Marçal and Nicodemo
Brazilian vocalist Marçal is accompanied by Nicodemo on prepared piano. Nicodemo places paper, tin cans, clothes-pins, and metal plates across the instrument’s strings. The songs are interpretations of works by artists connected to Marçal. The performance is guided by tension between words, percussive noises, electronic effects, and dissonances. The track Cavaquinho, originally by Rodrigo Campos, incorporates electronic loops at its conclusion. Eu Lacrei by Negro Leo uses processed voices that contrast with clear piano notes which expand and contract.
Davidson Soares
Davidson Soares, a composer from Minas Gerais, has been releasing music since the Myspace era. His work combines electronics, acoustic atmospheres, and post-rock guitar textures. The opening track debaixo de um corpo que caiu do rooftop includes the distant voice of a far-right politician. Extremamente Medicados builds its rhythmic structure from noise, with a melody that drifts unmoored.
Volkmann & Dinucci
Volkmann and Dinucci recorded their first album Enxame in 2023 in São Paulo. They toured Europe as a duo in summer 2025, ending at Cafe Oto in London, and then recorded in Cologne. Volkmann plays alto saxophone, weaving improvised jazzy phrases around Dinucci’s strummed samba guitar lines. Dinucci occasionally chants quotes from traditional Yoruba songs dedicated to the Orixás, repeating the phrases. The two musicians find a common language through their interplay.
Berle
Berle’s third studio album was recorded across London, São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Germany, and Maceió, co-produced with Batata Boy. He has formed a collaborative community with Nyron Higor and Phylipe Nunes Araújo, all based in São Paulo, who contribute to each other’s albums in a free exchange of ideas reminiscent of the Clube Da Esquina movement. Berle plays nylon-string guitar, with touches of Fender Rhodes, and delivers lyrics in a melancholic style. The track Amor Inteiro has an Afrobeat feel, and Ideais Mágicas features Autotune amid synth textures.
Victor Negri
Victor Negri, who previously recorded as Arubu Avua, has released Sem. The album is built on layers of wobbly guitar loops, samples, glitchy electronics, and field recordings. The recordings began in Lisbon and were finished in Campinas, Brazil. The eight tracks unfold gradually; some end in distortion and feedback, while others remain sparse and static.
Maria Portugal / EROSÃO Percussion Trio
Maria Portugal previously performed with Fred Frith at a jazz festival. EROSÃO Percussion Trio is a Brazil-Germany collaboration blending her Brazilian musical roots with free improvisation and electronic experimentation. Portugal invited percussionists Burkhard Beins and Emilio Gordo from Berlin’s Echtzeitmusik scene. The trio uses a traditional drum set alongside unconventional instruments such as bowed cymbals, metal objects, wood, straws, and chains. The album includes renditions of Brazilian classics: Pulsar by Caetano Veloso and Augusto de Campos is performed with delicate taps, and Correnteza by Tom Jobim and Luiz Bonfá is translated into percussive patterns.
Buhr
Buhr, formerly known as Karina Buhr, removed the surname to align with a non-binary identity. Based in Recife and a drummer, Buhr was part of the original mangue beat movement. Buhr’s film debut was in Meu nome é Bagdad. This is Buhr’s first album in seven years, made in collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Rami Freitas. The title track features contributions from Arto Lindsay and Fernando Catatau of Cidadão Instigado, with guitar skronk and rolling percussion. Guitarist Edgard Scandurra, of the band Ira!, also appears. The music is rooted in Recife, incorporating dub reggae, maracatus, and forró. The track Demotivacional features Russo Passapusso from BahianaSystem.
QMAR
QMAR consists of Paula Rebellato (Rakta) and Cacá Amaral (Rumbo Reverso).
