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Funk Carioca means "Funk from Rio" in Brazilian Portuguese, and is also known as Brazilian Funk (which also relates to a 1970's musical style), Favela Funk and, elsewhere in the world, Baile Funk (the name of the party in which it is played) and also Baile Funk Carioca. It's a type of dance music from Rio de Janeiro, derived from and superficially similar to Miami Bass, with deep rapid beats and aggro vocals. In Rio it is most often simply known as Funk, although it is very different musically from what Funk means in most other places — including Brazil itself. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Brazilian Portuguese (Português Brasileiro in Portuguese) is the group of dialects of Portuguese written and spoken by virtually all the 190 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a couple million Brazilian immigrants, mainly in the United States, Portugal, Canada, Japan, and Paraguay. ... This article is about the Brazilian city. ... Miami bass (also known as booty music, a term that may also include other genres, such as dirty rap), is a type of hip hop music that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. ... This article is about the Brazilian city. ... For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation). ...

Baile Funk

Baile in Portuguese literally means "ball", as in "dance party", and "funk" is how locals label the musical genre (see below for origin of this label); therefore, "baile funk" means a "funk ball" or "funk party", and is used in Brazil exclusively to describe the parties where such music is played, and not the music itself. The mainstream Brazilian media often calls the music "Funk Carioca", meaning funk from Rio de Janeiro; alternately, it is simply referred to as "Funk", especially in Rio de Janeiro.

"Carioca" is a native to Rio de Janeiro, Tupi-Guarani word from the 17th century to name the newly-born mixed European/Indian city of Rio de Janeiro itself, and later its inhabitants (in Tupi-Guarani: cari= white people; oca= house, or housing). It is the usual word in Brazil to name the Rio city dwellers or anything else coming from Rio. This article is in need of attention. ...

Recently, funk carioca parties have been attracting attention outside Brazil. Foreign compilers also tend to use the term "Baile Funk" to represent the musical genre, which differs from the original Brazilian use of the term (the parties only). This may be due to English speakers seeing the word "baile" as an adjective to "funk", as English word order might suggest.

Since "bailes funk" or funk parties take place mostly in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and of other cities since about the 2000s, it is also sometimes known in English as "Favela Funk". A Rio de Janeiro favela Favela is a term commonly used in Brazil to describe squatter areas such as shanty towns and slums. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Brazilian Funk

Despite the term being used abroad to refer to the "funk carioca" genre emerged from Rio's favelas, Brazilian Funk is used in Brazil solely with respect to Brazilian black music produced back in the 1970s. Samba-rock and soul artists such as Tim Maia, Erlon Chaves, Gerson King Combo, Jorge Benjor Carlos Dafé and Trio Maria Fumaça were deeply influenced by the actual American Funk music by George Clinton, James Brown, Isaac Hayes and others, a fact that has contributed inside the favelas (slums) to wrongly extend the label "funk" to most American Black music. African American music (also called black music, formerly known as race music) is an umbrella term given to a range of musical genres emerging from or influenced by the culture of United States. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Samba-rock - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... For other uses, see Soul (disambiguation). ... The father of Brazilian soul music, Tim Maia (September 28, 1942 - March 15, 1998), born Sebastião Rodrigues Maia in Rio de Janeiro, never hid his true nature from his fans, his prospective employers, or the law. ... Jorge Ben Jor is a Brazilian popular musician, born in Rio de Janeiro on March 22, 1942 (some sources say 1940). ... For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation). ... George Clinton (born July 22, 1940) is an American musician and the principal architect of P-Funk. ... For other persons named James Brown, see James Brown (disambiguation). ... For the American arctic explorer, see Isaac Israel Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes (born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee) is an American soul and funk singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, and actor. ... Vidigal, a Rio de Janeiro favela A favela is the Brazilian equivalent of a shanty town, which are generally found on the edge of the city. ...

Musical origins of Baile Funk

Brazilian record suppliers who went to the United States in the 1970s to buy what was called at the time "Black Music" for Brazilian DJs targeted stores that sold American Funk records. As they continued to support the same hotspots over time, though American music had evolved away from Funk into new genres such as Hip Hop, the word "funk" stuck in local usage. For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation). ... For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation). ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ...

Miami was then a popular place to obtain records for Brazilian DJs, and therefore, Miami Bass was prominent in these imports. DJ Nazz and Tony Minister were the main suppliers credited to bringing Miami Bass records to Brazil while still referring to them as American funk records. Other local music producers began mimicking these importers in the late 1980s. The influence of Miami is also reflected in the prominence of freestyle-style synth melodies. This article is about the city in Florida. ... Miami bass (also known as booty music, a term that may also include other genres, such as dirty rap), is a type of hip hop music that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. ... For other uses, including related musical genres, see Funk (disambiguation). ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... This article is about a genre of dance music. ... The term synthesiser is also used to mean frequency synthesiser, an electronic system found in communications. ...

