Bonde do Role is an alternativebaile funk ensemble from Curitiba, Brazil. They are the first signing of American DJ/Producer Diplo's Mad Decent label, who produced and released the group's first U.S. single, Melo do Tabaco, in 2006. The band is characterized by the blatant sampling of popular American music, and hooks from songs by Alice in Chains, The Darkness, and Prince, as well as music from the film Grease feature prominently on their first release. Their famous tracks are Melo do Tabaco (lyric by Alemão UC, from Smoke My Tabaco) and Vitiligo (lyric by Cello, from Bonde das Impostora). Alternative dance (known primarily as indie dance in the United Kingdom) is a term used for the genre of music combining elements of dance-pop (or other forms of electronic dance music such as house or techno) and alternative rock genres such as indie pop. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Brazilian funk. ... Curitiba is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Paraná. In 2001 it had a population of some 1,600,000 people. ... According to a voice sample of Kanye West on the mixtape AEIOU Pt. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion of one sound recording, the sample, and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording. ... Alice in Chains are an influential rock group formed in the late-1980s in Seattle, Washington. ... The Darkness are an English rock band touting themselves as classic hard rock. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Grease (1978) is the name of a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs and Warren Caseys musical, Grease. ...
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