Esmeraldo Marques Pergentino Filho

About chicocorrea
Esmeraldo Marques aka Chico Correa, producer, DJ and musician from Northeasth, Paraiba state - Brazil. His productions are based on Brazilian folk melodies and rhythms such as coco, baiao, samba, carimbó mixed with eletronic stuff and audio processing. The Chico Correa & Electronic Band's album, released in 2006, is a result of years experimenting fusion between organic and electronic music. Chico Correa & Electronic Band acts as live as a 6 musician band and a VJ. Has performed in important events in Brazil like Tim Festival and Abril Pro Rock. The ensemble consists in Chico Correa (guitar / grooveboxes / synth), Stephan (sax), Larissa Montenegro (voice), João Cass (percussion), Vitor (drums), Orlando Freitas (bass and pifano flute). Alone, Chico Correa works producing remixes and sound tracks. Has produced his Chico Correa & Electronic Band's album last year, co-produced brazilian group Cabruera's Sons da Paraiba album in 2005. Recently has some remixes produced for Deep Samba (Makoto Kubota) and Mio Mazda, released in 2006 by JVC. As a DJ works with live act, mixing sounds from machines in real time, some sets are performed with a singer and a guitar player, doing eletrosamba stuff and afrobrazilian elements.