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Samba came of age in Rio de Janeiro during the early 20th century, nurtured in the city's 'samba schools'. Velha Guarda Da Portela are a group of veteran musicians from one such institution, whose traditions have long been transmitted orally. Aware that this left them vulnerable to extinction, Brazilian MPB star Marisa Monte – whose father was a director of the Portela Samba School – decided to seek out, dust down and restore the finest songs in their repertoire, none of which had been recorded before. Tudo Azul, from 2000, is the result, augmented with four bonus tracks from two...

O Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Portela - é uma escola de samba do Rio de Janeiro, fundada em 1923, por Paulo da Portela. Suas cores são o azul colonial e o branco. A primeira agremiação carnavalesca que, mais tarde, viria ser a Portela foi fundada em 1923, perto da Estrada do Portela, na região de Oswaldo Cruz, em Madureira. Se chamava Bloco Baianinhas de Oswaldo Cruz. O nome Portela surge quando o então bloco Vai Como Pode decide se inscrever no primeiro desfile de escolas de samba da cidade, em 1932. De lá para cá foram 21 títulos nos...

Leo Portela (a.k.a Index, Cutlab, Liongold) es Productor y Live Performer argentino que desde 1996 experimenta con música Ambient, Drum & Bass, Downtempo y House. Sus más tempranas obras musicales fueron firmadas en 1998 para el sello discográfico URL Records de Charly Alberti (ex Soda Stéreo) para su disco “Telesynchro”. Sus posteriores producciones, ya independientes, fueron editadas y distribuidas por discográficas en Londres, Detroit, San Francisco, New York y Munich. Entre estas obras figura el electro-tango "Ojeras violetas" que fue editado en vinilo y difundido, entre otros medios, por Rob Da Bank en la BBC Radio One. También ha sido...

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ronan Portela was able to draw upon diverse musical genres throughout his career, experimenting various techniques of production to achieve the sound that characterizes it today. Today its products are based on gender in the House, Tech House and Techno. In 1999 he released his first self-titled album through the label URL Records of former Soda Stereo Charly Alberti. After his debut album, Ronan has published for several prestigious labels such as Defected, Swank, MW, Big Chief, Kitsam, OneThirty among others. Many of his works were highlighted in the series of compilations of FTV and...