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I started making music because of Lisbon producer DJ Edifox—he inspired me and I continued ever since. But in the beginning, when I started going to clubs back in Lisbon, I had a very different perspective. I experimented first in the Music Box. The atmosphere was just crazy intense—it’s really hard to describe. But it was open for everyone who wanted to try. Therefore, I never went to any other club up until I was 13, when I moved to Paris with my family.

In the beginning, it was difficult to find my way around. It’s a very different culture. But I’m a person who can establish a relationship with people quickly no matter where I am. Still, the first two months were difficult—I won’t lie. But after that it was easy, as I adapted quickly.

The people in Paris are very open to everything and the producers are always happy to help you if you are stuck. In Lisbon, on the other hand, it’s the opposite, because there is a lot of competition between the styles of ghetto and commercial afrobeats. Therefore, the music scene is kind of stuck and not moving on. Often the DJs or producers are afraid that another artist will take over their spot if they support them, which creates a certain climate in Lisbon’s music scene…

No, I think it’s a matter of being close- or open-minded.

I only started producing music in Paris. It took off after I got the chance to play a DJ set for Hotel Radio Paris. That’s how I got to know one of the creator of the radio platform better; we did get along well and eventually became good friends. Before that I just did my thing: I downloaded beats, changed them to my liking and re-uploaded them for likes and reposts. I really didn’t want to know anything else but my own preferred music genre. However, he taught me a lot and I always kept an open mind to his ideas. He made me aware of the origins and further benefits of music—so my understanding of music, and therefore my world of music, really started to change.

Prìncipe helped me a lot. When I first got involved with them they explained to me what the collaboration would look like and how the music business works. From there we started to build up everything.

At the moment it’s baile funk. Because I have made many friends in Brazil and they influence my style of music a lot, and vice versa. Nevertheless, I’m picking up almost everything— like reggae, electronica, techno—all kinds of stuff.

Yes, mostly in Brasilia, São Paolo and some parts of Rio de Janeiro.

I met JLZ on SoundCloud. I gave him a like—and he gave me one back. So, we exchanged our Facebook contact and started to chat, as we liked each other’s songs. Shortly after, we decided to do a collaboration together.

It depends. Before SoundCloud we had Palco Principal* to search for and share music. This kind of died down in 2012 when SoundCloud started to get big. And since then it was always only through SoundCloud.

The collaborations I do, like the one with JLZ, would never have been possible. I would be limited to the people living in France or close to me. But with what’s possible now, we can send our beats and samples back and forth. We are able to work together on music even as we are living thousands of miles away from each other. We actually have never met in person. Nevertheless, we are producing songs and they are blowing up!

This could be a negative aspect… Back in 2012 and 2013 I released up to three songs per week, or even more. After a while, the members from my group, like Puto Márcio, pointed out that I’m releasing a crazy number of songs and that I should think about slowing down a bit. Therefore we started to plan the releases a bit better. Now I release no more than one or two songs per month. However, I never slowed down with producing. I still produce around ten songs per month. I’m just planning the releases and posts better.

The thing is, I’m really into trap and rap. I listen to it all day long. And if a song is really touching me and makes me want to dance I choose to add my special note to it by doing a remix.

No, not really. Concerning style, I already know what type it will be before I start. For instance, the decision is “this is going to be an afro beat one.” And this decision really depends on the acapella or voice sample of the song. If it’s a slow or calm voice, I would try different melodies until I really have established a solid base that works well with the voice. If it’s an aggressive trap acapella, I just throw in sample after sample until I created a really aggressive beat that fits to it.

Ghetto.

It really depends on how I feel.

It represents and hopefully expresses exactly how I felt at that time of my life. I did not always have the most stable life. You can hear this in the songs. “Solteiro,” for instance, is more melodic and sad. Others are way more aggressive and hardcore. There were days I was very angry about certain things in my life—I went through a difficult time.

Never give up! Keep following your dreams!