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Which is part of the point. Youth culture often rejects the past; Aterciopelados is leading a wave of Latin acts that are dragging tradition into the present. In Brazil, performers like Moreno Veloso are blending bossa nova with electronica; in Mexico, Nortec Collective, an organization of Mexican artists, recently released The Tijuana Sessions Vol. 1, a groundbreaking CD fusing traditional norteno (a kind of polka-esque music) with clubland techno. Echeverri and Buitrago are particularly proud that Gozo Poderoso was recorded in Colombia--and in Spanish. "Identity and roots are very important for us," says Echeverri. "We've been listening...
...third full-length album beautiful, Japan’s Tomoyuki Tanaka creates a sound most easily described as souped-up Muzak with a bass line. The international DJ blends such eclectic styles as disco, soul, bossa nova and house dance into his synthetic music which induces finger or foot-tapping and head-bobbing without causing any abuse to the ear. Tomoyuki shows jazz influences in his tracks “God Save the Mona Lisa” and “I’m Still a Simple Man,” on which he received help from respective legendary...
...Puente's cheeky, overt showmanship as he, impish and seemingly carefree, works magic on the timbale. Trueba masterfully mixes styles and personalities; he conjures up a spread of sensations from the jarring fiery rhythms of the flamencos to the infectious, but more restrained and contained passion of samba and bossa nova...
...place some of the blame on chains, such as the Hard Rock Cafe and Rainforest Cafe, which have turned dining into event-style entertainment, replete with waterfalls and bossa nova. Eatertainment, as it's known, has spurred less gimmicky places to pump up the volume to compete. Result: a sonic boomlet...
...Caught” speaks the language of the post-Marsalis jazz combo. “New Second Line” captures the joy of Mardi Gras, with all the swagger and raucousness of a Fat Tuesday parade. The sweet simple statement of Tom Jobim’s bossa “Corcovado” is a welcome cool-down midway through an otherwise frolicking album...