Salomé de Bahia

Paris-based Brazilian chanteuse Salomé de Bahia came to the international dancefloor via Bob Sinclair, the hip French producer and head of the cosmopolitan Yellow Productions label. It was the mid-'90s when Sinclair attended a revue hosted by bandleader Edvaldo Carneiro at the chic Parisian club Café Felix. Out of the 40 Bahia-based Brazilian performers, Sinclair was most entranced with the effervescent Salomé de Bahia and thought she was perfect for the Brazilian-influenced group he was forming, the Reminiscence Quartet. She was featured on the group's Psycodelico album and i...