Diogo Strausz – Dance Para Se Salvar

The cold has settled in, so let your mind wander to warmer climes — Brazil, perhaps? The current news is hard to take; allow your reverie to take you to a more innocent time — how about the late ’70s and early ’80s? (Yes, that era was even more brutal in many ways, but this is a daydream, so just go with it). If dancing to utterly infectious grooves does the trick then look no further than the sparkling ‘Dance Para Se Salvar’, Diogo Strausz’s take on the kind of vintage disco-funk fire that artists like Lincoln Olivetti and Sandra de Sá are best known for. The propulsive synth-boogie of ‘Frevo Mulher’, the slick jazz-funk of ‘Com Magia’, the graceful stomp of ‘Popotão Grandão’ — these tracks, and the entire album, are pure joy in song form.