DJ Andy, one of the most famous names in the Drum and Bass music style in Brazil, has just launched his compilation "BMA - Student Series Part 3" composed only of students from his course: Bass Music Academy, which aims to expand horizons of music producers and DJs who love and bet on broken beats here in Brazil.
The BMA (Bass Music Academy) course aims to introduce new music producers within the electronic scene with a new bias in electronic music that comprises all styles of music that have broken beats, it is the first course in Portuguese - br focused on Drum and Bass and this represents a lot for the DNB scene in Brazil, which continues to have ups and downs at all times without stability within the market.
The course is very interactive and has several different features, such as no time limit for questions, material provided by recognized names within Drum and Bass, in addition to having as a teacher one of the most important names in Drum and Bass worldwide.
Today, December 9th, the last part of 3 compilations that DJ Andy created only with students from the course mentioned in the paragraph above comes out.
Check out the course playlist on Spotify below or if you prefer, use the button below to choose another platform:
The BMA course has revealed many important names for changing the level of artists already existing within the Drum and Bass scene, names such as: Nasz, Liu Ken, Syck, RCA, Marcos K-Marx, The Analyst among others, have already launched on other record labels and this shows how much the course can really change the DNB style.
In the event that you're fully informed regarding V Accounts, you'll realize we delivered something pretty unique on our sister name Constant recently - The Brazilian Takeover.
The last time we put out a gathering collection like this was Level 2 Presents: Viva Brazil back in 2012. So 10 years on, it was no time like the present we returned to our usual hangout spot to reacquaint everybody. This time, we have DJ Andy in charge - a craftsman who was important for the principal wave of Brazilians to join the V family back in the mid 2000s.
Devoted to local Brazil ability, and loaded with 20 tracks from laid out V top choices like L-Side, Justification and Critycal Name, close by thrilling newbies including No Embarrassment, Oliver Ferrer and LOPHT, The Brazilian Takeover is a suggestion to everybody why we love Brazil.
Yet, it's not only that. This gathering is a 15-drawn out desire of DJ Andy's. An opportunity for him to reward the scene he experienced childhood in, and a calling to the Brazilian makers out there who don't think a vocation making drum and bass is conceivable. Regardless of what certain individuals might think, the Brazil scene is perfectly healthy!
We found DJ Andy to measure the story behind the collection, the country's D&B recovery, and the youthful Brazilian makers who keep on motivating Andy even following 30 years in the game.
The Brazilian Takeover! You’ve been on quite the journey to get this over the line.
My companion, I'm truly blissful. Bryan and I began discussing a gathering quite a while back. At that point, I used to come to London. However, when my child was conceived, I didn't venture out to the UK for around 10 years. At the point when I began addressing Bryan about the gathering once more, he shared with me: "Andy, individuals who realize you are more established on the grounds that you've consumed a large chunk of the day to return to the UK. The children don't realize you well, so we want you to make music again first."
You needed to build up a connection again?
Indeed. So in 2017, I began dealing with my music once more. I put discharges out on V, Constant, ProRAM, Development and Fear, however the fantasy to assemble a gathering was all the while copying within me. During lockdown, I started live streaming and I saw bunches of good music coming from makers in Brazil.
At some point, I did a Jerk live stream and L-Side said "seems to be a The Brazilian Takeover" since we had heaps of Brazilian DJs on the line-up. I was like - that is a decent name! I called Bryan and let him know I thought it was the perfect opportunity to do a gathering. I said I needed to grandstand the new makers here and the all around laid out ones, and he said: "OK Andy, this moment's the opportunity. The children know your music and a ton of Brazilian makers are on top right now." That is the way The Brazilian Takeover began.
Particularly in light of the fact that I've been in the scene for quite a long time. Myself, Marky and Patife were a portion of the main Brazilians to play D&B here, yet not as numerous more youthful heads know my name. At the point when individuals began to acknowledge I was from a similar time, I was receiving messages from the new children saying: Goodness! You're the DJ Andy from Brazil once upon a time. You're not kidding! So I feel extremely content with this undertaking.
It should be a nice sentiment to see a new rush of Brazilian D&B specialists getting through.
Without a doubt. A great deal of makers here have quit making music after some time in view of being hitched, having kids and different things throughout everyday life. After this collection, I received messages from these makers saying I'd propelled them to get back in the studio. It's the ideal opportunity for Brazilian D&B to develop to the levels it used to be.
Particularly back when you were following through in the mid 2000s, D&B used to be immense in Brazil. Yet, some would agree that it has gotten lost throughout the long term, up to this point.
That is the very thing that I'm appearing through this arrangement. D&B was enormous in Brazil in those days, however it has been somewhat of a joke over the long haul as the melodic flavors here change a lot with it being a heat and humidity. One day samba is the flavor, one day astounding Carioca ( from Rio de Janeiro ) is the flavor. With the accumulation, I needed to show the headway that has been made in Brazil. In those days, we had a major scene and a solid association with our kin and the nation, so I needed to show this to the world once more.
How Would You Say the Brazil Scene Has Evolved Over Time?
It has continually attempted to reevaluate itself. Previously, it was too large with 3000-5000 limit parties. However, presently, our gatherings have around 300-500 individuals at them. After lockdown, we attempted to get back to how the gatherings were, yet a ton of clubs shut here.
In spite of the fact that, there are individuals here attempting to bring the energies back once more. Marky has DJ Marky and Companions, I'll be running The Brazilian Takeover evenings, Critycal Name will be back with his party again as well. Be that as it may, it's troublesome with the absence of clubs. This makes it much harder to instruct the youthful ones with our music. The scene here is still underground.