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This new CD from the Bahia-born singer-actress-dancer Daniela Mercury is  a danceable and diverse mélange of Brazilian pop, trip-hop, funk, house,  drum & bass, and lounge music styles. Mercury's pithy vocals effortlessly float  above the aforementioned world beats. The material on this CD ranges from  Mercury's techno-driven work "Aeromoca" and "A Praieira" fromChico Science, to the  samba-reggae tracks "Estrelas" andGilberto Gil's "Quem  Puder Ser Bom Que Seja." Mercury also puts her stamp onCarlinhos Brown's  clave-samba number "Baiana Havaneira" and "Bora Mora." The highlight of this CD,  however, is the elegant "Beat Lamento," a hypnotic track that puts Mercury in  the musical realm inhabited byLes NubiansandSade.--Eugene Holley  Jr.