Much like any kind of hip hop music, funk carioca relies heavily on samples and interpolations of other songs, as well as of pre-existent funk music. Much of the production occurs in small-scale studios in Rio, and achieve distribution through hand-burned CDs in the markets throughout Rio and all over Brazil, from São Paulo to the Amazônia region. One of the first funk carioca widespread hits was a remix of Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There It Is)" tune. This article is about the city. ... The name Amazon may refer to several concepts: The legendary Amazons, women renowned in antiquity for their prowess in battle. ... A professional wrestling tag-team consists of two or occasionally three wrestlers who are working together as a team. ...

Besides Miami Bass-style beats, funk carioca also uses some traditional Afro-Brazilian rhythms. A West Coast Electro Bass track entitled 808 Volt (Beatapella Mix) by DJ Battery Brain was widely sampled, and became the common background for various funk carioca songs, recycled time and again with the inclusion of more percussive elements as the "tamborzão"^[1] beat style became popular. Strong influences on the music of Brazil come from many parts of the world, but there are very popular regional music styles influenced by African and European forms. ...

Recurrent lyric topics in funk carioca are explicit sexual positions, the funk party, the police force, and the life of slum dwellers in the favelas. Sexual innuendo, favela slang, and homage to the artist's own favela are usual in such lyrics. Vidigal, a Rio de Janeiro favela A favela is the Brazilian equivalent of a shanty town, which are generally found on the edge of the city. ...

Much like rap and hip hop culture is extremely popular yet sometimes feared in the United States because of its strong attitude, funk is sometimes viewed by some people in Brazil as an overly loud, aggressive, misogynist and sociopathic form of music, perhaps due to a lack of trustable information about the true meaning of the lyrics. There is often an element of curiosity about the slums from the Rio middle class. The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ...

History of bailes in Rio

The first mixed soul and disco parties in Rio, beginning in the 1970s, are regarded as the pre-history of baile funk in Brazil. They used to place at concert halls or nightclubs in central, middle-class Rio de Janeiro, and the audience was a mix of the stereotypical, contrasting "poor black and white rich" cariocas (Rio dwellers). These parties were first named "black music" or "soul music" parties, promoted by radio DJs. After some years, they migrated to the suburbs in the 1980s, and up to the favelas (slums) after 1998, transforming themselves during the process into the actual bailes funk. For other uses, see Soul (disambiguation). ... This article is about the music genre. ...

A mythic party called "Baile da Pesada" at concert hall Canecão (in the district of Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro) starting in 1974 with DJs Big Boy and Ademir Lemos, is claimed to be the first one to be called "baile". The word, not usual in Brazil up until then, became then synonymous for those kind of parties. After two years of successful promotion (a vinyl record was even named after "Baile da Pesada" parties), the party was called off by the owners of Canecão. The reasons were unclear, but the accepted explanation at that time regarded the frightened mixed-class audience and the overcrowding of the venue with marketing practices such as cheap tickets and beer - instead of the whiskey-pouring, regular music concerts with seating audiences that constitued the usual events at Canecão. Also, DJ Big Boy, who played a central role in the organisation of the parties, died very young from a heart attack, and "Baile da Pesada" never resumed. Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...

Similar parties, however, popped up instantly right after at the suburbs of the city (not the favelas). In two years, according to a DJ Marlboro's testimonial in his 2004 book, there were already 300 sound systems fully operating, transforming any type of available venue into a "concert hall".

In 1989, the first funk lyrics in Portuguese appeared in the remix album "Funk Brasil" (by record company Polygram), compiled and produced by Cidinho Cambalhota (dead by gun shots in a robbery right before the release) and DJ Marlboro. It became a top seller and inaugurated the "pop" phase of the genre in Brazil, with Cidinho e Doca, Claudinho e Buchecha and other artists that started to become increasingly famous and make top money. Most of the funk carioca videoclips at that time shows helicopters and bling productions, hiphop style. Circa 1994, funk was already made "pop" throughout the country. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

The "baile funk" parties continued to take place at suburban venues, but no longer unnoticed. The costs of producing such a party went progressively up, and top artists' stage presence in them became more rare, as some funk producers declared in the book "Batidão, uma história do funk". One of the new marketing strategies to attract people to the parties was to re-create the "gincanas" (group disputes over tasks) very popular on many a Brazilian TV show at that time.

In the 1990s, "hooligan-ish" violent behaviour in football matches became a strong social problem in Brazil. From 1995 to 1998, a phenomenon called "baile de corredor" (corridor balls) took place - in parties, the crowd would line up on opposite sides, called "Lado A" and "Lado B" (A and B side) and fight in the corridor of space between them for 5 to 15min to the sound of the DJ. According to Fight Life magazine (Sweden), a few of the actual "Vale Tudo" Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighters started by that time at these balls. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Due to the increasing violence in the "bailes", funk carioca was no longer a pop hit, and the balls were prohibited or severely ruled, sometimes to their extinction.

