Olodum - Filos Do Sol (1994)

Samba-reggae is a music genre born in Bahia, Brazil. As the name suggests, it was originally derived from a blend of Brazilian samba with Caribbean reggae. It arose in the context of the black pride movement that occurred in the city of Salvador de Bahia, around the 1970s, and it still carries connotations of ethnic identity and pride for Afro-Brazilians today. Bahia's population has a large proportion of dark-skinned Brazilians who are descendants of African slaves who were brought to Brazil by the Portuguese in the 18th and 19th centuries. These Afro-Brazilians played a major role in the early development of samba, which first took form in a Bahian style of dance and music called "samba de roda”. Samba de roda was brought to Rio de Janeiro by Bahians around 1900, where it was combined with harmonic and rhythmic elements from European influences (such as chorinho and military marches). By the 1930s, samba de roda had developed into the faster, more harmonically complex Rio-style samba that is now played in Rio's Carnival. Samba-reggae represents an effort by black Brazilians to develop a Carnival parade music that they could call their own, and to form all-black or mostly-black blocos with which they could parade during Carnival. The afro bloco music was very different because they aimed to recreate and strengthen their community through their music.

Olodum is undoubtedly the most famous musical act performing samba-reggae in Brazil. The band plays powerfully percussive pop which combines thunderous traditional African rhythms with intensely sensual samba melodies. Olodum is a weird phenomenon - more a musical collective and Africanist social movement than simply "a band." Their first "samba-reggae" records in the mid-1980s helped reinvigorate Brazilian pop, and several Olodum songs are now standards. 

Tracklist:

1	Cartão Postal	3:32
2	Samba Rap	3:17
3	Girassol	3:55
4	Furacão	4:06
5	Hora H	3:50
6	Estrada Da Paixão	3:58
7	Trem Da História	3:40
8	Gira	3:40
9	Valente Nordeste	3:38
10	Careta Feia	3:36
11	Desce E Sobe	3:53
12	Poético Olodum	4:20
13	Evangelização	3:28
14	Parada Obrigatória	3:59
15	Encantada Magia	3:40
16	Mordida De Vampiro	3:55

Olodum - Filos Do Sol (1994)
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