sou O Rio

3. Futebol

4. Sobre as Pernas

5. Ciencias Sensuias

6. Samba Do Morro

7. Teu Ingles

8. Funziona Senza Vapore

9. La Fora Pode Até Morrer

10. Prince No Deserto Vermelho

11. O Apice

12. Polícia

13. Ilha Urbana

14. Lo Lo

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent post punk CD., June 30, 2005

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Jackson Forrest "Jesus" (Vienna, Austria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nao Wave: Brazil Post Punk 1982-1988 (Audio CD)

When you thought you heard it all in post punk, comes this CD compilation with impossible to find post punk from Brazil. Yes, they had their very own post punk scene down there, that incorporated what happened in New York, Berlin and London during the early Eighties. Mixing the styles from the North with their very own Brazilian music elements, bands such as AKT, Agentss, Black Future created the most exciting form of post punkl. Imagine Joy Division with batucada beats, A Flock Of Seagulls with a samba feeling - all to be heard of Nao Wave. A true musical revelation. I love it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know, July 27, 2005

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Kathy Fennessy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nao Wave: Brazil Post Punk 1982-1988 (Audio CD)

I'm no expert when it comes to Brazilian music, but I've picked up a few Portuguese-language CDs over the years, like the soundtracks to "City of God" and "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" (featuring acoustic Bowie covers by Seu Jorge, aka "Knockout Ned"). This CD doesn't remind me of those releases--or of the music of Caetano Veloso, Os Mutantes, or even Sepultura. Some of the (non-Brazilian) names other writers have mentioned include Gang of Four, Bauhaus, and LiliPUT. I agree. This is the darker end of the post-punk spectrum. Not goth per se, but these folks do sound mad in a Pop Group--as opposed to a Sex Pistols--way. For more Brazilian post-punk, see the Soul Jazz compilation, "The Sexual Life of the Savages."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing music. Not only for punk funk fans., July 23, 2005

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chris wurster "chrissinger" (pensacola, fla) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nao Wave: Brazil Post Punk 1982-1988 (Audio CD)

Who would have thought that there was such amazing No Wave, post punk, and odd Devo influenced electro-rock going on in Brazil from 1982-88?? That's what this is, a collection of some obscure art rock, no wave and odd pop from Brazil during the mid-80s. I'd say these bands are more new wave than no wave but that might be splitting hairs. The influences are wide including more standard new wave, like Gary Numan and Devo and even some psychedelic sounds. Unlike a lot of American No Wave the funk and reggae influences are no there. Instead you'll find some Trapacalia influence (track 2 could be a Tom Ze track) and some sounds like that of XTC.