Red Hot + Rio 2
Red Hot + Rio 2, produced by Béco Dranoff, John Carlin, and Paul Heck; with supervising musical producers Andres Levin, Mario Caldato Jr., and Kamal Kassin; in collaboration with U.S. label E1 Entertainment, is an album released as part of the Red Hot Organization's series of tribute albums created to raise money for HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention. The album was released June 28, 2011. Consisting of 34 original recordings featuring unique collaborations involving over 60 international and Brazilian stars, RIO 2 is a cutting-edge tribute to the influential Tropicália movement that rocked Brazil's cultural and political landscape in the late 1960s. In addition, RIO 2 is a 15-year celebration of the first Red Hot + Rio project released to great acclaim in 1996.
Red Hot + Rio 2 | ||||
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Compilation album Charity Album by Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series (Various Artists) | ||||
Released | June 28, 2011 | |||
Genre | Bossa Nova Tropicália | |||
Label | E1 Entertainment | |||
Producer | Paul Heck Béco Dranoff John Carlin | |||
Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series (Various Artists) chronology | ||||
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Featuring world class performers such as John Legend, Caetano Veloso, Seu Jorge, Beirut, Bebel Gilberto, Of Montreal, Aloe Blacc, Marisa Monte and more, RIO 2 will create a sunny Brazilian groove by updating the sounds of the Tropicália era for a new generation of listeners. The project follows Red Hot's latest successful benefit album, Dark Was the Night (Beggars Banquet, 2009), which features top indie-rock artists such as Arcade Fire, The National, Feist, Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, David Byrne and many others and raised over $1 million for AIDS relief.
Track listing
- CD1 (Red)
- Alice Smith + Aloe Blacc: "Baby"
- Beck + Seu Jorge: "Tropicália (Mario C 2011 Remix)"
- Mia Doi Todd + José González: "Um Girassol da Cor do Seu Cabelo"
- Quadron: "Samba de Verão"
- Vanessa da Mata + Seu Jorge & Almaz: "Boa Reza"
- John Legend: "Love I've Never Known"
- Aloe Blacc + Clara Moreno: "Nascimento (Rebirth) - Scene 2"
- Curumin: "Ela (Ticklah Remix)"
- Aloe Blacc + Alice Smith: "Baby (Old Dirty Baby Dub Version)"
- Superhuman Happiness + Cults: "Um Canto de Afoxé Para o Bloco do Ilê"
- Om'Mas Keith: "Mistérios"
- Forró in the Dark + Brazilian Girls + Angelique Kidjo: "Aquele Abraço"
- Mia Doi Todd: "Canto de Iemanjá"
- Caetano Veloso: "Terra (Prefuse 73 '3 Mellotrons in a Quiet Room' Version)"
- Marisa Monte + Devendra Banhart + Rodrigo Amarante: "Nú Com a Minha Música"
- Bebel Gilberto: "Acabou Chorare"
- David Byrne + Caetano Veloso: "Dreamworld: Marco de Canaveses"
- CD2 (Hot)
- Beirut: "O Leãozinho"
- Tha Boogie: "Panis et Circensis"
- of Montreal + Os Mutantes: "Bat Macumba"
- Phenomenal Handclap Band + Marcos Valle: "Tudo o Que Você Podia Ser"
- Madlib + Joyce Moreno: "Banana [ft. Generation Match]"
- Marina Gasolina + Secousse: "Freak le Boom Boom"
- Money Mark + Thalma de Freitas + João Parahyba: "Tropical Affair"
- Los Van Van + Carlinhos Brown: "Soy Loco Por Ti, América"
- Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda + Emicida: "Roda"
- Mayra Andrade + Trio Mocotó: "Berimbau"
- Apollo Nove + Céu + N.A.S.A.: "It's a Long Way"
- DJ Dolores + Eugene Hütz + Otto + Fred 04 + Isaar: "A Cidade"
- Javelin + Tom Zé: "Ogodô, Ano 2000"
- Atom™ + Toshiyuki Yasuda: "Águas de Março [ft. Fernanda Takai + Moreno Veloso]"
- Twin Danger: "Show Me Love"
- Rita Lee: "Pistis Sophia"