Samba de Amigo (Samba de Janeiro 2000) 2. Colin "Ninja El Mexicano" Williamson, IGN Though only one of the tracks is an actual Samba song, Bellini's ear for the audially aesthetic makes for great listening. Nevertheless, you could do a lot worse than picking this up at your local importer ¿ and it comes with a neat moving cover and a slick-looking disc, too. The CD is also a bit short, clocking in at just over fifty minutes ¿ most non-stop megamix discs are loaded to the brim with music. Both Carnaval and Café do Brazil are similar-sounding tracks that nicely wrap up the album ¿ before handing it over to the final original mix of Samba de Janeiro.Īll in all, the majority of this CD is good stuff ¿ but I would have preferred less remixes of Samba de Janeiro and more original tracks. The complacent Bum Bum moves into yet another remix of Samba de Janeiro (except this one's in a higher pitch ¿ enough already). Saturday Night, a favorite in the Japanese club scene, sounds a little out of place ¿ but is quite excellent nonetheless. The vocal Conte Comigo slows things down a bit, bringing in a lazier, honky-tonk pianos and big brass hits. This track hands off the 120BPS liquid audio to John Acquaviva's remix of Samba de Janeiro, which sustains the jungle feel for a minute before barging into the original's brassy overtones. The instrumental Oi Harry takes us back into the realm of suppressed house and jungle beats, with dreamy synthesizers in the foreground. This is one of the better tracks on the CD, featuring light vocals and a tropical beat that would fit perfectly in ¿ dare I say it? ¿ a Sonic game. Track five, Gol, intersperses high-pitched kiddie samples with bright horns, and slowly brings us into the excellent Mr. Sadly, obnoxious jungle beats barge their way back into the spotlight four minutes into this track, moving into another reprise of Samba de Janeiro. The two opener tracks pave the way to Catch Samba, which delves into more laid-back house beats ¿ the subtle progressions and smooth, layered pianos are extremely sweet. de Amigo." This song transitions into Me Gusta La Vida, another bouncy track in the same style, ripe with high-spirited English/Spanish vocals. There's not much new to this track, except the lyrics ".de Janeiro" have been replaced, expectedly, with ". The CD kicks off with Samba de Amigo, a remix of Samba de Janeiro. This particular nonstop megamix CD slaps together nearly an hour's worth of choice Bellini cuts, and is unquestionably good listening for any casual clubber or Samba freak. There's not much information ¿ in English, anyway ¿ about Bellini, a group that fuses Latin melodies with hypnotic techno and house beats.
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