Probably kicked off by viewing of the Moonrise Kingdom Trailer, and the immediate readings of various interviews with Wes Anderson afterwards, I began listening to Seu Jorge. I started with his work in the Life Aquatic soundtrack and then began listening to his other stuff and it is phenomenal. Now don’t take me for one of these World Music elitists because I’m not, but this is just really good music.

Jorge, hails from the favelas of Brazil, but does not fall into the common style of music, Baile Funk(made famous by djs Diplo and Switch through Major Lazer), that is commonly associated with the country. Influenced equally by samba and Stevie Wonder, Jorge creates a perfect mixture of ethnically latin music with American soul. At some points, such as his Life Aquatic Studio Sessions, he even takes on a sound that is folky in its own right. For example…