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For Inspiration: “Constelação Carinhoca” by Mundo Livre S/A

Post author By Itamar Medeiros
Post date June 1, 2018
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Founded in 1984 and confined for nearly ten years in the garages on the periphery of Recife band led by Fred Zeroquatro proposed in the 90s – along with the late Chico Science – the universal and update the northeastern music. ‘s Sound World Free S / A has since reprocessing samba with new wave […]

Tags Brazil, mangue beat, mangue bit, Music, Pernambuco, Recife

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For Inspiration: Barbatuques’ “Ayú!” featuring Naná Vasconcelos

Post author By Itamar Medeiros
Post date March 11, 2016
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Naná Vasconcelos

The American jazz magazine DownBeat named Naná Vasconcelos percussionist of the year every year from 1983 to 1991 […]

Tags Capoeira, Inspiration, Music, Pernambuco, Recife

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Information Technology in Brazil: universities scoring well in the “Programming World Cup”

Post author By Itamar Medeiros
Post date June 26, 2014
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Students of the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Sergio Filho, David Pinheiro, Pedro Silvestre, who were the 'World Cup Schedule'. (Reuters / Federal University of Pernambuco)

The Brazilian Military Institute of Engineering (IME) finished the “World Cup of Programming”, closed on Wednesday (25) as the best university in Latin America in this year. Another highlight of the tournament was the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) — my alma mater — who finished 36th […]

Tags Asia, Brazil, China, Computer, Education, Information Technology, Learning and Education, M.I.T, Pernambuco, Recife, Russia, Software, Software Engineering

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For Inspiration: “Bossa Nostra” by Nação Zumbi

Post author By Itamar Medeiros
Post date March 11, 2014
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"Bossa Nostra" by Nação Zumbi

Bossa Nostra, by Nação Zumbi

Tags Brazil, Inspiration, mangue beat, mangue bit, Pernambuco, Recife, YouTube

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For Inspiration: “Eduarda fissura de átomo” by Mundo Livre S/A

Post author By Itamar Medeiros
Post date February 13, 2014
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"Eduarda fissura de átomo" by Mundo Livre S/A

Mundo Livre S/A, is a Brazilian manguebeat band, formed in 1984 in Recife, Pernambuco. It is also one of the founders of that musical style, which became popular in the 1990s. Fred Zero Quatro, the band’s singer, was one of the authors of Caranguejos com Cérebro (a manifesto considered one of the landmarks of the Manguebeat movement) together with Renato […]