Daniel Haaksman Presents Tecno Brega

Tecno Brega is Portuguese for “cheesy techno” and it’s the sound of the Amazon finally getting its hands on cheap technology. Cheesy by name and cheesy by nature this is the sound of a simple preset drum pattern and mid to high range synth lines being pushed to the max. Brega can be seen as yet another developing country peripheral music that is based on a rigid but at the same time ever-evolving structure. This is no underground phenomenon, it is popular music, reviled by the urbane sophisticates but designed to appeal to and move the maximum number of Saturday-night revellers. “Daniel Haaksman Presents Tecno Brega” gives a thorough overview of what is happening to Tecno Brega at the moment, in Pará, Brazil and the rest of the world by including a range of the most cutting edge producers and artists working within this genre. We hereby give you a selection of the top picks of the compilation with tracks by Banda Uó, João Brasil, Major Lazer, Charque, DJ Waldo Squash, Felipe Cordeiro and others. Sure, you can also dance Lambada to some of these tunes.