Copa 7 Edit: Fofoqueira

Here's a tasty little edit I did of one of my favorite songs from the legendary Copa 7, one of the Black Rio movements greatest bands.

'Fofoqueira', from the groups debut album, 'Som do Copa 7', stands out a bit for it's disco boogie goes to Brazil vibe. My edit stays fairly true to the original, extending out a few sections while removing some of the more obtuse break downs.

For more information on this legendary samba/soul/funk outfit, check out what Ed Motta has to say over at Whatmusic.com. To get a sense of the time in place in which this music was made, Ed's short essay is essential reading!

Fofoqueira
Copa 7
tee's edit (320kb)

Been A Long Time (Que Tempo, Cara)

Not that many people ever followed this blog, but for those who did and actually noticed my absence...sorry to leave you hangin'. I was out of the country for a few months sorting out visa issues. But the good folks at the Brazilian Consulate in DC have seen fit to allow me back in....so here we go again!

So what's been happening in Rio since we last did this thing? Well, the police are now 'permanently' occupying three favelas (including City of God) in a test of new strategy , Marcelo D2 dropped a new album (complete with a guest spot by my home girl, Zuzuka Poderosa), the cops continue to kill at will (including each other) and funk carioca still continues to blast out of Rio's 700+ favelas.

Before I went AWOL on this thing, I had promised you some video from my gig at the womans prison. In the spirit of 'better late than never', I'll leave you for now with this clip of baile funk in a womans prison.