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 (Trio Mocotó), electronic music (Anvil FX), instrumental music including classical music and jazz (Sujeito a Guincho, Quarteto Camargo Guarnieri, Nouvelle), (Curumin, Instituto), 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 (São Paulo Art Critics Association) prize with the releases of Samba Rock (Best Group - Trio Mocotó), Samba Power (Best Album) and Badi Assad (Best Composer) respectively.

According to scholar K.E. Goldschmitt, the label played a "nurturing role" in the rising popularity of popular and electronic music on the São Paulo scene in the early 2000s.

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