TROPICAL UNDERGROUND was created in October 2015 by the Brazilian underground veterans Marcelo Lazzari a.k.a. DJ Marcelo K2 (also one of the label owners of ANARCHY IN THE FUNK) and Fernando Mendes a.k.a. FERO (FM/AM Entertainment). Both moved to Europe in the summer 2015 to work full-time on the label and work closely with the distributors, artists and supporters.
Marcelo and Fernando have a long history in the scene which dates back to 1997-1998 when Marcelo K2 started his DJ career and Fernando set up his first DJ booking agency in Brazil. Since then, Marcelo has been managed and booked by FERO (FM/AM Artist Management) and both toured around the globe, from Europe to Asia.
Feeling the booming of an exciting scene in Eastern Europe FERO moved the agency to Czech Republic in 2002 and later to Berlin in 2007; managed bookings for the likes of Frank Muller/Beroshima, WJ Henze, Elektrabel, Kammy “The Lady Machine”, and several others. FERO went back to his home country a few months after being a partner in a float at the LOVE PARADE 2007 (Essen, Germany); moved to the resort town of Buzios/Rio de Janeiro and began throwing parties on the beach.
Finally, in summer 2015, Marcelo and Fernando had the idea to start a new cutting-edge label and moved back to Europe for good. Since its start, the label quickly caught attention of the underground community by being supported by well known names like Luke Eargoggle (SWE), Thomas Kress (DE), Elektrabel (CZ), Cosmic Force (NL), Orgue Electronique (NL), David Vunk (NL), Radical G (BE), DJ Boss (SK) and Baz Raznik (NL). Since then several other very talented artists from all over the globe joined in such as Chris Radium (Malta), X707 (Brazil), Sean Higgins a.k.a. Cybereign (UK), Leo Breanza (Brazil), Kenny Loco (BE), Anders (Brazil), Renan Vansconcelos (Brazil) and Rodrigo “Saduh” a.k.a. Subsolo (Brazil/Poland).
TROPICAL UNDERGROUND is always looking for talented artists, well known and unknowns. The label follows no stereotypes but sticks to the underground spir
