DEAFKIDS

Brazilian duo DEAFKIDS (Neurot Recordings) brings its unique sound and aesthetic built over a 15-year career on the roads and stages of the world, incorporating elements of electronic and experimental avant-garde music, Dub techniques, noise, psychedelia and the hypnotic polyrrhythms and pulsations of native Brazilian and Latin music to the energetic discharge of punk's expanding frontiers.

With their distinctive ever evolving sound, the band from the industrial city of Volta Redonda in Rio de Janeiro has become one of the most prosperous and innovative acts from the underground scene to leave Brazil for international stages today, having played in 4 continents and gaining recognition from national and international audiences and critics with highlights in important media outlets - such as The Guardian, The Wire, FACT Magazine and The Quietus from the United Kingdom, Afropunk, BrooklynVegan, Bandcamp Daily and Revolver Magazine from the United States and Folha de S. Paulo in Brazil - and circulating between venues, festivals, electronic parties and extensive tours throughout Brazil, Europe and North America, including appearances at renowned festivals such as Roadburn (NL), Supersonic (UK), Amplifest (PT), Donau (AT), Avant Art (PL), OUT.FEST (PT), A Colossal Weekend (DK), SWR Barroselas Metalfest (PT), Fluff Fest (CZ), Integraciones (Peru), Obscene Extreme (CZ), Punk Illegal (SWE), Mamba Negra (BR), Novas Frequências (BR), Coquetel Molotov (BR), DoSol (BR), Bananada (BR) - and touring together with bands such as Neurosis (US), Oranssi Pazuzu (FI), Rakta (BR), Test (BR), Bell Witch (US), Sturle Dagsland (NO) and Big Brave (CA).

Over the years, DEAFKIDS built their own visual aesthetic with Leal’s artwork imprinted on a vast and diverse discography totaling more than 20 releases including LPs, compacts, CDs, cassettes and digital released in Brazil, USA, England, Germany, Portugal, France and Japan, with studio albums, live recordings, compilations and collaborations - such as the albums “Live At Sesc Pompeia” together with the band RAKTA, “DEAFBRICK” (a collaborative record with Petbrick, the London duo formed by Iggor Cavalera and Wayne Adams), “ROAM” - a commissioned collaborative piece with Deafbrick (BR/UK), Duma (KE) and Simon Grab (CH), and a recording produced by legendary Killing Joke frontman Jaz Coleman.

Their fifth studio album was released in 2023 on LP by Nada Nada Discos (BR) and Rapid Eye Records (EU), and Lovers & Lollypops (PT) in cassette. The band brings together a remixed/remastered version of the three EPs previously only released digitally during the pandemic, with the addition of two songs made exclusively for the awarded game “Cyberpunk 2077” original soundtrack. Dystopia reigns in the game, in our world and in the music that manages to capture the surreal feeling of this paradox of survival in contemporary times.

“#1 Best Avant-Garde Albums of 2019.” – Cvlt Nation

“#17 Best Albums of 2019.” – The Quietus

“…one of the most exciting bands I have heard in a very long time.” – Steve Von Till, Neurosis/Neurot

“…a fusion of future-primitive soundscapes, Afrobeat and tribal polyrhythms, and industrial wasteland electronica thematically investigating the concept of metaprogramming…” – Decibel Magazine

“Somewhere between Neurosis and Sepultura lies Brazil’s DEAFKIDS, a self-described ‘noise-punk’ outfit that more than lives up to that descriptor…” – Revolver Magazine

[...] Arranged with genuine cinematic vision and accuracy…it’s a DEAFKIDS record, from here on that means something.” – The Wire

“It’s hard to know where to start with an album as stunning as this. It’s noisy, it’s industrial, it’s pummeling, and it’s ultimately completely satisfying…a wondrous journey of noise that is ear shattering, danceable and gnarly at every turn. 9/10.” – Louder Than War

“Hook by hook by hook Metaprogramação is pure musical immersion… 8/10” – Metal Hammer

It’s rare that a punk band sounds this new, this unbridled. – AFROPUNK

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Espirais da Loucura (Official Video)

A Caça (Official Video)

Deafkids & Petbrick - Força Bruta (Official Video)

Live at Electrowerkz, London 2022

FACT Magazine / Patch Notes: DEAFKIDS