Backstory Winter Dance

DJ PAULÃO, BASED IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL, IS CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF DJING, FIRST ON A COLLEGE RADIO AND SOON DOWN TO THE DANCEFLOOR. THE RESEARCH IS DEEPLY BASED ON BRAZILIAN RHYTHMS, AND PLAYED ON VINYL FROM HIS BIG COLLECTION.

HE PLAYED WITH THE LIKES OF JORGE BEN, ELZA SOARES (WHO KISSED ALL HER RECORDS FROM HIS COLLECTION!), SEU JORGE, MARCOS VALLE, GAL COSTA AND ARTHUR VEROCAI, SEUN KUTI AND LEROY BURGESS, AND DJS LIKE ANTAL, LOUIE VEGA, RICH MEDINA, ZEGON AND MARKY. PAULÃO MADE PART OF THE ANALOG AFRICA TOUR IN BRAZIL, AND PLAYED ON FELABRATION IN AMSTERDAM, NUITS SONORES IN LYON, BRAZILIAN DAY IN AUCKLAND, FETE DE LA MUSIQUE IN BRUSSELS AND DEKMANTEL, COALA FESTIVAL AND VIRADA

CULTURAL IN SÃO PAULO. IN 2017 PAULÃO, ALONGSIDE DJ ANTAL, NOMADE ORCHESTRA AND JAZZANOVA, DID A BOILER ROOM SET IN RIO DE JANEIRO.

PAULÃO HELPED ON RESEARCH WITH THE CURATORSHIP OF THE EXPOSITION TROPICALIA:A REVOLUTION IN BRAZILIAN CULTURE, MADE BY THE MUSEUM OS CONTEMPORARY ART OF CHICAGO AND THE BRONX MUSEUM OF ART – AND RESPONSIBLE FOR OS MUTANTES COMEBACK! – AND IN 2012 WITH MARCELO MACHADO FILM

TROPICALIA. HE HAS ALSO RECEIVED THE ZUMBI DOS PALMARES DECORATION FROM THE CITY OF CAMPINAS FOR “…HIGHLIGHTING THE DEFENSE AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY(…) AS WELL AS IN THE DISSEMINATION OF AFROBRAZILIAN CULTURE.”

IN 2013 PAULÃO RELEASED BRAZUCA!, A COMPILATION OF BRAZILIAN TRACKS RELEASED BY THE DUTCH LABEL KINDRED SPIRITS, AND SINCE 2014 HE RUNS PATUÁ DISCOS, A LABEL AND VINYL SHOP

ESTABLISHED IN SP, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REISSUE OF THE HOLY GRAIL LP AMADO MAITA, AMONG OTHERS.

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