Worth checking out this fan site of the covers of Elenco discos by in-house designer César Vilela. Some beautiful looking covers from what was an excellent label, putting out the best of Bossa Nova at that time. It’s interesting that in an interview talking about the covers he mentions the fact that he had to compete with the multinational releases of that time in the record stores and the simplification of the covers was a way of calling attention to them.

“Pobum Coco” still causes a lot of mayhem on the dancefloors, see this live video from UK DJ Mr.Paul:

What´s up with baile funk these days? In Rio, there´s a culture war going on. The new major is trying to shut down baile funk culture across the city, criminalizing any un-licensed party (err, the majority of them). On the other side, there´s the the Apafunk association (Associação Dos Profissionais E Amigos Do Funk ) who is in the process of establishing funk as an officially valorized and established form of Rio´s urban culture. In between, there´s the music, and here´s a few tracks that recently made the circuit in Rio´s bailes:

DJ Isaac 22 – Montagem Aquecimento Do Pimp
Sandrinho DJ – Hoje Vai Dar Merda feat Mr. Catra
Dennis DJ – No Sofa feat Tati Quebra Barraco
Phabyo DJ – Carimba A Bundinha No Chao feat. Mc Magrao

This gotta be the best film of 2010. And Daft Punk are doing the soundtrack. Man, I´m so excited to see this….