Brazilian Touch PTY LTD

Brazilian superstar band Olodum is set to play QPAC in Brisbane on Tuesday 18th March at 8pm in a sensational Australian music gig with the complete setup, including 18 musicians, drums and percussion, vocals, melodic instruments, and dancers live on stage all at one time.

With hits like Requebra, Samba Reggae, Rosa, Vem Meu Amor, Berimbau, Nossa Gente (Avisa Lá), Cartão Postal, Samba Rap"e, Bora Bora, Tiro Seco, I Miss Her and Tequila, Olodum will unmistakably display some amazing energized dance steps to give a truly Brazilian performance.

Olodum (pronounced oh-lo-doon) is known for its very powerful, hypnotic Samba-reggae rhythms and performance that is full of energy, color, and life. Musicians from head to toe, Olodum is widely credited with developing the music style known as samba reggae and has been featured on recordings by stars such as Daniela Mercury, Michael Jacksons and Paul Simons.

Olodum was founded in 1979 as a bloco-afro (African Bloc), a Bahian carnival association highlighting African heritage and black pride through music, dance theater, and art. In the mid 1980s , the head drummer in the group – Mestre Neguinho do Samba – experimented with Afro-Caribbean rhythms and mixed them with the Brazilian Samba. He divided the large surdo bass drums into four interlocking parts and layered the high-pitched repique drums in additive rhythms on top. The result was a new style of music dubbed samba reggae that quickly dominated. In the late 1980s Olodum assumed premiere position among the blocos afro in Bahia and become internationally known.

Tickets for this fast selling gig are $80 online from www.qtix.com.au. Olodum is scheduled to tour Sydney on the 20th March at Big Top Luna Park and Melbourne, 25th March 2008 at Hamer Hall.

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