Best Brazilian Disco Artists?

[Marcio**]

"Velas" by Quincy Jones - written by Brazilian songwriters (Ivan Lins and Vitor Martins)
"Calmarie" By Deborah Harry (Blondie) - written by Brazilian songwriters (Naná Vasconcelos and...I can't remember the other !!!). Percussion by Paulinho da Costa.
"O Ba Ba (No Reino da Mãe do Ouro)" by D.C. LaRue - written by a Brazilian songwriter (Rubem da Mangueira)
"Brazil" by The Ritchie Family - written by a Brazilian songwriter (Ary Barroso)

Samba Soul: the L.P. "Do It" was recorded at RCA Studios in São Paulo-Brazil and RCA Studios in New York, 1978. Diva Grey was the lead vocalist on all tracks of the Side A.

Alice Street Gang (Amazon Records) with the song "Brazilian Hustle" :D

[Disco Push!]

hello everyone
it is nice to see people talking about brazilian disco and I want to say something about it....
there was a tv show called DISCO SHOW in Rede Globo channel ( I have the album released in 1978 by Somlivre), the ouverture theme was Dancing in my feet - Laura Taylor. Well, it was oriented for brazilian disco but Donna Summer was in it when she came for a concert over here in Rio. It was funny to see a singer who would become famous and sooo cheesy after the disco wave, her name was Rosana and the track was "Muito Independente", Rabo de Saia, Joelho de Porco, Jane Duboc, Ronaldo Reseda, Don Beto performed also there.
It is important to mention other disco acts in Brazil such as Painel de Controle, Ana e Angela, Secos e Molhados (second phase without Ney Matogrosso), The Vamps (a project by Mr Sam), which I play often when I run my party here in Rio or when I play in Paris, it is nice. Other acts which sung in English was Skorpio among others...
Cheers

[travis]

LOL. no one seems to have mentioned sérgio mendes (and it probably serves him right for not coming to the homeland in 30 years as he says)! but he had a track called I'll tell you that was a floor filler at the New York City club in Rio back in the day. Disco Push mentioned a certain Mr. Sam... I thought this was Brazilian. I've got a bit of a disco oddity called Disco Blood by the Vamps that's excellent that I'd continuing playing to this day had the vynil not gone to pot!!!

[Mixmachine]

I have a 1978 made in Brazil Disco album by the Cosa Nostra Disco Band called "Tarantella Disco" featuring Santo Malfatti, but I'm not sure if this is Brazilian or Italian, to me the music sounds like Discofied versions of popular Italian classics melodies.

Anyone knows if this band was Brazilian or Italian ??

[KoolChris]

Originally Posted by Mixmachine

I have a 1978 made in Brazil Disco album by the Cosa Nostra Disco Band called "Tarantella Disco" featuring Santo Malfatti, but I'm not sure if this is Brazilian or Italian, to me the music sounds like Discofied versions of popular Italian classics melodies.

Anyone knows if this band was Brazilian or Italian ??

Don't know the act, but everything points towards Italy:
the name of the band: Cosa Nostra is the name of one of the most important (historically and in numbers) organizations of the Mafia out of Sicily.

the name of the track: a tarantella was an antique popular dance typical of southern Italy, fast-paced, with a beat based on tamborines.

the name of the featured artist: "malfatti" in italian is plural for "ill-done" (crude, gross). "Santo" of course exists in both the portuguese and italian languages, but as far as I know, it would only be used as a noun in portuguese, not as an adjective as in this case: "san" would be correct instead in portuguese (correct me if I'm wrong). "Santo malfatti", on the other hand, would be correct italian. My 2 cents.

[tmob]

Did I miss mention of Cassiano's Onda? Killer groove, strangely haunting...still sounds as good as it did 30 years ago.

[KoolChris]

Originally Posted by tmob

Did I miss mention of Cassiano's Onda? Killer groove, strangely haunting...still sounds as good as it did 30 years ago.

Great track, indeed. But wasn't Cassiano cuban???

[tmob]

Originally Posted by KoolChris

Great track, indeed. But wasn't Cassiano cuban???

