Brazil shines on the world brighter than the sun caressing Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue, one of the planet’s most iconic sights. Its music and culture is the by-product of hundreds of ethnicities, dialects and orientations that make the South American nation one of the most diverse on the globe. Whether it’s Samba or Baile Funk, capoeira or forró, each element ladders up to a vibrant metropolis. What’s the proof? At least one of your friends is in Brazil right now! As with many cultural movements, the underground is fertile ground. Where the raw unfiltered facts of music and culture preside and are informed, primarily, by minority groups. Kontronatura is testament to this alchemy.
Representing Brazil’s queer underground scene, Kontronatura is one of the driving forces of Mamba Negra. It is one of the country’s biggest LGBTQIA+ parties. Serving up incredible electronic music, his sets are percussive and fast-paced. So much so that they put you in a trance-like state from song to song. His talents have seen him travel around the world and bless platforms like NTS, Resident Advisor, Kiosk Radio and Rinse.
In 2026, Kontronatura will be based between Berlin and São Paulo, moving across both cities as a cultural hacker. They’ll be actively opening bridges between their queer underground scenes by fostering exchanges of sound, bodies and imaginations between continents, strengthening transnational queer networks. Charged by a quest to be seen and heard, Kontronatura and others are turning the scene on its head. They’re turning parties into political statements. Ones calling for unity, bravery and resistance amid Brazil’s changing social climate.
This is Kontronatura’s love letter to Brazil’s underground queer scene and its impact on electronic music the world over.
From Brazil with love
Kontronatura: I’m here to show you how our music has been turning resistance into the new global rhythm. São Paulo, a concrete jungle where artists from all over Brazil come to thrive, grow and dream with a better future. For many of us — especially queer people — it’s where we found ourselves, our community, and the courage to keep moving forward.
From Buero to Tesãozinho, Batekoo, Trevvvo, Mamba Negra and Novo Affair, they aren’t just nightlife. They’re our community. Our sound is about creation through chaos. Technology is hacked and improvised. We produce our music in the same way we build our lives: with what we have, reprogramming lack into creation, making rhythm our way of resisting.
This is the sound of a counterattack. Where oppression was strongest, innovation exploded.
Our music is body music. Bass that rattles bones, radical frequencies that come from streets. From the favelas’ sound systems, the radiolas, the aparelhagens and the automotivos. We build from what was once seen as marginalized like Baile Funk, Tecnomelody, Dancehall, Bregafunk and Noiadance to redefine what the world calls ‘quality electronic music’.
Sound travel
I’ve just got back from a four-month tour around the UK and Europe, and what I saw is how Brazilian electronic music is taking over the world and bumping into the biggest dance floors of the continent. How our beats resonate with people from all over the world. They were dancing to the sound of Idlibra, Miss Tacacá, BADSISTA, EVEHIVE, RHR, Agazero, JLZ, Laza, Caio Prince, Clementaum and a lot of other artists from Brazil.
But unfortunately our cultural revolution is under threat. From the state violence, gentrification and lack of funding. Our music revolution risks being ripped of context, emptied of its politics. So, if the world wants to keep dancing to our music, it needs to support our people and what we stand for. The future of electronic music is Brazilian, queer and unstoppable.