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Photo of BADSISTA next to the 10 pieces of album artwork in their Selections

In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their collections. This week, BADSISTA spotlights 10 club belters from the Brazilian underground and beyond

“For young people of the gueto in São Paulo, what we call ‘rave’ is trance, psytrance, prog trance,” the Brazilian DJ and producer BADSISTA told...

Badsista poses in a tiger print cowboy hat and leather jacket

Badsista has announced a new EP, ‘GUETO CLUB’, and shared its first single ‘BAGUNÇA MINHA B*’ featuring JUJULIETE. Listen to it below. 


The five-track EP is released...

Brazilian police charge two more men with murders of former Mixmag editor Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Brazilian police have charged two more men in connection with the murders of British reporter and former Mixmag editor Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno...

ANNA poses with a blue skyline behind her

ANNA has released ‘Let You In’, the latest cut from her forthcoming debut album ‘Intentions’. Listen below.


The Brazil-born, Lisbon-based DJ and producer has teamed...

ANNA

ANNA has shared a new single, titled ‘I See Miracles Everywhere’, the latest cut from her forthcoming debut ambient electronic album ‘Intentions’. You can listen...

ANNA announces new album, ‘Intentions’, shares single: Listen

ANNA has announced details of her upcoming debut album, 'Intentions'.


The Brazilian-born, Lisbon-based DJ and producer will release the LP on 19th May via her...

Fire hits Warung Beach Club in Brazil causing severe damage

This story is being updated as it develops.


Warung Beach Club in Brazil has been severely damaged in a fire. 


Videos of a blaze engulfing...

Gal Costa, Brazilian music icon, dies aged 77

Gal Costa, an icon of Brazilian popular music, has died at the age of 77. 


The sad news was confirmed on Wednesday 9th November by her...

Remains of former Mixmag editor Dom Phillips identified in Brazil

The remains of British journalist and former Mixmag editor Dom Phillips have been identified in Brazil, the BBC reports.


Three days after a suspect, fisherman Amarildo...

Suspect confesses to killing of former Mixmag editor Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

A suspect has confessed to the killing of former Mixmag editor Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, the Guardian reports. The news...

Former Mixmag editor Dom Phillips missing in Brazilian Amazon

Concern is growing over the whereabouts of Dom Phillips, a highly respected British journalist and former-editor of Mixmag, and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Araújo Pereira...

Vintage Culture press shot in a yellow jacket

Vintage Culture has come a long way from a small town in Brazil to playing stadiums, topping dance charts and partying with football royalty. After suffering near-burnout from constant touring, he’s recharged and full of vitality, with a deeper sound he loves with all his heart, hundreds of tunes ready to go, Ibiza and Las Vegas residencies scheduled, and a set lined up at DJ Mag's Miami Pool Party

Lukas Ruiz grew up in Mundo Novo, a tiny municipality with under 20,000 inhabitants, right on Brazil’s border with Paraguay. His mum had always told...

Alok

Alok has announced his debut performance at Ministry of Sound club.


Following the release of his official remix of the Squid Game soundtrack last year...

ANNA 'JOURNEY TO THE UNDERWORLD’

ANNA has released a new EP, 'Journey to the Underworld' via Tale of Us' Afterlife imprint. 


A typically tough outing for the Brazilian techno producer...

'COMO VOCÊ' will premiere via WePresent in March 2022

A documentary about some of the key artists from Brazil's grime scene is set to debut online in 2022.

Written and directed by writer, DJ...

Carl Craig, Archie Hamilton, Cassy and Radio Slave are among the names booked for the club's first events

A new superclub is opening in Brazil.

Dubbed Surreal, the superclub, from the team behind the D-Edge clubs in Rio de Janeiro, will be located in the...

The remixes are to celebrate the classic track’s 30th anniversary

Brazilian DJ and producer ANNA has shared new techno and ambient remixes of Orbital's seminal track, 'Belfast', which are being released through London Records.

The...

After discovering videos of rapid-fire MCs spitting in Portuguese over baile funk-flavoured beats, London DJ and Butterz co-founder Elijah linked up with Brazilian artists CESRV...

In 2012 Japan hosted the Club World Cup, where the winners of that year’s Champions League played the winners of equivalent tournaments from every continent...

The Brazilian DJ has donated $5.2 million to the foundation

Brazilian DJ and producer Alok has launched his own philanthropic and social institute, Instituto Alok - donating $5.2 million to the scheme so far. 

Alok’s...

Baile funk is a phenomena of Black Brazilian music. But despite a huge fanbase and cultural influence, funk is often criminalised in Brazil because of...

In the early hours of Sunday 1st December 2019, militarised police broke up a Brazilian funk street party called Baile da DZ7 in the São...