Contemporary Carioca: Technologies of Mixing in a Brazilian Music Scene
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (731 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00B9AQC0C |
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| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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In Contemporary Carioca, the ethnomusicologist Frederick Moehn introduces a generation of Rio-based musicians who collaboratively have reinvigorated Brazilian genres, such as samba and maracatu, through juxtaposition with international influences, including rock, techno, and funk. Moehn highlights the creativity of individual artists, including Marcos Suzano, Lenine, Pedro Luís, Fernanda Abreu, and Paulinho Moska. At the same time, he illuminates the inseparability of race, gender, class, place, national identity, technology, and expressive practice in Carioca music and its making. He describes how these artists manage their careers, having reclaimed some control from record
Robert C. Gaulke said Timely and Brilliant. Contemporary Carioca is one of the first comprehensive reviews of the 90's generation of Brazilian artists that defined the sound of post-dictatorshop Brazil. Moehn makes a convincing case that artists such as Lenine, Marcos Suzano, Fernanda Abreu, Pedro Luís, Moska, and their collaborators were the first to synthesize the BRock wave with the Tropicalia sounds of their predecessors, to great effect.What is startling about this work is the way the author mixes scholarship, his own enthusiasms, and detail in a manner that makes the book equally engaging for a
“Contemporary Carioca is a solid scholarly text, and it’s a good read.” - Bill Shoemaker, The Wire