axe (brazil)

now this is going to be fun
i've done the hard job of transcribing the songlines article of july 2006
listing their 50 rhythms of the world
this information is scattered throughout past postings on this blog
lately i've been all over youtube finding all sorts of interesting stuff
music, comedy, current affairs, bizarre, sad, offensive, interesting, etc, etc
so i'm now going to see if it is possible to dig up some clip
relating to each of the 50 styles that are recommended
so that we have an audio-visual example of each style
which has got to be a lot more interesting than boring old text
tonight we'll go with axe (pronounced ashay) from brazil - quoting songlines again -
a rhythm which when pronounced in portuguese (ashay) is left free of any heavy metal overtones
is the party music of the bahian people
it sounds like samba but played whilst on speed and red bull
it's a relentlessly pounding, energised dance beat, driven by drums and frantic syncopation
and best heard in a heavy sweat and thick crowd at carnaval in salvador
for a hint of what axe is all about, invite lots and lots of friends around, down a few caipirinhas
play some axe extra loud, and let all your hips and inhibitions go
songlines recommended a performer by the name of ivete sangalo
turns out this performer may well be the most popular female singer in brazil
this is one very interesting clip and presumably represents axe well
look at the size and enthusiasm of the crowd - unbelievable
that's one huge band on stage also
feeling positively ignorant about this lady
but now slightly enlightened....
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