Bossa Nova is a style of samba, originating in Brazil. Over the years it has taken many forms and shapes and has been transformed many times. It has it's roots in Afro-Brazilian music. It was also a subtle form of protest music during the time of the military regime. Bossa Nova takes an important role in Brazil's cultural identity and history. 
This mix explores some different takes on the genre, with a slight focus on the international evolution it has taken. It's not an accurate overview over the genre, just some songs that I picked. 

TRACKLIST:
Sonia Rosa & Yuji Ohno - Corcovado
Lisa Ono - Litoral del Sol 
Yoon Sang - 재회
Gainplay - 봄비
Lamp - Behind The Moon Shadow
Mei Semones - Muchuu
Lee Sang-Soon - It's the season again
Ichiko Hashimoto & Yoshiro Nakamura - Fotografia
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Coracao Sensivel (Tender Heart)
Johnny Alf - Imenso do Amor
Clementine - Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar
Lisa Ono - Lua Cheia
sogumm, Keumbee - Waters of March
Nicola Stilo & Toninho Horta - Bons Amigos
Ichiko Aoba - 太陽さん
Gainplay - 봄
Immigrants Bossa Band - Fleeting
Nicola Stilo & Toninho Horta - Meu Canário
Isabelle de Funès - Jusqu'à La Tombée Du Jour
Yoshiro Nakamura - 空と風の物語
Verandah Project - Sweet Dreams
佐藤 正美 - ムーンリバー
Dorothy Ashby - Amor En Pas
Lee Sang-Soon - Even without me asking how you are
Os Tatuis - Minha Namorada
Luiz Claudio - Razão
Sarah Vaughan - Copacabana
Tamba Trio - Tristeza de Nos Dois
Clementine - Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
Junichi Masuda - Viridian City
Elektel - Girl From Ipanema

I have gathered some research papers for anyone who wants to read deeper into it:

Transnational Soundscapes: Ambient Music and New Bossa Nova
https://www.academia.edu/4955569/Transnational_Soundscapes_Ambient_Music_and_New_Bossa_Nova?sm=b

Bossa Reborn: Electronic Bossa Nova and Mlllenial Cultures of Circulation https://www.academia.edu/31977375/Bossa_Reborn_Electronic_Bossa_Nova_and_Millennial_Cultures_of_Circulation

The historic recordings of the song Desafinado: Bossa Nova development and change in the international scene
https://www.academia.edu/35351444/The_historic_recordings_of_the_song_Desafinado_Bossa_Nova_development_and_change_in_the_international_scene_1?sm=b

The Subversive Songs of Bossa Nova: Tom Jobim in the Era
of Censorship
https://www.academia.edu/9881729/The_Subversive_Songs_of_Bossa_Nova_Tom_Jobim_in_the_Era_of_Protest_with_Irna_Priore_

bossa nova: novo brasil
the significance of bossa nova asa brazilian popular music
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2503147

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Recording from the first episode from Tuesday (5th July 2022) 
of my new show RAW FRUITS on @RefugeWorldwide. 
Episode one includes strictly Hip Hop and Beats throughout the 2 hours.
 
Featuring recent releases from Billy Woods (Aethiopes), Boldy James & Real 
Bad Man (Killing Nothing), Your Old Droog (YOD Steward) and Quelle Chris
(Deathfame), several tracks from Armand Hammer (Paraffin / Rome) plus 
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Bio
German hip-hop is an oxymoron. Fortunately, Germans listening to hip-hop is not, and Germans mixing hip-hop is a darn fine thing indeed. Especially when aforementioned Germans engage in frenetic turntablism to do so, becoming party-starting whizz-kids on the wheels of steel.
And what’s even better is when those Germans take that love of hip-hop and infuse it with the most gut-rumbling subs around to form a bastard bumping house offspring, all swagger and step, and in doing so find favor with that West Coast tastemaker Mr Claude VonStroke. @bju is that German, a true child of hip-hops golden generation with a tendency to go off on bass-bump-house tangents, perhaps the only one of his kind and all the more precious for it.

B-Ju - Merianplatz
Release Date : 06/02/14

Tracklist
01 Merianplatz
02 Got It From Fritz
03 All Faced
04 Merianplatz (Jenovah Remix)

You can pre-order the Merianplatz EP due June 2 right now for 2€! http://cosmonostro.bandcamp.com/album/merianplatz

Credits
All original tracks produced & mixed by B-Ju
Jenovah Remix mastered by Kapak
Artwork by 96

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Silver Blue

Sad Dancer

Portland musician and producer Graham Johnson aka Quickly, Quickly selects an hour of favourites in a guest session. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/quickly-quickly-16th-april-2025

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