Saudade Do Futuro [Import] [Soundtrack]

Product Description
Saudade Do Futuro is a Celluloid Tribute to the Unique Art Form of Improvisational Rhyming that One Encounters Almost Exclusively in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Form Pre-dates We Americans Know as Rap Or "Throwin' Down" from Urban/Afro-american Culture, the Brazilian Version is Rooted in the Nordestino Culture of Repente. A Distinctive Difference Between Rap and Repente is that the Repente Involves a Greater Degree of Tongue Twisting and is Usually More Political as Well as Humorous. All of the Poetry is Created and Recited on the Spot! the Practitioners of this Art Form, Or Repentistas, Are Common on Sao Paulo's Urban Boulevards. The Modern Repente is Presented in Many Variant Forms, Incorporating Tambourine Or Other Instruments, Duos of Repentistas Alternating Rhymes in Competition, Dancers who Improvise on the Spot and Repentistas who Actually Sing their Lyrics. The Film Accurately Presents all of These Human Wonders in their Element Preserves their Art for all Time.

Album Details

Saudade Do Futuro is a Celluloid Tribute to the Unique Art Form of Improvisational Rhyming that One Encounters Almost Exclusively in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Form Pre-dates We Americans Know as Rap Or "Throwin' Down" from Urban/Afro-american Culture, the Brazilian Version is Rooted in the Nordestino Culture of Repente. A Distinctive Difference Between Rap and Repente is that the Repente Involves a Greater Degree of Tongue Twisting and is Usually More Political as Well as Humorous. All of the Poetry is Created and Recited on the Spot! the Practitioners of this Art Form, Or Repentistas, Are Common on Sao Paulo's Urban Boulevards. The Modern Repente is Presented in Many Variant Forms, Incorporating Tambourine Or Other Instruments, Duos of Repentistas Alternating Rhymes in Competition, Dancers who Improvise on the Spot and Repentistas who Actually Sing their Lyrics. The Film Accurately Presents all of These Human Wonders in their Element Preserves their Art for all Time.

Customer Reviews:

An obscure, but grand little corner of the world........2006-10-14

Granted, the traditional music of the Northeast region of Brazil is an obscure outpost in the realm of World Music. But the Nordeste, as it is called, is rich in history and culture and occupies an important place in the Brazilian national character. It has a rich musical heritage, influenced by the Portuguese and the Dutch that, like all Brazilian music, has deep African roots. And it will make you dance, for sure!

The music on this CD is the centerpiece of an excellent movie that explores a corner of this tradition, the Repentistas-- rap artists for the previous millennia. Obscure? Sure, but its considerable charms are absolutely unique and completely Nordestino.

P.S. The fascinating film traces the plight of Nordestinos who migrate to the megalopolis of São Paulo and the central place that music plays in their lives.