The second CD released by Bat Makumba on 11/14/2008. This eclectic, World/Brazilian band won a California Music Award for their debut, self-titled CD. Based in San Francisco, they have created a loyal following for their high-energy live performances. How would you describe the sound of this CD? ‘Boteco’ is an artful mixture of neo-futuristic traditional Brazilian rhythms with the right quantity of the best North American spices. It is funk and rock boiling and baking with samba, maracatu, frevo and baiao. What are the main influences for this CD? Chico Science, Samba Schools (from the warm sunny street Carnivals of Brazil), Lenine, Brazilian Modernism and Tropicalism, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Zappa, Serge Gainsbourg, Chico Buarque among many others. What is the significance of ‘Boteco’? Think about the French Cafés where all the intellectuals would meet, the PUB (Public Houses) in England and Ireland or a San Francisco, North Beach Beatnik café or bar. A boteco is a small bar or pub in Brazil were you can find dealers and philosophers, pimps and doctors talking about life, writing poems or theatre plays, sharing ideas about soccer and politics or simply celebrating or lamenting their lives. They are usually the last bars you find open (if they ever close), so it is where a bohemian can finish the night or start the day. What makes Bat Makumba unique? Put Pele and Mohammed Ali in a fictional mix machine. Now add Frank Zappa, Sergio Mendes, Tom Jobim and Roger Waters an