Sonic Cartographies
Audible Economies: Soundtrack da Quebrada
A cultural history of Brazil’s mobile street vendors and the sounds that shape neighborhood identity.
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Tracing geographies through basslines and borders.
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The Bloco That Refused to Bow: Cacique de Ramos, Where the Drum Never Dies
He turned samba into sanctuary. With headdress and banjo, Bira Presidente led a revolution in rhythm — not to entertain, but to endure. From the streets of Ramos to the soul of Brazil, his beat lives on.
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General D and the Politics of Recognition: When the System Finally Says Your Name
The father of Portuguese rap is finally decorated. The question is: what took so long?
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The Umbilical Cord: Semba's Transatlantic Journey to Samba
How Angola's percussive heartbeat became Brazil's carnival soul
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The Sonic Contrabandist: Berlin called, Rio answered
Daniel Haaksman doesn't just play records—he traffics in frequencies, philosophies, and fever dreams, all pressed onto wax and hurled across continents like sonic grenades.
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Marianne 3.0: The Unfolding Of An Artist Beyond Form
Multidisciplinary by nature and necessity, Marianne is not simply building a career — they are sculpting a new territory of expression, where gender, genre, and gesture are freed from the strict lines of categorization.
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From Favela to Tribunal: Why Funk Still Frightens the Elite
A history of rhythm and repression—how Brazil’s most powerful sound systems keep crashing into the country’s deepest fears.
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Funk Without Power: Rabanne’s Rio Campaign and the Cost of Aesthetic Celebration
As high fashion discovers Brazilian funk, a campaign by Paco Rabanne raises questions about visibility without authorship, and celebration without equity.
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Rhythm as Rupture: Mapping the Sonic Diaspora
Black Electronic Music and the Sonic Reckoning of Empire.
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Kuduro: Born from War, Beaten by Progress?
Between improvisation and export, a street-born sound finds itself remixed — or replaced.