Episode 25: HOUSE OF PRIS
When 1980s electro and freestyle music from Miami, New York, and Los Angeles touched down in Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian cities, it ignited a wildfire in the minds of DJs, soundsystem operators, and dancers. Out of the hoods – known as favelas – emerged baile funk (sometimes known as funk carioca or favela funk), a musical style that traveled the world before splitting into a bunch of sub-genres and regional flavors. You may have heard baile funk hits by by Pablo Vittar, Diplo and MIA, MC Joao, and Karol G, but on this episode we're going back to the roots of the music with Priscilla “House of Pris” Cavalcante. Priscilla grew up in Fortaleza in Northeast Brazil, where as a pre-teen she became hooked on first-wave baile funk. After many years in Amsterdam, Priscilla now lives in Miami, Florida, where she throws a party called Proibidae and is in the process of collecting and reissuing the lost anthems of 1990s and early 2000s baile funk. We talk about tamborzao, furaçao, pancadao, and hear some of the samples and records essential to the sound.
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Things discussed in this episode & extras:
- Furacão 2000. They’ve come a long way! The official YouTube channel of the pioneering Brazilian soundsystem.
- Concreta Sala - PROIBIDΠvol. 1. The inaugural release from House of Pris's label, Conreta Sala.
- Carioca Funk 2007 - Director Tatiana Ivanovici interviews key baile funk DJ/producers Sany Pitbull and Mavi.
- Sany Pitbull - Caixa de Pandora, Vol 2 - A mixtape from Sany Pitbull full of obscure montagens from 1994 - 2000. Read more about it here.
- In The Box : House Of Pris - A mix from Pris full of classic Miami bass and electro.
- Miami New Times - Article on Pris and her Proibidæ party series.
- Funk Forevs - A documentary on the roots of Brazilian baile funk.
- Piracy Funds Terrorism - M.I.A. & Diplo’s early mixtape that made lots of Americans aware of baile funk and also cemented the pair’s artistic chemistry.
- The world of the fluxo - Check out a more modern incarnation of the baile funk ball: the roving São Paulo street parties known as fluxos.
- DZ7 - Some video from the famous fluxo known as DZ7.
- Baile Funk Sao Paulo - Boiler Room with a lil history of modern-day baile funk.
Tracks in this episode include:
