Biography

“World-wide lovers of tropical bass and Afro-Brazilian percussion will certainly go bananas.....a global perspective and crossover appeal beyond its niche.” – Remezcla “Speaker-bangin’ before all else” (XLR8R) with “some of the smartest ears in the game” (Chicago Reader), “few can make a room explode like Maga Bo” (Flavorpill). A purveyor of “international sonic weaponry and rhythm knowledge” (Rough Trade), the Rio de Janeiro-based DJ/producer is a veteran pioneer of global bass music, with 20+ years of dedicated experience searching out unheralded music bumping from speaker-boxes in the world’s grittiest corners, from Addis Ababa to Zanzibar.  Simultaneously, Amor (É Revolução), the new album from Maga Bo, is statement of hope through change, a call to arms, a lament, a proclamation of resistance, a shout of resilience, an exuberant yell and a deep therapeutic groove all at once.  The result of a multi-decade search for rhythmic common denominators with an Afro-Brazilian-centric focus.  It joins raw, natural, acoustic timbres and textures with the grit, weight and power of modern electronic production.  It is where heavy dub bass pulsations sync with rhythms coaxed from drums heated over an open flame and ancestral voices rise and fall in call and response.