Felipe Maia

Felipe Maia is a Brazilian journalist, ethnomusicologist, and DJ. His work explores the intersections of popular music, digital technologies, and the Global South. He has bylines on Folha de S. Paulo, Vice, The Guardian, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Remezcla, amongst others. His current research as a PhD candidate (Université Paris Nanterre) focuses on the phenomenon of mobile Brazilian sound systems known as paredões. He is a resident DJ on Rinse France with BAÏLE, a radio show dedicated to showcasing baile funk as a club music genre, and he has curated several projects centered on baile funk and Latin American electronic music with NTS, Boiler Room, and Spotify, including the NTS album Funk.BR – São Paulo.