During my stay in the north of Brazil I entered many realities one them happenned to be techno brega – the electronic version of the traditional Brega – which was the main theme for the region(earlier posts on the theme here and here). The origin of techno brega is Belém, the capital of Pará, where one can´t walk an hour without being exposed to either the music itself or spin-off effects such as street dealers with the latest cd´s or flyers for upcoming parties.
How ever, besides the obvious – techno brega is a unique and some what creative music style – the economics behind the boom is quite not what we´re used to. I just found a great article giving a good view of how it works and why ditching copyright laws actually can be a solution to the ongoing piracy debate. Check it out here.
Ps. Swedish readers check Åsa da Silva Vegheds radio program on brazilian music (Sundays p2 14:00).
