Tecnobrega

Tecnobrega, also Tecno Brega, outside Brazil often mistakenly known as Technobrega, is particularly popular in northern Brazil music genre. The Portuguese term brega can be with cheesy translate, is in Brazil but also for a bad taste. The origins of Tecnobrega in Belém, the capital of the state of Pará. The metropolitan region of Belém is still the focus of the Tecnobrega scene, where it is produced and consumed mainly in the poor districts of the region.

International Tecnobrega was especially known for its production and distribution channels, which waive any copyright. In the documentation Good Copy, Bad Copy some of the players in the Tecnobrega scene to speak.

Music

Tecnobrega evolved from about 2000, has in Brega Pop but a precursor. Unlike Brega Pop playing in Tecnobrega as electronic music synthesizer and drum machine but a central role. To the technique of sampling is used. The influences of regional, traditional music from the Amazon are great, especially here are Carimbó, Siria and Lambada mentioned. The majority of Tecnobrega songs produced in simple home studios of individuals, the DJs.

The genre further developed rapidly in recent years and it created new Tecnobrega styles such Eletro Melody, Bregabass or Cyber ​​Tecno. Within Brazil's Tecnobrega also laid off its image as a cheaply produced music and ghetto underclass culture. Individual artists, such as Gaby Amarantos from Belém, became national superstars. Internationally, the music and its development was now increasingly respected and no longer focused solely on the specific conditions of production and distribution channels. This especially musicians and bands such as Banda UO and João Brasil received worldwide attention that do not originate from the original cultural and social environment in Belém. But even individual artists like the group gear do Eletro, her producer Waldo Squash or the already mentioned Gaby Amarantos managed the leap onto the global stage. Overall Tecnobrega took last also increasingly influences of international electronic music styles such as techno, house and trap, and in turn influenced Western pop music.

Copyright

The produced by the DJs music is passed without copyright to dealers and copy networks, they mostly put together and reproduce on simple CD-R samplers. About a far-reaching network of street vendors, the music throughout northern Brazil is distributed at low prices. In recent years, the music pieces are also increasingly common by the artists and fans directly on the Internet as a free download. The artists deserve to nothing at this time in their works, a free advertising and make widely known, however, is guaranteed by this method. The DJs achieved only through appearances at the Tecnobrega parties revenue through their music.

Parties

Per month more than 3,000 parties and about a thousand concerts are held alone in Greater Belém. The largest events attract up to 15,000 visitors and usually take place in the periphery. The parties are dominated by giant sound systems with elaborate light show, the operators of these Aparelhagems de Som book the artist for their parties. The compensation models vary, ranging from a fixed salary to profit sharing. In addition, are sold by the live sets of DJs at the end of the parties recordings, smoother revenue directly to the artist. Per month the concerts and parties achieve estimated sales of 3 million euro, up to 6,000 jobs depend on this sector.