Josan / Bartô Galeno - Vendedor De Mangaios / Vou Tirar Você DaquiFor number 90 in the Brazil45 series, we share a couple of lesser known discoveries that have become recent favourites here at Bongo HQ. First up we head to the north of Brazil with a funky Forr boogie hybrid monster, 'Vendedor De Mangaios' by Josan. Originally released in 1981 on the album 'Rio De Renovaes on Copacabana Records. This addictive dancefloor gem is still relatively under the radar, but it has become a firm favourite at Bristol's Worm

Like a warm Mediterranean breeze

Lead Guitarist

dark but uplifting with heavy bass undertones

With a far-reaching selection that has been worked into his own unique form

who Biba also sang with

a low-slung slice of drum machine-rich body music that blurs the boundaries between Italo-disco

It’s in this refusal to restrict her sound to narrow definitions that something magical happens

a number of these recordings can be heard on ‘Love Is Overtaking Me’

and has never seen neither his homeland in the Upper Nile Valley of South Sudan nor his new home on the streets of Melbourne

a killer 5 tracker from the italian duo ranging from peak time House heaters to deep and saxy grooves until Hip-Hop late night tales

Swinging hats and skipping snare drums attract you in and have you wondering where we are going to go

gatefold sleeve