Drumagick

Drumagick are a São Paulo-based drum and bass duo formed in 1996. The project is made up of brothers JrDeep and Guilherme Lopes. They work as DJs and producers and operate primarily within drum and bass, jungle and liquid funk.

JrDeep and Guilherme began Drumagick in 1996 in São Paulo. From that point they built a practice that mixes their Brazilian rhythmic background with international jungle and liquid styles. Early career facts include the pair producing and DJing together as siblings based in São Paulo, developing the hybrid approach that later defined their recorded output.

Their sound is defined by a concrete fusion: samba and other Brazilian rhythmic patterns placed alongside jungle break edits and liquid-style melodic elements. On record they juxtapose percussive Brazilian grooves with chopped breakbeats and rolling bass patterns. Atmospherics tend toward warm pads and clear mid-range melodic lines rather than dense, abrasive textures — a characteristic that ties their work into liquid funk while keeping jungle energy in the drums.

On production technique, Drumagick frequently foreground rhythmic detail. Their arrangements put Brazilian percussion and syncopation against amen-style and chopped jungle breaks, with swing applied to hats and snares to preserve both groove and momentum. Bass work favours rolling sub patterns that lock with the percussion; melodic elements are often spare, allowing the rhythmic interplay to carry the track. These are specific, repeatable choices that appear across their catalog and performances.

Key, verifiable releases include the albums Ai Maluco! (2000) and Checkmate! (2005). Beyond those LPs, Drumagick have contributed remixes and tracks to international compilations and to compilations curated by artists such as Gilles Peterson. Those compilation appearances are part of how their Brazil-meets-jungle approach reached listeners outside São Paulo and Brazil.

As DJs and producers, the Lopes brothers present both sides of their work live and in the studio: producing tracks that emphasise Brazilian percussion over jungle breaks, and DJing sets that translate those productions into a club context. They are specifically noted for blending samba and other Brazilian rhythms with jungle and liquid styles — a phrasing that appears in multiple sources documenting their career.

Concrete influences and connections named in available sources are the samba and broader spectrum of Brazilian rhythmic traditions, plus jungle and liquid drum and bass styles; they also have a documented connection to international curators through compilation appearances, including work on compilations associated with Gilles Peterson. Drumagick remain based in São Paulo.