Two São Paulo songwriters with a diverse background in music and poetry, Rodrigo Antao and Pedro McCardell are 2am. Since forming the group in 2006, the London-based duo have been busy, busy boys. For a start, they’ve been photographed by famed fashion snapper Robert Astley Sparke and appeared in RG Vogue . They were featured by the NME, who picked up on a film of them [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Interviews’
February 19, 2009
Gilles Peterson Mini-Interview
Lovely fella, is Gilles. Knows his onions, too. I spoke with him before the Worldwide awards to find out what Brazilian music has influenced him most over the last few years. Wow…well on the one hand I’d have to say Seu Jorge, who’s been a revelation, and on the other hand I suppose the work of labels [...]
February 11, 2009
That’s Mister Bongo, to you
In 2008, record label (and sorely-missed record shop) Mr. Bongo celebrated it’s 20th anniversary. In those two decades the label has built up a reputation as one of the standard-bearers of Brazilian music here in the UK, with heavyweight re-releases of classic albums and a series of ‘Brazilian Beats’ compilations that now runs 8 deep. Back in December [...]
January 3, 2009
Diplo Interview
Philadelphia-based DJ Diplo has been a tireless champion of Brazilian music in the US and the UK for years. With new album Decent Work for Decent Pay out on January 26th on Big Dada, I caught up with the man himself to talk about his plans for 2009. First of all, what can you tell [...]
