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• Tempestade Quieta 2

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  Tempestade Quieta 2 (literally Quiet Storm in Portuguese), is the second installment of an imagined Quiet Storm pirate radio transmission that took place in Rio sometime in the early 90s, picking up where the first left off but diving even deeper into the world of obscure Brazilian slow jams and synth-heavy, soulful grooves that all bare the hallmarks of the quiet storm radio format. Limited edition of 100 hand-numbered tapes.
  
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  Dressed sharply in his clean white suit and matching loafers, the phantom broadcaster climbs out onto his roof, as he does every Saturday night at this time, to secure his antenna in the location in which he's determined provides the best coverage. As he climbs back into his apartment through the window, he approaches his makeshift setup, pours himself a whisky, flips on the transmitter as the clock strikes midnight and leans into the mic. Once again, the Voz da Madrugada is on the air.
  
  Slow sexy tempos, slick production, liberal use of reverb, a penchant for sax solos, slight jazz influences, a heavy reliance on synths and an eschewing of social and political commentary in favor of romantic themes. These are the hallmarks of Quiet Storm, a style of mood music birthed on Howard University radio in Washington DC in 1976. While the Quiet Storm format never existed, per se, in Brazil, this selection of songs shows that it certainly could have. The songs featured here are forgotten b-sides to barely remembered singles, deep cuts off obscure albums generally skipped over by diggers and djs in favor of the more dancefloor-oriented tracks and, in many cases, privately pressed efforts that you may likely only ever hear on this tape.
  
  Born in the Washington DC Metro Area, the birthplace of Quiet Storm, Tee Cardaci is a Rio de Janeiro-based digger and DJ whose research and writing on rare and obscure Brazilian music has appeared in publications such as DIG magazine and Aquarium Drunkard.
  
  Includes unlimited streaming of Tempestade Quieta 2: Another Imagined Brazilian Quiet Storm Pirate Radio Transmission via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ... more

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