Booka Shade

It was built on a foundation of no less than four stand-out singles including two huge Ibiza hits.

Finally getting the chance to see them live at The Forum as a sideshow to their Big Day Out appearances only strengthened that opinion.

Toronto, Canada

Previous album The Sun And The Neon Light was undeniably impressive but though it sported impressive house beats it appeared to be moving the group towards a cinematic approach.

It's a night now infamously etched in the memories of the group of friends I was travelling with mainly because of its copious rum consumption and resulting mishaps.

The most intriguing fact for a Brazilian is to think of how exactly a huge country like this one—massively colonized by immigrants from every corner of the world—can be reduced to only a few but almost definitive features.