What we have here is an album that is culturally stunning on either side of the equator.

Following on from the Sound Affects: Africa series, the Brazil version continues on with the staggering quality of work that the former blazed a trail for. Split into a traditional Brazilian CD and a remix album consisting of such luminaries as Fatboy Slim, Adam Freeland and Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, it’s certainly not lacking pedigree.

The Originals LP is a terrific insight into Brazilian music. As you would expect, the samba-style tunes that used to proliferate the old Nike football adverts are here (Os Novos Crioulos’s Mar Afunda), as well as some that you may not expect - Deise Tigrona’s Injecao spawned Bucky Done Gun by M.I.A.’s introductory sample, and isn’t much different through the rest of the single either.

As you would expect, there are language barriers between the typical English listener and the Brazilian counterpart, but again this is surpassed by the way the words melt into the music like hot butter in a pan. Soul Quality Quartet’s Toda Tercafeira, Paula Lima’s E Isso Ai and Bazeado’s Urubu No Telhado follow in tow and cant fail to make even Kenny Logan’s hips on Strictly Come Dancing turn to quivering jelly.

It actually makes the inclusion of Salvador by Beverley Knight and Fink’s Take It Easy Brother Charlie sound like a letdown when the English protrudes over the beats, especially after the native callings of Batida Do Corpo on Amazonas and the social club vibe on Tenorio Jr’s Nebulosa.

The relaxed tone of the first disc is served up by the second half of the compilation, as Bazeado, Marcelo Salazar and Mr Hermano provide some steady, optimistic and laid-back delights. The most surprising part about this is that the vibe is kept alive on the remix disc, but only for a matter of minutes.

Mar Alfunda is kept on the low tempo, but apart from that, the urgent, fast-paced western world puts the original tracks into a tailspin. Get Cape’s remix of E Isso Ai sounds like Mark Ronson, Jazzanova’s Toda Tercafeira is similar to what the Artful Dodger would’ve released in the early naughties, only this version is much cooler. On the contrary, Amazonas was almost destined to succumb to Norman Cook’s cut and paste signature.

However, Yam Who must’ve been overjoyed when picking up the Urubu No Telhado remix, as the fast and furious carnival spirit on the original feels like it requires little tweaking, whereas MJ Cole transforms Urubu No Telhado into a dirty urban tune and Adam Freeland converts Injecao into a musical face-off of Goldfrapp vs. grime.

The jewels of the heavily encrusted crown on this remix disc come in form of the drum and bass heavy combo remixes of Nebulosa and Segunda Feira by Nu:Tone and Bungle respectively, as the Tom Middleton remix of the Capoeira Love Affair builds a western world confide around the original tune and compliments the original perfectly.

It’s a breathless album that is helping to raise awareness and money for youth sexual education worldwide. No artists or remixers were paid for their involvement, and with all money raised going to help street children in North East Brazil where 77% of the population live below the poverty line, it’s a fantastic album to support and buy, for every reason possible.