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SUMMARY:Forro in the Dark
LOCATION:AB Club - staand (Anspachlaan 110\, 1000 Bruxelles)
DESCRIPTION:Listen: you will dance! Forro is that extremely heartening\nBrazilian folk and party music. Forro In The Dark are four\nBrazilians with a homebase in New York\, where they\ntranslate this effervescent party sound for the big city\n(and the rest of the world and the 21st century). With\nthanks to David Byrne (who on occasion also sings along) and\nBebel Gilberto (with whom they sometimes tour). Also a new\nCD this year via Rough Trade\, and below a few of their own\nwords:    'Picture this: it's an exceptionally hot\,\nmuggy night in the heart of Northeast Brazil. While the\nambient forest and wildlife sounds engulf most of the\nregion\, a bright rhythmic pulse beats out of a large\,\nilluminated dance club. A sweaty group of men and women\,\nwho should be exhausted after a long week's work\, dance\nexuberantly pelvis-to-pelvis in a waltz-meets-salsa like\nmotion to a colorful vibrant band effortlessly performing a\nstyle of music centered around the bass-like thump of a\nzabumba\, the awkward wail of an accordion and a large metal\ntriangle rattled so quickly\, you'd think the musician\nwas having a seizure.Well ok\, Forro in the Dark is not\nquite that type of traditional forro band\, instead they are\nbringing an updated style of the music to the hipsters and\nclub-goers of NYC\, but the sweaty\, excitable vibe is still\nundeniable. Supplementing the traditional instrumentation\nwith electric guitars\, an array of flutes\, modern\npercussion and other contemporary instruments\, along with\nthe help of David Byrne\, Bebel Gilberto and Miho Hatori\,\nForro in the Dark capture the immediate\, pleasure-craving\ncore of forro for modern audiences to relieve their stress\non the dance floor just like the Brazilian workers of the\nearly 1900s.Forro in the Dark is Mauro Refosco on Zabumba\nand Vocals; Gilmar Gomes on Percussion and Vocals; Davi\nVieira on Percussion and Vocals; Guilherme Monteiro on\nGuitar and Vocals; Jorge Continentino on Pifano\, Baritone\nSax and Vocals; and Smokey Hormel on Baritone Guitar\, Slide\nGuitar and Vocals.'     EXTRA EXTRA BANDINFOAbandoning\nthe accordion\, they've added Jorge's pifano\, a\nwooden flute from the Northeast of Brazil\, Guilherme's\ntwangy guitar\, and Davi's timbau\, a Bahian drum. The\nnew additions float between the beat of Mauro's\nzabumba\, a drum with both snare and bass pitches\, and the\ntweet of Davi's triangle.         \n\nhttps://www.abconcerts.be/en/agenda/forro-in-the-dark/a105J000001wgbjQAA
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