Aparelhagem by DJ Dolores

DJ Dolores burst onto the global club scene with his explosive and highly original mixture of traditional sounds from the Brazilian Northeast with dancefloor-friendly electronics and elements of rock & dub.

Drawing his inspiration from urban and rural musical styles traditionally shunned by the establishment but favoured by the working classes (dance rhythms such as maracatú, song forms such as emboladas), DJ Dolores blends them with loops, breakbeats, street sounds & live instrumentation to create a unique musical cocktail which is culturally & politically meaningful, yet first and foremost irresistibly festive !...

With a do-it-yourself Punk ethos, and roots in both the Mangue and Baião musics of north eastern Brazil; producer, writer, composer, designer, activist and much more, Helder Aragão a.k.a. DJ Dolores, creates fabulous, stream-of-consciousness audio and visual commentaries for these uncertain times.