Press Release
Wax Poetics Magazine and Mochilla Present DJ Nuts: Cultura Copia: Mochilla MOCD 002
'This has to come out, it's the sh*t…' Cut Chemist (Jurrassic5)
'How can I get a dub?' Muro (King of Digging Productions)

DJ Nuts is the foremost turntablist living in Brasil today. His skills mixed with the depth of his crates makes him unique in his home country. As a youngster in the late eighties he became fascinated by the burgeoning Sao Paulo hiphop scene. Graduating from the school of “Yo MTV Raps” - he began Djing under the tutelage of Macello 2the Bone (producer of Racionais MCs) in 1991. In 2000 he became the tuntablist champion of Brasil. As a producer he was done albums for Marcello D2 (Sony Music) as well as working with Brasilian music legends Gilberto Gil, Planet Hemp, Joao Donato, Trio Mocoto, O Rappa and Dom Um Romao.

In 2002 DJ Nuts was a tutor at the Redbull Music Academy in Sao Paulo. He became the main consultant and dj for Brasilintime: Batucada com Discos – the Mochilla sequel to Keepintime.

Cultura Copia is DJ Nuts first commercially available Mix CD outside of Brasil. Nuts decided to pay tribute to the music that has inspired him most made in his country and then turntablise it.. Filled with obscure Brasilian funk, jazz, soul, as well as samba, bossa and sambarock – it is the perfect introduction to Brasilian music for those who have never experienced its diversity or for those who think they have but have never heard a Brasilian perspective. At fifty four tracks in 79 minutes Cultura Copia is a romp through funky Brasil, perhaps the first Brainfreeze from a third world perspective.