MOCHAKK @ Club Space Miami - SUNRISE DJ SET presented by Link Miami Rebels

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Pedro Luis Nunes Maia (born 21 September 1999 in Sorocaba, Brazil), known by the stage name Mochakk is a Brazilian DJ and music producer.





Mochakk is a fully-fledged dance music phenomenon

After shooting to viral fame in 2022, Mochakk has asserted he has the range and the vision to earn his place in the top-tier of electronic music. Ana Yglesias joins him on his much-hyped, ice-cream-filled New York takeover, seeing his boundless creativity, non-stop schedule, and the many fans who idolise him first-hand

https://mixmag.net/feature/mochakk-calling-interview-dj-brazil-new-york-takeover



It's been two-and-a-half years since Mochakk burst onto the global electronic music scene with a viral TikTok—49-seconds of his enthusiastic DJ dance moves set to PAWSA's ‘Roll Play’. (At the time of writing, the clip has 1.3 million likes, just shy of the 1.4 million followers he has on that social media platform. On Instagram he now has 1.7 million.) Not all artists are ready to ride their 15-minutes of fame to something bigger, but the ‘False Need’ producer, who is still just 24-years-old, seems born ready.

In 2022, Mochakk showed us what he’s capable of. He went from booking his first gigs outside of his home country of Brazil to popping his Ibiza cherry playing DC-10’s beloved Circoloco party, remixed the Martinez Brothers (‘Rizzla’ featuring Gordo and Rema), released hot tunes on Nervous and Black Book Records (‘Da Fonk’ featuring Joni and ‘False Need,’ respectively), and launched his MOTRAXX label, to name just a few highlights. The following year, he made his Cercle debut in Seville, played huge festival stages at Sónar (in Barcelona and Lisbon), Coachella and ARC, and became a Circoloco regular, even playing their Ibiza season opener and closing out the year with his debut on their label, ‘Jealous’. His first release of 2024 will also drop on CircoLoco Records, an energetic six-track EP entitled ‘Locomotiva Ibiza 2099’, with part one coming July 26.

Mochakk’s upbeat, eclectic sound and infectious energy has had him playing a whirlwind of major gigs around the world several times over, but perhaps the most important are his Mochakk Calling parties, where he gets to book the openers, curate the space and showcase his expansive sound and skater-influenced aesthetic.

We caught up with the fast-rising Brazilian DJ/producer during his much-hyped, ice-cream-filled New York takeover in June, where we witnessed first-hand his star power and the loyal fanbase that idolizes him. The celebratory occasion marked the debut NYC edition of this new party series, which he launched in Los Angeles' famed 5,000-capacity rave venue the Shrine last year and has (quite quickly) sold out in all six cities he's hosted in so far.

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