Some releases hit the dancefloor directly. Others take a slightly deeper route and stay with you after the lights come up.
Aline Rocha and Caio Cenci’s Berimbau EP on Razor-N-Tape sits beautifully in that second category. It is energetic, yes, but also thoughtful. It connects Brazilian musical identity with modern house music in a way that feels natural, physical and emotionally grounded.
The EP moves between two clear energies. Berimbau is the hypnotic, percussive side. A stripped club track built around movement, tension and Brazilian rhythmic DNA. Miss The Water opens the door to a brighter, more celebratory house feeling, with a classic sense of release and togetherness.
What makes this release interesting is the balance. It does not force the Brazilian reference. It does not over-polish the groove. Instead, Aline and Caio let the music breathe, giving the dancefloor something that feels immediate but also layered.
This Track Talk dives into that contrast, the roots behind Berimbau, the uplifting energy of Miss The Water and the musical path that shaped Aline Rocha’s warm, soulful and globally minded approach to house music.
In A Few Words
Aline Rocha and Caio Cenci’s Berimbau EP on Razor-N-Tape connects Brazilian rhythmic identity with modern house music. Berimbau goes deep, percussive and hypnotic, while Miss The Water opens up into a brighter, more uplifting club moment. Together, the tracks explore groove as movement, memory and shared dancefloor energy.
Aline Rocha Track Talk
My musical foundation didn’t come from just one place. I come from the dancefloor, from radio, from Brazilian music, and from house music with soul. I started out in EDM. That was where I learned how to DJ and how to understand the energy of a dancefloor. But at the same time, I always had this desire to go further, to bring more depth, groove, and identity into the sets I was playing. These songs tell that story.
Fish Go Deep, Tracey K – The Cure & The Cause
This track was one of my set openers for many years, even when I was still playing EDM. I always felt the need to go beyond the obvious and, in a way, educate the dancefloor by bringing house references in from the very beginning of the set. There’s a depth and elegance to this track that represented me at the time, even when the context around me was different. It was almost a quiet way of showing where I came from and where I wanted to take the sound.
Armand Van Helden – You Don’t Know Me
This was one of the first tracks that really connected me with groove within house music. Direct, stripped back, full of attitude.
The Shapeshifters – Lola’s Theme
This track has huge emotional value for me. It’s house with soul, energy, and elegance all at
once. Classic. Immortal. It’s the kind of music that never ages, and it always reminds me why I chose this path.
David Guetta & Steve Angello – Baby When the Light
I come from the early days of EDM, and that phase was important in shaping me. This track connected me with a more melodic and accessible side of electronic music, and it was part of my early understanding of the dancefloor.
David Guetta – Love Don’t Let Me Go
This track represents an important transition in my personal life. I was devastated and broken, but this song gave me the energy to keep following my path. It was an accessible bridge that helped me see new possibilities and new directions within music.
Hot Natured – Benediction
When I discovered this track, it felt like opening a new door. A more modern, sensual, and deeper kind of house. It had a big influence on my taste for groove and atmosphere, helping shape me further within deep house.
Daft Punk – One More Time
This one is almost universal. But for me, it represents connection. The ability of a song to cut through everything and reach
people in a light, joyful, direct, and honest way.
Ida Corr, Fedde Le Grand – Let Me Think About It
This was a strong dancefloor reference for me, with a powerful vocal, energy, and presence. It’s one of those tracks that takes up space without asking for permission.
Elis Regina, Tom Jobim – Águas de Março
My foundation comes from home. My father being a radio host connected me with Brazilian music from a very early age. This song
represents sensitivity, construction, and depth. It’s another kind of groove, more emotional, but just as powerful. It’s the root in me that people don’t always see.
Jorge Ben Jor – Taj Mahal
Pure Brazil. Pure joy. Rhythm, swing, identity.
This song carries an energy that has always been present in the way I feel music, even when I’m playing house. It’s the joy that runs through Brazilian blood.
Closing
In the end, everything connects. From the EDM that taught me how to read the dancefloor, to the house music that gave me
identity, to the Brazilian music that shaped my sensitivity. These songs are not just references. They are part of the path that brought me here, and in some way, they still live inside everything I feel today.
Dirty Disco Conclusion
Berimbau EP is the kind of release that shows how much can live inside a groove when artists give it space to breathe.
Aline Rocha and Caio Cenci bring two different energies together with real intention. Berimbau pulls us into a deeper, more hypnotic club zone, where rhythm, repetition and Brazilian identity slowly take control of the room. Miss The Water opens the other side of the EP, brighter, more uplifting and built for those dancefloor moments where everything feels connected.
What makes this release stand out is the balance. It has pressure without becoming crowded. It has roots without becoming nostalgic. It has emotion without losing its purpose as house music made to move people.
So press play on Berimbau EP, let both tracks unfold properly, and hear how Aline Rocha and Caio Cenci translate Brazilian rhythm, club energy and soulful movement into one focused release.
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