The success of the previous 'Brazilectro 7' releases confirms audiopharm's philosophy and also spurs it on to improve the series from release to release. In the last few years, 'Brazilectro 7' has become a measuring stick of the genre - other labels have tried and tried to play a role in this element with simply knit imitations, yet the standard raised by audiophar simply could not be reached by the others; at their best, they only produced cheap copies with suspiciously close-to-identical track listings.

The latest installment, Session 7, once again supplies a first-class set of authentic Brazilian songs and those inspired by Brazilian music, as well as classics and contemporary constructions that were either produced exclusively for ‘Brazilectro 7’ or only available on 12-inches. In total, 24 catchy club filler and sweet promises romp around on the double CD/Vinyl box, all there to listen to while sitting at the home on the flokati.

Of course, the lavish packaging, a constant for all the ‘Brazilectro 7’ albums, consists of an embossed digibook with brillant cover art work. This timeone looks at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, a futuristic, spacey designer construction of the legendary Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, in front of the 'Zuckerhut'.

One look at the track listing reveals that Audiopharm is again acting on the pulse of current happenings. Filled with international artists with their newest productions, the audiopharm has been able to unify this variety in an extremely lithe, organic sequence. Highlights are everywhere and many, and listening to ‘Brazilectro 7’ resembles being a civil servant in time and space, since one fancies sitting under the sugar loaf in the pulsing South American metropolis Rio de Janeiro. There we meet up with the new Brazilian voice Katja B, who has a tingling rendezvous with Mo'Horizons, or we get spoiled by Gabin and the great dame of vocal jazz, Dee Dee Bridgewater, with their number "Into My Soul". Or we dreamily swing to the cover version of the Elia Kazan classic "Feeling Good" in the relaxed and grooving version by Quantic Soul Orchestra; we are initiated into the alluring secrets of Samba beat and Neo Bossa Nova from the Brazilian Bebel Gilberto (daughter of the Bossa initiator Joao Gilberto), Azymuth, Otto and BiD feat. Seu Jorge; we revel in a dance to the Latin Funk bomb "Salvador Díaspora" in a remix by the Fort Knox Five friends from Washington, DC, or we visit Fertile Ground, one of the best British live bands, during their gig in a club on the Copa Capana, where they on turntables accompany the Italian Blue Note star Nicola Conte. Even from Austria and Germany some travel by to soak up the funky atmosphere: Richard Dorfmeister plays "Valldemossa" with his current project Madrid de los Austrias, and the Munich collective Les Babacools warms the heart with the excitingly erotic "Lluvia Sol". In the end, Quantics appears again; their remix of the Gecko Turner number "Un Limon E La Cabeza" is the dancefloor hit of the year par excellence.

But still, the list of the delicacies still isn't over. On ‘Brazilectro
7’ there are other exclusive tracks and previously unreleased euphonious jewels from Victor Davies, Attic Tree, Emo, Soulsurfer, The Non Material as well as new songs by Intuit, Juca Chaves, Phuturistix and The JuJu Orchestra.

Recommendable when listening to such a mix, from the velvety soft to the more than lively, is to down a luscious cold Caipirinha, making the pleasure all the more authentic. Then the Brazil feeling will flow into the blood and transform the ‘Brazilectro 7’gourmet into a serene, sensuous – and perhaps also - better person.