A conversation between Afro-diasporic cultures is audible in early instrumental montages that include recordings of berimbau—a Brazilian gourd-resonated musical bow with ancestors in Africa. Among the simpler productions, “Berimbau Volt” starts with a berimbau that continues after the entrance of the “808 Beatpella Mix”. “Berimbau São Bento” employs the same formula but uses a two-bar volt-mix loop instead. Somewhat more complex, “Berimbau Pipo’s”, named after the Equipe Pipo’s (Pipo’s sound system), begins with a superimposition of berimbau on a loop extracted from the percapella mix of the single “Bleeding Heart”, by the Los Angeles duo Bardeux; the “808 Beatpella Mix” enters; the combination of berimbau and Bardeux continues throughout; the beatpella ceases, prepares its re-entrance, and the ensemble carries on. Probably due to its Afro-Latin feeling, early berimbau montages developed a taste for the Bardeux loop, as shown by “Berimbau agitado I”, “Berimbau agitado II” and “Berimbau Studio Rap”. All these montages pertain to the earlier half of the 1990s and have been rescued by DJ Daydanic from MDs that once belonged to the Cash Box and A Muralha sound systems.

Early berimbau montages

Combinações de berimbau com volt-mix originárias dos MDs da equipe Cash Box, O Som Acima do Normal. Na foto, DJ Marcão com Clesinho. MDs pertencentes ao DJ Daydanic.

MDs da Cash Box, "Berimbau São Bento", início dos anos 1990

MDs da Cash Box, "Berimbau Volt", início dos anos 1990

MDs da Cash Box, "Berimbau agitado I", meados dos anos 1990

MDs da Cash Box, "Berimbau agitado II", meados dos anos 1990

Combinações de berimbau com volt-mix originárias dos MDs da equipe Cash Box, O Som Acima do Normal. Na foto, DJ Marcão com Clesinho. MDs pertencentes ao DJ Daydanic. De acordo com o DJ Marcelo André, "Berimbau Pipo's", realizada sobre a base da "Montagem do boi", foi a primeira com berimbau. Ainda de acordo com Marcelo André, a base da "Montagem do boi" consistia na soma das faixas "Bleeding Heart (Percapella)", do duo Bardeux (1988), com o "808 Volt Mix (Beatapella Mix)", do DJ Battery Brain (1988).

MDs Cash Box, "Berimbau Pipo's", início dos anos 1990

Berimbau do Studio Rap: O Som das Estrelas, do DJ Ronnie Rap, com programa na Imprensa FM 102.1: O Lado A do Seu Rádio. 

Early berimbau montages

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