Following the worldwide success of their Cuban-music project "Rhythms Del Mundo", the Berman Brothers are back, just in time for the Olympic Games, and their new album invites you on a journey to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, the land of samba and bossa-nova. On TAKE ME TO RIO (22.07.2016) international stars like Outkast, Mando Diao, Katrina & the Waves and Marlon Roudette meet Brazilian music legends and re-think songs like "Hey Ya!" and "Dance With Somebody" in the one-and-only Brazilian sound. Once again, the producers have brilliantly swept big hits into another musical dimension and give the listener a pure breath of Brazilian life.
The music producers Frank and Christian Berman, known internationally as the Berman Brothers“ often heard the phrase during the last five years they spent in Brazil. "What helps the people remain optimistic in tough times is the one-and-only sound of Brazil", says Christian Berman. His brother Frank adds: "Brazilian music brings together a zest for life and sensuality like nothing else can. For Brazilians, music is the elixir of life and a remedy." When the Berman Brothers were looking for a goal for their new album, it became clear very quickly where the journey would take them: TAKE ME TO RIO - Ultimate Hits Made In The Iconic Sound Of Brazil.
On the album the best samba and bossa-nova musicians meet international pop-superstars. "Hey Ya!" by Outkast, "Walking On Sunshine" by Katrina & The Waves and the party banger "I Like To Move It" become irresistible samba, "Heart Of Glass" by Blondie, Moloko's "The Time Is Now" or "Love Is The Drug" by Bryan Ferry become warm bossa-nova. All tracks are played by the TAKE ME TO RIO collective, put together explicitly for this album, using the original vocal tracks and produced by the Berman Brothers.
Frank and Christian Berman were awarded a Grammy in 2001 for their remix of the hit "Who Let The Dogs Out" by Baha Men.
In 2006 they impressed the music-world with their album "Rhythms Del Mundo", working with the musicians from the Cuban band Buena Vista Social Club and the voices of Coldplay, Sting, Dido and Maroon 5. In 2008 the Berman Brothers returned with "Rhythms Del Mundo - Cubano Aleman", an album featuring German stars like Xavier Naidoo, Jan Delay and Udo Lindenberg.
TAKE ME TO RIO is out on the 22nd of July 2016 on BMG Rights Management.