Analog Africa invites you to delve into cinematic Brazilian music of a different kind with a 16 song Forró album “Camarao – ‘The Imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie 1964-1974’”. Forró is a genre of Brazilian music that originated in North-eastern Brazil.
Accordion player Reginaldo Alves Ferreira – whose nickname Camarao, meaning “shrimp”, was given to him because he was always running late and arriving with red cheeks – was the founder of the very first Forró band in Brazil and the musician solely responsible for introducing a horn section into Forró music during the 1960s. Due to his influence on the music, Camarao was honoured with the “Patrimônios Vivos de Pernambuco” (“Living Patrimony of the state of Pernambuco”) award in 2003.
Samy Ben Redjeb, founder of Analog Africa and compiler of this release, writes:
“It’s been a long time coming and finally after five years in the making we are very proud to have the chance to present to you instrumental Forró music of a different kind, the one created by the iconic Brazilian musician – Camarão. One of the very first Forró songs I ever heard was Camarão’s “Retrato de um Forró,” courtesy of a mix thatFrédéric Thiphagne – founder of the Goma Gringa label – had made for the music blog Les Mains Noires. But it wasn’t until my friend, the Australian DJ Carlo Xavier dragged me to Brazil that I got hooked… We invite you to ride with us through the Northeast of Brazil and delve into a musical journey of a different kind – the soundtrack of the State of Pernambuco.”
We are excited to premiere for you Camarão’s ‘Retrato De Um Forro’. You can order your copy of ‘The imaginary Soundtrack to a Brazilian Western Movie’ by Camarão here.