A snapshot of the Black Rio Samba, Soul & Funk movement in Brazil.
Unique Sydney based 10 piece band, ‘Kriola Collective’ playing a snapshot of the 1970’s Black Rio Samba, Soul and Funk movement from Brazil. The band’s repertoire includes a classic mix of groovy Brazilian beats, Funk, Soul and Bossa Jazz from the Carnival capitol of Rio.
‘Kriola Collective’ will conquer the dance floor with an explosive set of Brazilian infused Soul, Funk and brassy Samba from well known Brazilian artists such as Jorge Ben, Seu Jorge, Banda Black Rio, Tim Maia, Di Melo, Bebeto and Joao Donato.
Kriola Collective features some of Sydney’s best Funk, Soul and Brazilian players from groups such as Mucho Mambo, Jackie Orzasky, Cumbiamuffin and Kavalo performing a sizzling, seductive, and syncopated snapshot of 1970’s Brazil.
After huge performances at the Basement, Venue 505, Darling Harbour Fiesta and Sydney Festival Becks Bar they have become a crowd favourite with their fusion of Brazilian Soul, Funk, Rio Carnival Samba and Olodun.
The Black Rio movement began in the late ’60s and ‘70s; the funk and soul music of James Brown, Aretha Franklin, and many other African American superstars sparked a cultural awakening of black pride around the world. In Brazil that awakening expressed itself in the music of young people of colour from Rio to São Paulo, who ‘Brazilianised’ those North American styles into their own groove thang. The result was a musical movement called Samba Soul. The genre emphasized snappy backbeats, deep and funky bass lines, and jazz horn sections with tinges of salsa and home-grown samba.
James Brown was an inspirational figure for young black Brazilians and his sound sowed the seeds for the Brazilian style ‘Baile Funk’. Along with soul music, ‘traditional’ funk was picked up and taken to the hearts of kids in the major cities of Brazil in the 1970s as an entirely new and thrilling sound inaccessible via the predominantly white, middle class-controlled media.
LIVE @ CIVIC UNDERGROUND ON FRIDAY MAY 14
https://funksydney.com.au/event/kriola-collective/
