Onda De Amor: Synthesized Brazilian Hits That Never Were (1984-94) // Soundway Records
Even though the first thing that might come to mind when you think about Brazilian music are the more popular genres of Bossa Nova, Samba, and Tropicalia during the 50s, 60s and even 70s, however Soundway Records has recently released an incredible new compilation exploring the region’s less explored synth-pop, boogie jams, and electro from the 1980s & 90s.
This brilliant new double vinyl compilation title Onda De Amor: Synthesized Brazilian Hits That Never Were (1984-94) was compiled by Millos Kaiser, who is one half of the Brazilian duo Selvagem. The focus for Kaiser on this compilation was not to put together a collection of highly sought-after and outrageously expensive tracks that only the most serious vinyl collectors have in their possession, but to compile some of the most essential selections (regardless of their market value worth) that help highlight an important, and yet untold part of Brazil’s music history.
Highlights include Vânia Bastos’ version of Sade’s mid-eighties pop hit “The Sweetest Tabu,” the funky synth-pop “Reague” from Rosana Mendes & Grupo Veneno, the electro-funk jam “Electric Boogies,” the slow groover “Feminina Mulher” from Região Abissal, and my personal favorite “A Festa É Nossa” by Grupo Controle Digital, the title track to the group’s 1988 album that will be reissued in late August by Soundway.
Even though some Brazilian “traditionalists” might right off the 80s and 90s as a forgetful musical period for the region, Kaiser and Soundway Records have brought forth and shined a much deserved spotlight on some of Brazil’s greatest forgotten treasures.
Onda De Amor: Synthesized Brazilian Hits That Never Were (1984-94)
By Various Artists // Compiled by Millos Kaiser
(Soundway)