Around 1998, the first favela parties took place. The poor communities in the Rio slums mitigated the violence in the funk parties and hired back many funk carioca artists - but the hard rules of drug-trafficking and crime-controlled environments also were imposed to the audiences. The era of the funk "proibidão" had just started. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

Funk "Proibidão"

A sub-genre of Baile Funk in Brazil is called proibidão, which translates to "highly forbidden". Funk fans say it glorifies local, favela drug dealers and contains heavy and explicitly sexual lyrics. It is not surprisingly seen sometimes as an especially vicious kind of music in the eyes of the Brazilian police force. In February 2005, twelve Rio funk artists were investigated by the local police for crime praising (Rio newspapers made extensive coverage, specially O Dia), but no official criminal charges were made so far. Vidigal, a Rio de Janeiro favela A favela is the Brazilian equivalent of a shanty town, which are generally found on the edge of the city. ... O Dia is a major daily newspaper from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...

After 2004, funk lyrics with aggressive content towards the police force have started to being progressively replaced by more sexually explicit, faint-hearted flushing lyric content. Although more popular tunes shout about sexual offenses or excesses, lighter mock versions of well-known Brazilian pop songs can also be listened to in traditional radio stations in Brazil. Furthermore, due to the success of the music genre being spread about to other cities outside Rio, some Brazilian musicians such as Bonde do Rolê have made fun of the background beats and explicit funk lyrics. Bonde do Rolê is a baile funk group from Brazil consisting of MCs Pedro DEyrot and Marina Ribatski, and DJ/MC Rodrigo Gorky. ...

Funk "Melody"

DJ Marlboro's radio show "Big Mix", broadcast since the 80s, has popularised a soft version of the underground baile funk songs. These soft versions formed a romantic sub-genre called melodic funk in Brazil, adding melodies and arrangements to the raw, beat-y funk tunes.

Famous Baile Funk Groups/Artists

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Funk Carioca Worldwide

Funk Carioca was only a regional phenomenon, until the international media have started to report its peculiar combination of music and social issues. The first articles (April 2000 issue of Mixmag magazine, and January 2001 issue of Spin magazine) were about the "Corridor Balls", or the life in the Rio favelas, not really the music in itself, which was frequently described as an outlaw club scene with heavy American hip-hop influence. Mixmag is the worlds biggest selling dance music and clubbing magazine Mixmag began in the mid 1980s following the best in the worlds dance music, from covering dance events to reviewing CDs and new acts. ... Spin is a music magazine that reports on all the music that rocks. Founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. ...

In February 11, 2001, the first reference to the music itself was made by Neil Strauss in the New York Times newspaper, recognizing it as a distinct musical genre, and along with Kwaito music in South Africa, one of the first new genres of electronic, street dance music to have become important outside North America and Europe. The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Some indie video-documentaries were made right after in Europe, especially in Germany and Sweden. Still, the focus was mainly on the social issues in the favelas. One of the most famous of these series of documentaries is Mr Catra the faithful^[3] (2005) by Danish filmmaker Andreas Johnsen, broadcasted by many European open and cable television channels.

Many Rio funk artists have also started to do gigs abroad in the 2000s. DJ Marlboro and Favela Chic Paris club were the pioneer travellers/producers. MC Tati Quebra-Barraco, MC Catra with DJ Sandrinho, Bonde do Tigrão, and Menor do Chapa are some of the first names to come up in the international scene. The 2000s are the current decade, spanning from 2000 to 2009. ...

The funk carioca production was until then limited to cater to the ghettos and the Brazilian pop market. DJ Marlboro^[4], a major composer of baile funk's tunes declared in 2006 in Brazilian "Isto É magazine" how astonished he was with all the sudden overseas interest in the music genre.

In 2001, for the first time, baile funk tracks appeared on a Non-Brazilian label. They appeared on a compilation that was released by Parisian DJ and music producer Jèrôme Pigeon from Fla-Flu Records. The album was named Favela Chic^[5] by NAÏVE Records, containing 3 old-school baile funk hits, including the song "Popozuda Rock n´Roll" by artist De Falla. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 2003, the tune "Quem Que Caguetou (Follow Me Follow Me)" by Black Alien & Speed, which was not even a big hit in Brazil, was then used in a sports car advertisement in Europe, and it helped spread the word about baile funk. Berliner music journalist and DJ Daniel Haaksman^[6] released the seminal CD-compilations "Rio Baile Funk Favela Booty Beats" in 2004, and "More Favela Booty Beats 2006" through Essay Recordings Germany.^[7] He launched the international career of "Popozuda Rock n´Roll" artist Edu K^[8], whose baile funk anthem was used in a soft drink TV advertisement in Germany. Haaksman continued to produce and distribute many new baile funk records, especially the EP series "Funk Mundial"^[9] and "Baile Funk Masters"^[10] on his label Man Recordings.^[11] Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Black Alien & Speed was an independent Brazilian Hip hop duo active between 1993 and 2001. ... EP can stand for: EP is the IATA code for Iran Aseman Airlines Extended play, a music recording (usually consisting of several tracks, but shorter than a typical album) European Parliament, the parliamentary body of the European Union Evolutionary psychology, a belief that psychology can be better understood in light...

