Favela
The Voice of Capoeira
Private pressing (Brazil) 1989
LP DND 001 (LP)
sleeve : VG+(RW, wear on edge and corner.)
media : VG+/VG+(some light surface noise and click noise cause by light hairlines and scratch. side B has minor warp that does not affect to playback.)
The only album by the mysterious group Favela—named after the Brazilian term for slums—self-released in 1989. The recordings, made that same year in Hamburg, Germany, feature Brazilian percussionist Sérgio Boré, whose 1983 release Tambores Urbanos Mãos Amigas was introduced in the guidebook Obscure Sound: 640 Dreamlike Records, though the other musicians appear to be virtually unknown. Centered around authentic capoeira, this hidden gem delivers light and breezy Brazilian music that blends R&B, modern soul, pop, and reggae.
The B-side has a minor warp, but it’s playable (confirmed on a Technics SL-1200mk5 with an Audio-Technica AT-VM95E).
A1: Capoeira Mandingueira
B1: Go to Brazil
B3: Quilombo