Paulo Menotti Del Picchia

Batida do Gueto and the Genealogy of Descompasso: Peripheral Electronic Music and the Politics of Postcolonial Belonging in Lisbon

This article analyzes the creative and social practices surrounding batida do gueto (ghetto beat), an emerging Afro-diasporic electronic music genre developed by Lisbon’s peripheral youth. Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted in 2025—including participant observa...