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São Paulo based artist dadá Joãozinho released his critically acclaimed debut project for Innovative Leisure in 2023 which careens across musical universes like a psychedelic fever-dream - 13 distinct, yet porous movements shoplifting from samba, baile funk, dub, hip-hop & even punk while inventing a few future styles in the process. Like if Arthur Russell and Lee Perry co-owned a recording studio in Brazil producing for Jorge Ben.
1997 is his follow-up LP and released in digital formats.
"Brilliant Album!" - GILLES PETERSON
"one of the coolest records of the year" - AMOEBA RECORDS
"as laid back as it is endlessly replayable" - THE FADER
"A dazzling collage of baile funk, hip-hop, and jazz" - REMEZCLA
"Paying homage to samba and bossa styles, Joãozinho sets modern production elements to his work by sampling the band he assembled, tearing it up, then chopping and flipping the arrangements. It’s heaven." - KCRW
Serebii, the New Zealand-based composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist announces new album Dime out March 28, 2025 while releasing a video + single for "Verrans Corner." KCRW premiered the track.
Serebii says of the new single - - >
"The track was co-written with Leith Sye Towers and came out of a session we had last summer. Calling it a session feels a bit odd. We’ve known each other since childhood, and music was just another thing we picked up along the way and interfaced with together. There’s a healthy regression that occurs when you work with a childhood friend. You can tap into the playfulness and naivety while still leveraging the insights and growth you've gained over the years. We approached this collaboration with the calm, comical, and unflappable sense of persistence afforded by our shared history. This sense permeated the track, from the ad hoc and primitive piano playing to the apparitional ornamentation and the lyrical allusions, all pointing to a nondescript circular issue trying to fit through an even less descript square hole."
The single is accompanied by a video, which Serebii continues, “The video aims to be childish, blending playfulness and grandeur. I’d never sailed a ship before, neither had I shrunk to the size of a small figurine. It was mostly an excuse to get out into lush landscapes in Aotearoa, New Zealand with a group of friends. I am extremely proud of how this video came out with such a small budget and timeline.”
Dime is availabe for pre-order and both "Verrans Corner" & "Might As Well Be Watching" are available for stream at this link.
The Allah-Las perform highlights from their recent release, Zuma 85, on a KCRW session Live from Apogee Studios.
“embodies the living, breathing Brazil of 2023, smolderingly intense, captivated by the bustle of life, and determined to be heard far and wide.” - Bandcamp Daily
"With its assemblage of slouched vocals sparkly electronic flourishes, and breezy guitar, “Ô Lulu” is as laid back as it is endlessly replayable." - The FADER
“at once alien and delightfully inviting” - FLOOD Magazine
"A dazzling collage of baile funk, hip-hop, and jazz that runs on an adrenaline rush fit for a cinematic heist scene as ambient pop songstress Bebé and Alceu come along for the joyride" - Remezcla
“Paying homage to samba and bossa styles, Joãozinho sets modern production elements to his work by sampling the band he assembled, tearing it up, then chopping and flipping the arrangements” - KCRW
Dadá Joãozinho has shared his debut album tds bem Global, an album that unfolds like a genre-agnostic mixtape, shoplifting from dub reggae, hip hop, punk, and samba, all while inventing a few future styles in the process. The recording alias of São Paulo based artist João Rocha, the debut is his first for Los Angeles-based Innovative Leisure, and chronicles his move to the biggest city in South America during a time of intense isolation and toxic politics. “Desire for freedom was the north star of this record,” dadá insists. He explains that he needed to “feel free about artistic decisions - that I didn’t have to play the instruments in a certain way to sound good, I didn’t have to sing in a certain way to sound good, and I didn’t have to write in a certain way to make sense and reach people’s feelings.”
Alongside the album release, dadá Joãozinho is sharing a new video for album highlight “Habitual,” a driving, atmospheric track full of production wizardry and a compelling performance. He explains, “I wanted to raise more questions than give answers about what's going on. On the song I'm singing about a state of habitualness from relationships and crisis within it. The video takes from there and expands its meanings, contextualizing infinite possibilities of narrative, relationships dynamics and fantasy.”
After breaking ground in Brazil’s music scene as a member of ROSABEGE, an electronic music collective that fuses the sounds of bossa nova with sprawling synth pop, dadá Joãozinho puts Rocha’s star potential on full display, flexing his experimental muscles and showcasing the breadth of his talent. Lead single “Cuidado!” is tour de force of bombastic MC energy, while “Pai e Mãe” is a reimagined take on traditional Brazilian samba, and “Ô Lulu” infuses classic Música Popular Brasileira with experimental flourishes. Watch the videos below, and listen to tds bem Global HERE.
"Each song offers a different look at Joãozinho’s singular talent, and on “Pai e Mae” the artist introduces an entrancing samba with delightful lo-fi effects that meld with a renegade organ sound and the pulsing underbelly of bass-heavy percussion. The concoction is at once alien and delightfully inviting." - FLOOD Magazine
São Paulo based artist João Rocha has shared “Pai e Mãe,” the third and final preview of his upcoming debut album as dadá Joãozinho. Where lead single “Cuidado!” flexed his hip-hop chops with invigorating bombast, “Pai e Mãe” is sweetly melodic, infusing classic Brazilian samba with experimental flourishes. It’s another excellent preview of tds bem Global, out Sept 1st, an album that unfolds like a genre-agnostic mixtape, front-loaded with irresistible and effortless rhythms, careening across musical universes like a psychedelic fever-dream.
On the video Rocha explains “For this samba, that carries so much of our music’s tradition, and still sounds fresh, I wanted to strip things down and communicate through the rawness of the body language. Had my parents join the studio session, that was an emotional moment. I wrote this song about an episode we lived together, so it was a closing cycle to have them. This minimalist work in video expands the meanings of the album for me, that sometimes sounds so massive. Put things in a new perspective.”