Distorted margins in São Paulo

São Paulo is home to some of the most experimental dance music in the world. Often overlooked by mainstream media for its explicit lyrics and aggressively distorted beats, extreme strands of baile funk are now shaking dancefloors far beyond Brazil.

Jennifer Lucy Allan sits down with Brazilian journalist and filmmaker GG Albuquerque to explore this music from the inside. Albuquerque’s recent documentary, Terror Mandelão, follows the journey of São Paulo’s DJ K, a celebrated DJ from Heliópolis favela, and his friend MC Zero K. Together, they discuss how baile funk has captured the imagination of a generation in Brazil, the conditions that shape the sound today, and what happens when that sound is pushed to its extremes.

Elsewhere in the show, we’ll hear DIY noise from Massachusetts-based artist Mal Devisa and tonal delicacy from shakuhachi player Katsuya Nonaka.

Produced by Gabriel Francis
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