Forro in the Dark Live
Monday, November 16, 2009
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New York band Forro in the Dark
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When the rhythm known as forro made its way from the Northeast of Brazil to the Lower East Side it lost the accordion, gained more drums…and some American pop. New York-based outfit Forro in the Dark has featured David Byrne in its first album and for their new album, Light A Candle, they gather Brazilian Girls' Sabina Sciubba and singer-songwriter Jesse Harris. They’ll play live in our studio.
Comments [6]
Taste and a behind each one has one.
(old Brazilian saying)
Fantastic music!
NIce relaxing music not to be taken seriously. I do enjoy the flanging of the triangle. Clean uncluttered sound and good job by the studio engineer. Would have liked a little more of the Fender bass.
Great stuff!! Great voice!! Love it!!
A few years ago I traveled for some months in Brasil - city and countryside. Happy people, nice people, friendly. The noise level was certainly higher than I'm used to living in Europe and the US. But what was really noticable was that they always socialise in large groups of people and party way into the next morning. How ever do they manage to go to work the mext day and be productive?
Nice triangle, but you might want to consider finding a new lyricist. Really, what made you think ranting against people who don't like Bob Marley was a good idea? If you're going to sing inane lyrics, at least sing them in Portuguese so I can enjoy the music with out being distracted!
My experience with Forro was hearing it as party music at a “Festa Junina” in Brazil. Although I speak Portuguese fluently there were words used in the songs that I couldn’t understand at all. I was eventually able to deduce that the singer was shouting out dance instructions like “vai na roda” (get in a circle). People at the party knew exactly what the singer was saying and were participating in group dances that followed the singers commands. I think I probably had a hard time understanding because of the singer’s thick caipira accent, but I was still surprised that everyone knew specifically what dance to do.
I’m curious if Forro in the Dark has ever (or will ever) include dance elements in their songs. Also, are the dances traditionally done to Forro music always the same? They seem kind-of similar to square dancing in America
I’d also like to give credit to the amazing triangle player! In America it doesn’t seem like the triangle could be a very difficult instrument, but the music of Forro in the Dark proves otherwise.
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