Wandering the empty historic streets of São Luís, Maranhão, with Celia.

Last week while combing Brazil for new beats I finally had a chance to visit São Luís, capital of the state of Maranhão in the hot and sparsely populated Northeast. Here is a quick video from that journey (music by Zomes: Cosmovital Force):

Beer is sipped in small glasses here in Brazil. Get on board.

Situated on a large island on the edge of the Amazon Basin and known as the Reggae Capital of Brazil, São Luís had been on my radar to visit for a long time – especially since Junho’s dad and step-mom live there. I arrived on the Friday before national and regional elections, and I quickly settled in to a plate of fried shrimp and ice-cold Antarctica on the beach at Calhau with Celia to observe the omnipresent cars with enormous sound systems fitted to their roofs…