GG Albuquerque

GG Albuquerque is a journalist, music critic, and PhD in Communications Studies. His research has focused on Afro-diasporic and Global South electronic music. He is the co-director of the feature film “Terror Mandelão,” an experimental documentary about São Paulo’s funk bruxaria scene and DJ K, which premiered in 2024 at the Tiradentes International Film Festival in Brazil. Since 2015, he’s been editing the blog and page Volume Morto and is a co-founder of Embrazado, a journalistic project dedicated to the musical cultures of Brazilian favelas. He’s also the screenwriter of Spotify’s documentary on bregafunk music and was a member of the Official Jury at the Tiradentes Film Festival and the Super Jury at the Multishow Awards. He has written for outlets such as Vice Brasil, Bandcamp, KondZilla, UOL, Jornal do Commercio, Suplemento Pernambuco, and many others. In 2023, he was recognized with the Vozes 30 award, which highlights initiatives that illuminate the future of Brazilian communication.
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