Hidden Waters: Strange and Sublime Sounds of Rio de Janeiro is compiled by Joe Osborne (founder of specialist Brazilian music platform Brazilian Wax) and Russ Slater (editor at large of Sounds and Colours). Focusing solely on the 'Rio Scene', rather than taking on the mammoth task of tackling Brazil as a whole, this collection presents 20-plus ground-breaking artists selected from Rios resurgent music scene. By presenting a snapshot into the pulse of the city and the vibrant musicians that live in it, Hidden Waters collates tracks from a wide spectrum of musical genres from the avant-garde edge to bossa nova, samba, Candombl, lo-fi rock, jazz and funk. Hidden Waters showcases musicians such as iconic Rio mainstays Negro Leo & Ava Rocha, Brazilian jazz upstart Antnio Neves, critically lauded Avant-pop trailblazer Thiago Nassif, breakthrough artists Ana Frango Eltrico and Letrux, lo-fi psych rocker L Almeida, plus the Latin Grammy-winning Bala Desejo who are set to explode onto the world stage. The music featured on Hidden Waters is unequivocally Brazilian, swelling with samba, bossa nova, funk, and jazz. But its within the album's blend; from sunny psychedelia to dusky synth-pop via experimental electronics, that marks the compilation as the sound of modern, multicultural Rio.