Marcelinho's awarded career is the portrait of the new 21st century Brazilian musician; an artist that blends styles and riffs, working creatively on the many borders between technology, innovation and tradition. As the owner of a precious record collection, few people know the depths of Brazilian music and all its genres like this DJ and producer from Rio de Janeiro. The facts speak for themselves. After starting out in the 1990s as a roadie to the rock band Coma and sound technician at the Hanoi Studio, Marcelinho was invited by Bernardo Bittencourt to work as a studio technician for the label Albatroz, headed by Roberto Menescal. His work there brought about two turnovers in Marcelinho's career: the definition of his professional path and the partnership with Márcio Menescal and Alexandre Moreira, with whom he founded the successful and acclaimed group Bossacucanova in 1997. During the Albatroz days, Marcelinho filtered his personal appreciation of American hip hop and the Seattle rock scene, adding those elements to recording sessions with Wanda Sá, Tito Madi, Carlos Lyra and other brand names in the Brazilian music. The “Da Lua sound” is cooked within the fusion of music, listening and styles; organic and electronic, international and Brazilian, local and universal. By the late 1990s, Marcelinho expanded his musical range and began performing as an international DJ. Starting out in parties and participating in events in Rio, soon he would become a reference inside the electronica scene in Brazil. Connected with the new beats, Da Lua fell in love with Drum & Bass, a style that merges the hypnotic power of Jamaican Dub with the dancing speed of electronic BPM. While specializing in one of the styles that matches Brazilian music the best, the DJ began to write his own material. The result was presented in two awarded albums which are mandatory on Brazilian and international dance floors: Tranqüilo, his debut solo record from 2004, and Social, from 2007, both winners of the Brazilian Music Tim Awards as Best Electronica Album. The debut disc also granted him two Best Electronic Video awards by MTV Brazil, for the tracks “Cotidiano” (2004) and “Refazenda” (2005). With Tranqüilo, Da Lua comes up with a new approach to Brazilian electronica, creating grooves that go way beyond easy radio models. Working with artists like João Donato, Seu Jorge, Black Alien, Luis Carlos Ramos, Bi Ribeiro and Mart'nália, among others, Tranqüilo showed to the public and the critic that besides being an excellent DJ, Marcelinho is a producer and musician whose name has already been established in the contemporary Brazilian music grounds.