Jota Quest – Mandou Bem ft. Nile Rodgers

Legendary American musician and record producer Nile Rodgers is featured in this video, which is trending today. The clip’s main artist is Jota Quest, an enormously successful Brazilian act, and scenes of an apparently shy Nile are added to this roller disco melee, showing him strumming his guitar alone in what looks like a home studio and tentatively roller skating alone in what looks like a basement storage room:

Jota Quest’s Wikipedia entry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jota_Quest

Nile Rodgers Wikipedia entry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers

See also, MOONSHOES’ new “Roller Disco” video! Plus: TK Roller Disco Reminiscence and Recontextualization!‏ by Tom Kipp, for more trenchant commentary on the return of Roller Disco.

I just wish Jota Quest’s “Mandou Bem” was as catchy as “Le Freak” by Rodger’s hit-making 1970s band Chic: