Brazilian carnival music

[tc1ooo]

I'm doing a Brazilian carnival theme night on Friday. Does anyone have any ideas on what to play? I've got the Lambada, but that might be a bit old fashioned for them as they will all be students.

[Paul The Party Dj]

I'd start from here (hope this works, I've never done a link before!)
YouTube - Bellini - Samba De Janeiro
Have a good one.
Cheers, Paul ;o)

[Corabar Steve]

I did a gig for some actual Brazilians last year.

Some of the requests:

Chiclete Com Banana = Diga Que Valeu / Não Vou Chorar
Grupo Revelacao = Deixa Acontecer / Velocidade Da Luz
Ivete Sangalo = Canibal / Festa
Jorge Ben = País Tropical (Rádio Version)
Martinho Da Vila = Devagar, Devagarinho / Mulheres


All went down well with the Brazilian contingent & most of the non Brazilians.

Not sure how well they'd go down if it's just a themed evening, but might be worth a pop. All readily available from reputable download sites

[tc1ooo]

Cheers, I'll check those out :)

[soundtracker]

Azymuth - Jazz Carnival ....TUNE!

[yourdj]

Its all about the drums with Carnival music. its almost a cross between latin and caribean dancehall.

You have some really smooth samba such as Águas de Março (Waters of March) and the really fast rio stuff like samba de janeiro
Im sure things like Conga - Gloria Estefan would be OK although its technically mexican.

Modern like mas que nada etc. too.

Save this till the end of the night!!!

YouTube - Bellini - Samba De Janeiro (HD,16:9)

[yourdj]

I'd start from here (hope this works, I've never done a link before!)
YouTube - Bellini - Samba De Janeiro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mClWp2O_2_M)
Have a good one.
Cheers, Paul ;o)

Sorry paul completely missed your post :p

Great minds think alike. :cool:

[funkula45]

A few more for consideration
Airto Moriera - Celebration suite This one should take the roof off;)
Dom Um Romao - Braun Blek Blue
Milton Nascimento - Cravo a Canela Big brazilian tune recorded by many artists
Marcos valle - crickets sing for Anamaria from the 68 album
Duke Pearson - Sandalia Dela
Sivuca - Ain't no sunshine
George Duke - Brazilian love affair
All available on itunes

Ray Barreto - Passtime paradise Couldnt find on itunes but was later covered as gangstas paradise
Hope you have a good night :beer1:

[yourdj]

Ray Barreto - Passtime paradise

Brill track. Stevie wonder cover. The percussion makes it perfect for carnival stuff.
Although its cuban/Salsa/funk or what ever - Great version of that with santana :)
Really long so a good one if you need the loo.

YouTube - Ray Barretto -Past Time Paradise-