
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Marcelo Vig is both a carioca* by birth and a Londoner by affinity. He has lived in the last 15 years between London and Rio, where he is based now.
In the UK, Vig played drums with Patrick Wolf with whom he recorded two of his albums and toured extensively in Europe and the US.
As a drummer has worked with great artists from both sides of the Atlantic: Eminem, Will Smith, Avril Lavigne, Stacie Orrico (TV sessions), Cass Fox, and has recorded with Bishi, Jason Donovan, Debbie Bonham and many others...
In Brazil has recorded with Gilberto Gil, Lenine, Roberta Sá Pedro Luís, Zé Renato, Vulgue Tostoi etc
As a DJ Vig started off in a course in London at the S.A.E. school in 1998. Between ’99 and 2001 played in Brazil in the emerging electronic scene, having payed in the Rock In Rio Festival in the dance tent. After moving to Europe in early 2001 Vig played in Lisbon and held a residency at the Guanabara Club, and also presented the radio show Caipirinha Appreciation Society.