Timbau rhythms and phrases

Five videos where you can learn differents brazilian timbau rhythms and phrases, like tamanquinho, samba-reggae, samba duro...

Maracatu in Cologne

This short documentary demonstrates why the german city Cologne, the carnival and energetic Brazilian drum rhythms perfectly match. Maracatu is a Brazilian style of music which is related to Samba and has been firmly established by the Maracuta Colonia group in Germany's carnival stronghold. Members of this band of drummers explain Maracatu's African roots, its essence and the reasons why it promotes the understanding among nations.

Crá Rosa - "Origins" (Bahia Percussion II)

Studio demo of afrobrazilian and cuban percussion by Crá Rosa.

Samba-reggae demo

Samba-reggae demo by Niclas Schmied, playing surdos, repinique, caixa, tamborim, reco-reco, agogo, ganza and timba.

Timbal demos

Differents videos with Brazilian timbal demos and solos, demonstrating the posibilities of the instrument.

Crá Rosa - Bahía percussion

Studio demo of afrobrazilian percussion by Crá Rosa.

Bloco Yemanjá

Bloco Yemanjá is a spanish group formed only by women, with a repertoire based on the compositions of the Blocos Afro of Salvador de Bahía (Brazil).

Brazilian Percussion - Ensemble Jam

Pearl Percussionist Rafael Pereira demonstrates the new Brazilian line of instruments.

Marcus Santos & Grooversity - "Batujexá / Batidão"

Marcus Santos and Grooversity performs Batujexá / Batidão in the Latin Percussion studio.

Marcus Santos & Grooversity - "Levada / Abê"

Marcus Santos and Grooversity performs Levada / Abê in the Latin Percussion studio.

Agogo and pandeiro demo

Brazilian percussionist, Julio Cesar Hagen Pimentel performs on agogo bells and pandeiro.

Monobloco - 10 (DVD)

Monobloco live concert, recorded on the DVD "10" (2009). Here you can see it in several videos.

Brazilian national anthem with samba-reggae rhythm

Didá - Samba reggae

Didá at Pelourinho (Salvador de Bahía)

Olodum at Pelourinho (Salvador de Bahía)

Afrodromo rehearsal with Carlinhos Brown (Carnival 2013)

Timbalada - "Beija flor"

Samba reggae

Ilê Aiyê rehearsal in Barcelona (Spain)