From what I found on the Web, I thought he was Brazilian but I'll certainly bow to the more knowledgeable here...

[JussiK]

Best pure disco from Brazil : the BLACK HOLE album, with it's 9 minute killer "Me and my super friends" space track!

[Disco Push!]

Hello all
Let's clear up some points
Cassiano is brazilian, he used to be always with Tim Maia and Hyldon.
The Cosa Nostra - Tarantella Disco, yes, this is 100% brazilian, produced by the same Mr Sam who was argentinian, ok?
See ya
Marcel Chapman aka Disco Push

[Nano]

Originally Posted by Mixmachine

I have a 1978 made in Brazil Disco album by the Cosa Nostra Disco Band called "Tarantella Disco" featuring Santo Malfatti, but I'm not sure if this is Brazilian or Italian, to me the music sounds like Discofied versions of popular Italian classics melodies.

Anyone knows if this band was Brazilian or Italian ??

I thought I was the only one who had this record!

I always thought of it as Brazilians disguised as Italians, like Disco Push said. This must be some of the cheesiest disco ever made, I mean Jussi-worthy kind of disco. And that cover! Sadly I don't have a scanner to post it here, but it's too much!

About Mr. Sam, he was like a Brazilian Rosko (Push says he's from Argentina, but his talk sounds pretty portuguese to me). I have a Rosko-like disco compilation LP called "Mr. Sam" with his voice introducing some pretty good mixes of Kool & The Gang, Rita Lee, Sugarhill Gang and the classic "Feel good party time" between others. Very good for its kind.

[Nano]

Reading this topic from the beginning I find a post by our friend Zeca mentioning Tim Maia. I found a PolyGram compilation of his work, with some disco but also a marvelous melody from 1970 called "Azul da cor do mar". It must be one of the most beautiful Brazilian songs I ever heard.

[Disco Push!]

Hello again! Yes, Mr Sam use to speak Portuguese (with a foreigner accent but he does), well, this is not important, one things I recognize is his contribution to the brazilian disco movement and to the early 80s pop music in Brazil. About Tim Maia. There are one track I love and it is called "Eu e Você" and "Boogie Esperto", he sung with Sandra Sá, a tune called "Vale Tudo", a nice song...Cheers, Marcel Chapman

[Mixmachine]

Originally Posted by Nano

I thought I was the only one who had this record!

I always thought of it as Brazilians disguised as Italians, like Disco Push said. This must be some of the cheesiest disco ever made, I mean Jussi-worthy kind of disco. And that cover! Sadly I don't have a scanner to post it here, but it's too much!

I didn't see this post until now

I entered this in the vault for fun a while back, but I think this is all ancient history of an obscure record no less , and nobody cares today.

I bought this copy mainly for the cover, there was something "dirty" about this picture that caught our young eyes..




CosaNostra Disco Band

[boogyjuice]

Muito bom !

Some different flava's ( from dance to jazz to etc ...) , from which some have been mentioned here on this topic :

_____Gilberto Gil


Palco ( 1982 )


______Robson Jorge


Tudo Bem ( 1977 )



______Banda Black Rio


Chega Mais ( 1978 )


Central Do Brasil ( Live / 1981 )


Cravo E Canela ( Live / 1981 )

YouTube - smooth jazz - banda black rio - subindo o morro
( 1980 )



_______Anna Mazzotti


Agora Ou Nunca Mais ( 1974/1975 )



_____Emilio Santiago


Bananeira ( 1971-1975 )




_____Tim Maia


Acenda o Farol ( 1978 )


And some current artists :


_____Ed Motta ( Tim's nephew )

Recorded some tracks with a disco-ish flava :

Ed Motta Magica de um charlatao - Song - MP3 Stream on IMEEM Music
( 2000 )



_____Paula Lima


Quero Ver Voce No Baile ( 2001 )



_____Wilson Simoninha ( son of the legendary Wilson Simonal )


2 x "Esssencia"




_____Max De Castro


A Histórina da Morena Nua Que Abalou as Estruturas do Esplendor do Carnaval
( one of the longest Brasilian track-titles i know of , lol )