Last march we had an incredible amount of traffic in our site, in fact our servers were in the verge of bursting, Caffeine exceeded our expectations becoming the most downloaded podcast so far, we used our imagination to keep the files up. For this reason we had no time to create the April issue, but thanks for your support, we will not let you down and we will continue with our unstoppable research for outstanding music, to make this possible we will try to add some strength to our servers to endure the permanence of the files and to improve the download speed.

This unexpected success would never mean that we will get stucked in one musical genre and every podcasts will be in that same tone. And a proof of that is that are going to make a drastic change, we’ll jump from the stimulant effect that caused our energetic drink with Caffeine to the next issue that is closer to a relaxing tea. We named our new podcast Avant Bossa, maybe because it is a mix of languages that means the same thing: a new music trend.

I tried to figure out which tracks could represent a new wave, but, I found out that a new trend nowadays doesn’t necessarily mean electronic synthetizers or psychedelic remixes, the true enchantment of bossa nova is the sweet voice and the simple sound that the strings of an acoustic guitar make when they’re been plucked, in fact this genre is considered as a refined version of samba, de-emphasizing the percussive aspect of its rhythm and enriching the melodic and harmonic content, so any variation of the basic structure will loose the true essence of bossa nova and the intention of João Gilberto when he developed this particular style that grew and spread in such way that it created a new genre.

Our selection doesn’t include those popular compositions like the Girl from Ipanema or Desafinado, this selection is, as our repeated goal, a worldwide gamma of artists from Japan, France and obviously Brazil. I have selected these original tunes for the emotive and melancholic sensations that they cause on me, in particular Aeromoça, that song, even though it’s a happy tune, somehow mysteriously drives me to tears, I hope that you share the passion for this music that is on a constant fight to stay alive on an audience that apparently values more the power of volume than the tenderness and sophistication of bossa nova, maybe in a world oriented to the consumption we are loosing our ability to simply listen carefully.

01 - Intro
02 - Pecombo - Respire
03 - Akiko - Chega de Saudade
04 - Tom & Joyce - Un Regard, Un Sourire
05 - Katia B - One More Shot
06 - Les Nubians - Que Le Mot Soit Perle
07 - The Dining Rooms (featuring Rosalia De Souza) - Mais
08 - Nu Braz - Aeromoça
09 - Sabrina Malheiros - Terra De Ninguém (Nicola Conte Rework)
10 - Anvil FX - Sambinha Do Piscapunga
11 - Mosquitos - Boombox
12 - Democustico - Pira

 

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