I mention this only because it’s not listed on Amazon (and thus I can’t list put it on my wish list, where I’d remember its existence), but my oh my do I want Nao Wave: Brazil Post Punk 1982-1988. “A definitive collection of ’80s-era Brazilian new wave/post-punk. From the cries of the oposicionistas, to the obscure first Agentss 7” single, to clubs such as Napalm, Madam Sata, Rose Bom Bom, and Aeronauta, all the way to TV Globo, “não wave” reached the post-punk ghettos of Rio/São Paulo via US and European artists such as Gary Numan, Fad Gadget, Snakefinger, and Liquid Liquid. Through much of the 80s, dozens of releases revealed an invigorating and vigorous generation of bands: Ira!, Smack, Mercenárias, Muzak, Voluntários Da Pátria, Chance, Vzyadoq Moe, Akira S & As Garotas Que Erraram just to name a handful. After Brazil’s release from 20 years of military dictatorship, the newly-found liberty the country experienced during the 80s generated an urban cultural explosion completely without precedent.”

Sounds like it would be a great decade-later counterpart to this. As well as this, which I’ve only seen bits of but which seemed truly mindblowing. (If, like me, your mental image of Tina Turner was forged in the “Private Dancer” ’80s, it’s a necessary reeducation.)

27 May 2005

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