SwitchSt(d)ance is a difficult name to retain but the music is undeniably memorable. Upon first hearing, it sounds strange, confusing, somehow off, too slow, too dense, too obscure, too naked, too real. It is also equally challenging to classify or define - electronic, hypnotic, gothic, psychedelic, melodic, organic, minimalistic, futuristic, introspective. But beyond any and all clichés it really is music to feed your head, brain music if you will, because if you allow yourself to be drawn in, the melodies and beats take hold of you leaving you with a sensation of floating just above the dance floor. Here the music comes first, all hypnotic and retro-sounding arpeggios, sometimes out of tune or time, the profound introspective soundscapes are paralleled only by the depths of the journey upon which you, as a listener, embark. Born in the early eighties in Lisbon via Goa, Marco Antão is the man behind the name which he adapted from a skateboard maneuver. He became a resident DJ at Lux Frágil in 2010, has shared the booth with all of his favourite musicians and main influences, played all over Europe from Berlin to Barcelona, Warsaw, Amsterdam or London, to name a few, and was invited by the Red Bull Music Academy to play at two editions of Boiler Room. In 2014 he released his debut EP “The Graveyard Shift” on the berlin-based Beachcoma, run by Fairmont, Sid Le Rock and Metope, with follow up “Daydreaming” landing in on the same imprint in 2015, along with no “No Man’s Land” on the legendary Areal Records

SwitchSt(d)ance is a difficult name to retain but the music is undeniably memorable. Upon first hearing, it sounds strange, confusing, somehow off, too slow, too dense, too obscure, too naked, too ...