Profiles of artists breaking at radio and/or retail and entering Billboard charts.
"Samba, café, carnaval." The simple vocal hook from "75, Brazil
Street," by DJs Pat-Rich and Nicola Fasano, pretty much sums up its
appeal on both dance and Latin radio. This has lead to the duo's
debut on the Billboard charts. The house track has moved up to No.
29 thus far on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart this week, amid
Carnaval celebrations all over Latin America.
The song's chart life actually began in November on the dance radio
airplay chart, where label and licensee, Ultra Records, had
initially promoted it. Globetrotting Italian DJ Nicola Fasano says
the sparse Portuguese vocals on the song were recruited from "a
dancer, who usually sing[s] [in] the shower."
Whatever its pedigree, the catchy track has opened many doors to
him in Latin America. Nicola’s upcoming gigs include a Brazilian
tour, after dates in Cairo, London, Morocco, Miami's Winter Music
Conference and Zurich, Switzerland.
The DJ launched his own company, Sound of Pirates, in 2007, with
label, management, production and publishing services for the dance
music world.
"I honestly get, each week, hundreds of mash up[s] and bootleg[s]
of 75 Brazil Street," Fasano said in an email. One of those, made
with the support of Ultra Records, is a version with vocals by
bilingual Miami rapper Pitbull. Pitbull is also climbing the Latin
chart with his reworking of "75, Brazil Street," called "I Know You
Want Me."
"We're literally working all formats on this" says Ultra promoter
Phil Nieves. "We started getting some airplay on the single [75,
Brazil Street] at Power 96 in Miami. It took power thrusting that
record into the limelight for us to start getting some love on the
dance side."
As "75, Brazil Street" burns up the dance floors, Fasano is
following it up with "76, Ocean Drive." This song pays homage to
flamenco-tinged '70s disco hit "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by
Santa Esmeralda. And if you want to hear an ingenious use of the
opening sound effect from the '80s TV show "Knight Rider," check
Fasano's "Stand Up" radio mix at
myspace.com/nicolafasano.
Breaking & Entering: Nicola Fasano
March 04, 2009 07:53 PM
Ayala Ben-Yehuda
"Samba, café, carnaval." The simple vocal hook from "75, Brazil Street," by DJs Pat-Rich and Nicola Fasano, pretty much sums up its appeal on both dance and Latin radio. This has lead to the duo's debut on the Billboard charts. The house track has moved up to No. 29 thus far on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart this week, amid Carnaval celebrations all over Latin America.
The song's chart life actually began in November on the dance radio airplay chart, where label and licensee, Ultra Records, had initially promoted it. Globetrotting Italian DJ Nicola Fasano says the sparse Portuguese vocals on the song were recruited from "a dancer, who usually sing[s] [in] the shower."
Whatever its pedigree, the catchy track has opened many doors to him in Latin America. Nicola’s upcoming gigs include a Brazilian tour, after dates in Cairo, London, Morocco, Miami's Winter Music Conference and Zurich, Switzerland.
The DJ launched his own company, Sound of Pirates, in 2007, with label, management, production and publishing services for the dance music world.
"I honestly get, each week, hundreds of mash up[s] and bootleg[s] of 75 Brazil Street," Fasano said in an email. One of those, made with the support of Ultra Records, is a version with vocals by bilingual Miami rapper Pitbull. Pitbull is also climbing the Latin chart with his reworking of "75, Brazil Street," called "I Know You Want Me."
"We're literally working all formats on this" says Ultra promoter Phil Nieves. "We started getting some airplay on the single [75, Brazil Street] at Power 96 in Miami. It took power thrusting that record into the limelight for us to start getting some love on the dance side."
As "75, Brazil Street" burns up the dance floors, Fasano is following it up with "76, Ocean Drive." This song pays homage to flamenco-tinged '70s disco hit "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Santa Esmeralda. And if you want to hear an ingenious use of the opening sound effect from the '80s TV show "Knight Rider," check Fasano's "Stand Up" radio mix at
myspace.com/nicolafasano.
