London is going crazy with Brazilian funk. The Forum in Kentish Town had a funny mixture of Brazilian nostalgia and crazy funk from the ghettos of Rio de Janeiro. O Bonde do Role, the new Brazilian band to take the world by surprise, uses funky lyrics and a mixture of cool beats to get the audience dancing. Although they have strong lyrics, which for some Brazilians are far too rude, the English seem to love it.

The three kids from Curitiba dance non-stop and MC Marina Ribatski, 21, the front singer, is very entertaining. The only advice is that I would not stand very near the stage.

Bonde do Role

Sound according to The Rollingstone Magazine: In complete disregard for U.S. copyright law, Bonde do Role (D’eyrot, 22, MC Marina Ribatski, 21, and producer and DJ Rodrigo Gorky, 25) pile super-recognizable samples — AC/DC, the Grease soundtrack, Tone-Loc — into an over-the-top party-starting mix. A typical lyric (from “Melo do Caldinho”): “I was at a party/And I saw a whore/I put my tongue into her asshole/And my tongue came out all dirty.” “That’s the shit we’re doing, man,” D’eyrot says. “Nasty stuff. Sex with food, general perversion.”