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Djinn & Tonic aka Erich Beckmann (drummer for Kirby’s Dream Band) creates what he calls electro exotica, taking inspiration from pulp comics, videogame music, and classic films. His debut album Electro Exotica was released in early 2022. Its single for “Belo Horizonte” includes some lyrics sung in Portuguese, and was named for the sixth-largest city in Brazil, with a population of around 2.7 million and a metropolitan area of 6 million people. The track, which samples a Saulo Duarte e a Unidade song called “Na Terra Vermelha,” came out with an accompanying animated.