Tuxe’s debut EP ‘Cem por Cento’ (100%) virtually appears as a portrait of an artist shaped by constant movement. Born in Salvador and raised across Feira de Santana and Aracaju, his musical identity borrows from each and every cultural context he’s touched.
Six years in São Paulo’s queer underground sharpened his taste for heavily distorted basslines and chopped vocals, while memories of tropical rhythms and warm melodic pads continue to influence his sound. The EP becomes a way of holding these worlds together: the noise of the metropolis and the pulse of Brazil’s northeast.
Released by São Paulo based record label Tandera Records, it seems fitting that the EP finds its home highlighted in Bandcamp’s “Best Latin Music” column in July 2024. Written between São Paulo, a Northeast tour, and a second run through Europe, Cem por Cento listens like an auditory love letter to this physical journey.
Nada A Pulso epitomises Tuxe’s sound, somehow treading that fine, to the point of non-existent, line between the raw and the lush, the elegant yet urgent. Shimmering synths open with a momentary calm before a broken beat and warped bassline send the track lurching forward. Breathless vocal snippets and distorted radio-like transmissions flicker through the mix, creating a warped, percussive drive and, essentially, serious movement.
Midway, a subtle 4/4 pulse rises, sharpening the contrast between bright synth work and gritty low-end pressure. Urgent, endlessly energetic, Nada A Pulso would find itself equally at home over the airwaves of a cold European basement or the beaches of Brazil.
‘Cem por Cento’ is out now via Tandera Records. Order a copy from Bandcamp.
TRACKLIST
1. Attention Leak
2. CEM POR CENTO
3. Bassline Update (feat. KAPP)
4. Nada A Pulso