From São Paulo, the biggest and craziest city in Brazil, comes Jumbo Elektro, a band that has been playing in lots of clubs and festivals around the country since 2003. This seven-piece group does a mix of Ramones-like punk guitars with electro beats inspired by Kraftwerk, Devo and other cool vintage stuff. Other influences include Os Mutantes, Blur and Serge Gainsbourg.

Besides the impact that comes from its music, the band gained attention in Brazil's underground for its energetic performances and sense of humour. On stage, the seven musicians incorporate weird alter-egos, each one with a bizarre profile. The lyrics are sung in mad versions of english, spanish, german, french and japonese (a freak "idiom" we call "embromation").

The multicultural and multiethnical aspects of megalopolis Sao Paulo were essencial for the band's crazy sound chemistry: Jumbo has descendents of german, african, japanese, lithuanian and italian immigrants, and its members - who also works as DJs in some night clubs around there - are always seeking for new kinds of music. That constant search is related to Tropicália, one of the most influential brazilian movements that is another reference to the group for its fusion of national original elements with pop aesthetic.

The current tour of Jumbo Elektro is based on the band's first album, "Freak to Meet You - The Very Best Of Jumbo Elektro", released in late 2004 by Reco-Head, an independent label from São Paulo.

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