Chico Dub

Summer in New York gets even hotter with this new edition of Sonoridade. Continuing the yearlong quest to invite DJs and producers to create specially commissioned mixes for Sonoridade, host Béco Dranoff brings you the multi-talented Chico Dub as this episode's guest of honor!

Rio de Janeiro-based Chico Dub is a curator, cultural producer, and artistic director focusing on experimental music, new trends, and vanguard music. As the founder and curator of the Novas Frequencias festival since 2011, Chico Dub has collaborated with festivals such as Sonar, Electronika, SESI Cultural Digital, and Red Bull. Among many important projects, Chico has coordinated cultural programs at Rio’s new MIS (Sound and Image Museum) being also the curator behind the influential Hy Brazil compilations that maps and promotes innovative and experimental sounds from Brazil. Chico Dub is also the creator and writer of Dub Echoes, the first feature documentary about the importance of Jamaican Dub music on Hip Hop and Electronic music.

You are in for a set of real, innovative music. Lock the doors, crank the air conditioner and enjoy the sounds!

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