Ivanna Bergese compiled remix-tapes for her performance act "Yours Truly", which were soon found by Diplo, aka Wes Pentz, who also played a major role in bringing the international profile of Brazilian Funk upmarket, particularly by releasing his 2004 bootleg mix CD "Favela On Blast" and the "Piracy Funds Terrorism" mixtape which included M.I.A's "Bucky Done Gun" in 2005. For the British international monthly publication see Diplo magazine. ... M.I.A., real name: Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam, (born 1978 in Hounslow, London) is a Sri Lanka-raised singer and artist. ...

In London, artists Tetine have also assembled an important pioneer compilation in 2004, "Slum Dunk Presents Funk Carioca mixed by Tetine", by Mr Bongo Records. In Italy, Irma Records released the 2005 compilation "Colors Music #4: Rio Funk".^[12] Many small European (notably Arcade Mode) and American (Flamin´Hotz, Nossa) labels released several compilations and EPs in bootleg formats. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Tetine are Bruno Verner and Eliete Mejorado. ...

Artists influenced by Baile Funk

• Black Alien & Speed
• Bonde das Impostora (mix funk carioca with Electro and Indie Rock)
• Bonde do Role (gaining prominence in the US market, signed to Diplo's Mad Decent label)
• Comunidade Nin-Jitsu and Chernobyl
• Diplo
• DJ Daniel Haaksman
• Edu K^[13] - author of the baile funk hit "Popozuda Rock n´Roll", now solo artist
• Fernanda Abreu
• M.I.A.
• Tetine
• Solid Groove
• Voltair (Zero and Tchiky Al Dente )
• Tigarah

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References

External links

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• BAILE FUNK.INFO General info about Baile Funk Djs, the history of Baile Funk, listen to new mixes and upload your own mixes, a general Baile Funk resource.

Blogs:

• A blog about baile funk by Dj Rideon, including stories, inteviews, photos, videos and music of the funk artists and culture from Rio

Articles:

• "Booty & Bootlegs" article about favela music culture on Traverse Magazine by Drew Murphy. 2006
• "Ghetto Fabulous" Observer Music Monthly article on Baile Funk by Alex Bellos 2005
• XLR8R article about the history of Brazilian funk, written by Bruno Natal Ribeiro 2005
• "Samba, That's So Last Year" article by Alex Bellos at The Guardian 2004
• "In The Fight Club Of Rio" article on "corridor balls" at Free Radical by Canadian Nicole Veash 2000
• "Brazilian Punk" article and interview with "baile punk" artist Edu K by David Day on Boston Phoenix 2006

Music:

• CLEKCLEKBOOM.COM Site about Baile Funk and electronic music.. Free downloads and baile funk mix.
• European label that is specialised in releasing baile funk on vinyl
• Funk Total website with many mp3s *portuguese*
• "Favela on Blast" Baile Funk mix by Diplo (made available with Diplo's permission)
• Baile Funk mix by Daniel Haaksman
• Reasonable mix by Atari (Reasoner podcast)
• Baile Burning mix by Atari (Reasoner podcast)

Videos:

• Report on French National Tv (Arte) about Dj SANDRINHO
• Sany Pitbull videos on Youtube by Carioca Funk Clube
• Washington Post video package on Latin American arts and culture, featuring a five-minute video on Mr. Catra and Edu-K
• "Tá Tudo Dominado" - documentary on funk carioca produced in 2007 by Roberto Maxwell. Contains interview with DJ Marlboro, Mr. Catra and Tati Quebra-barraco
• I'm Ugly But Trendy - documentary on Funk Carioca by Denise Garcia

Podcasts:

• Carioca Funk Clube podcast
• Ghetto 808 podcast
• Mr Phipson's incredible podcast
• Global Hit interview with Tetine

In portuguese:

• Download the original 1988 book "O Mundo Funk Carioca" written by brazilian anthropologist Hermano Vianna
• OVERMUNDO article on baile funk releases abroad, written by brazilian anthropologist Hermano Vianna 2007 *portuguese*

In german:

• FM4 radio interview with SANY PITBULL