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...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...
...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...
...children of Brazil's greatest musicians are taking to the world stage. Last year saw the release of Tanto Tempo by Bebel Gilberto, daughter of bossa nova great Joao Gilberto; Max de Castro, son of bossa nova singer Wilson Simonal, also made a splash with his album Samba Raro. Now Moreno Veloso, son of Tropicalia genius Caetano Veloso, is raising his voice. Veloso's CD (made with bandmates Domenico and Kassin) is no mere echo of his father; his inventive songs have a quiet, vernal charm all their...
...Castro's new album Samba Raro ranks as one of the finest solo debuts in South or North America in recent memory. De Castro, 28, makes beat-blending music. Drawing from bossa nova, soul, drum 'n' bass and other styles, he sways softly like Tom Jobim and breaks off street beats that would do Dr. Dre proud...
There are few places he hasn't visited. He has been seen lounging in rural Appalachia, and perched proudly on piers along eastern seaboard. He has hunted for grubs in the marshlands of Nova Scotia; he has cavorted with royal seagulls from afar; he has flown atop the Great Wall; he has been tete-a-tete with distinguished journalists at Washington Post's Beijing Bureau; and, most recently, he has been seen circling Tiananmen Square...