Azar Azar

Sérgio Alves is a producer, composer, and keyboardist who blends jazz, hip-hop, afrobeat, funk, and electronic music, creating soundscapes in a free and exploratory way. Also known as AzarAzar, he was born in southern Germany and grew up in Porto, surrounded by pianos and vinyl records. His first dream was to become a painter, somewhere between Basquiat and Pollock, although his taste for bold and extravagant colors may have been inherited from his cousin Carmen Miranda. He started working as a local DJ at the age of 11, at his parents’ club. Around this time, his love for Afro-American music began to grow. First came disco and house, followed by soul and funk. He suddenly stumbled upon Herbie Hancock, and then Miles, who became one of his obsessions! Coltrane, Monk, all those jazz cats… Hip-hop also came onto the scene, just in time to make him spend his lunch money on records…