YB Music


YB Music is an independent record label established in São Paulo, Brazil. It started in 1999, releasing music from new underground artists as well as revival acts. Its catalog includes different syles of Brazilian music featuring hip hop, samba-rock revisited by, electronic music, instrumental music including classical music and jazz,, and mangue beat from Recife. The label was responsible for the first album by Nação Zumbi after the death of their frontman Chico Science. The label received in 2001, 2005 and 2012 the APCA prize with the releases of Samba Rock, Samba Power and Badi Assad respectively.
According to scholar K.E. Goldschmitt, the label played a "nurturing role" in the rising popularity of popular and electronic music on the Sao Paulo scene in the early 2000s.
The record company also joins the "Retomada" of Brazilian cinema by releasing the soundtrack for the film O Invasor by Instituto, as well as scoring in its studios the soundtracks for O Redentor, A Mulher do Meu Amigo, A Mulher Invisível, Garcia, O Homem do Futuro among others.

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