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In a scene where performance and politics are inseparable, Alma Negrot has spent more than ten years reshaping the landscape of Brazilian queer underground culture Text and Interview by Efe Çilek Photography by Batıkan Kılıçaslan In São Paulo, Raphael Jacques' multidisciplinary vision encompasses drag, DJing, makeup, and image-making, all driven by a restless desire to transform. Alma Negrot emerges from what's been cast aside and overlooked. Drawing from both punk and club scenes, Negrot...

ALÍRIO OVERCOMES HER FEAR. In her first solo EP, “Sonhos Expressos” , the producer and DJ — and co-founder of Tandera Records — blends euphoria and the ethereal across five tracks that express her newly found confidence in herself. Text and interview by Pedro Paulo Furlan Photography by Ivi Maiga Bugrimenko São Paulo, 8:45 PM.  Alírio is a name recognized by anyone present in the Brazilian underground scene — you might not know everything about her, but you’ve definitely seen her name on...

Dandarona introduces us to the core of who she is in “Lastro”: With ease and confidence, the producer from Recife builds her sound right before our eyes on her newest EP, weaving together collaborations and different sonic textures with total mastery. Text and interview by Pedro Paulo Furlan Photography by Mariana Tinoco Dandarona is a name that has echoed throughout Brazil’s underground scene for more than eight years of career. Taking her blend of funk, club music, and drum’n’bass across...