Anderson do Paraíso is one of the most influential and seminal DJs and producers behind the downtempo and dark baile funk sound of the city of Belo Horizonte. At 27 years old, the artist gained notoriety with songs that draw an unusual ghostly atmosphere full of suspense and mystery to the frantic whirl of the famous Brazilian beat.

Paraíso's music simmers with tense, cinematic energy, muddling minimal, bumpy rhythms and nods to vintage hip-hop with classical, folk and jazz instrumentation and haunted samples. His debut album 'Querid​ã​o', released earlier this year on Nyege Nyege Tapes, is one of the scene's most idiosyncratic transmissions, a slowed-down, reverb-drenched collage of early dubstep low-end, high-pitched squeals and eerie, whisper-quiet vocals that's as sensual as it is terrifying.

And yet people create different ways to dance to this sound, stretching the boundaries of the dancefloor.