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Making It – AfroLata: Kids from Rio de
Janeiro Make Percussion
Programme Outline
It's the sound of Brazil. In the streets, the backyards and
playgrounds of Rio de Janeiro, bouncing off the tower blocks and
the distant mountains, it's the heartbeat of the city.
Vigário Geral is a poor district of Rio. There, a group of
friends is looking for things that ring with that certain sound.
Everywhere they go, they are tapping and listening: wire fences,
old tin cans, litter bins. Which sounds will work together? Down at
the junkyard, there are loads of things lying about, waiting to
have their sounds discovered. The friends collect paint tins, oil
cans, old car hubcaps and plastic containers. They take all the
scrap back to their yard. Everything's given a good wash to scrub
away the dirt and rust. Maybe it does still look like a pile of
junk, but that'll soon change.
Next day, the friends use aerosols to decorate the junk. Bright,
contrasting colours in swirls and stripes transform the beaten-up
scrap into gleaming musical instruments.
Everything, from the smallest tin lid to the biggest oil drum
has its own tone and sound. When all the different beats are
blended together, you get AfroLata. And it sounds great!
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