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Beat Diaspora: Beats, Buses, Bricks: Mnml do Morro
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Beat Diaspora: Beats, Buses, Bricks. An omnivorous take on music of the beat-based variety and the urban spaces that nurture it. Sunday, November 23, 2008. Brasil still on my mind - stripped down and sped up. First, there was some percussive ferocity lingering in my inbox, c/o Daniel D'Errico. He plays in Boston's BatukAxé. A drum group led by Bahian Marcus Santos. BatukAxé (Marcus Santos' Bateria). Then wayne&wax tipped me off to Discobelle's most recent Mixin' It Up by DJ Downtown. Links to this post:.
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Beat Diaspora: Beats, Buses, Bricks: Tropa de Cultura
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Beat Diaspora: Beats, Buses, Bricks. An omnivorous take on music of the beat-based variety and the urban spaces that nurture it. Friday, November 28, 2008. Even if it's old news in Brazil, I'm due to provide a refresher on Tropa de Elite. In English). It was directed by José Padilha as the second film in a trio. That began with Bus 174. I first watched it in Rocinha with some 2Bros. Folks, where the scene portraying BOPE invasions of the favela were eerily similar to real life. Most interestingly, it was...