for a very long time são paulo, « a cidade cinza » (the grey city), had the sinister reputation of being samba’s grave. not anymore. today, it definitely is the place to be, the cradle of the liveliest music scene of all brazilian cities. this first compilation of the young goma gringa label stands as a manifesto of this effervescence. desconstrução gathers tracks from several albums already considered landmarks in brazilian music of the 21st century: juçara marçal’s encarnado (2014), the trio metá metá’s metá metá (2011) and metal metal (2012), rodrigo campos’s bahia fantástica (2012) and conversas com toshiro (2015), thiago frança’s malagueta, perus e bacanaço (2013) and space charanga r.a.n. (2015), and vicente barreto’s cambaco (2015).