“After Planet Hemp I hooked up with Nacao Zumbi and Chico Science, their lead singer. The first one is a bit rock and the live one’s good but it just doesn’t really compare.” I recommend the second and third Planet Hemp record. I continued producing projects for these guys in 95, and they asked me to do their next record, their third album ( A Invasao), and then their live album ( MTV Ao Vivo – 2001).

I stayed there for one month and got a taste of Brazil and ended up meeting my future wife. That was my first official Brazilian gig. They invited me to produce their next record ( Os Caes). They’re a Brazilian rock/rap kind of band, a little bit of a Beasties vibe. Eventually I managed to go to Brazil on tour one time with the Beastie Boys and kinda touched back with my country and I met up with these cats Planet Hemp and that actually set the spark for me to come out and produce their record.

“I was born in Brazil but raised in LA since I was two so I spent most of my time here. Os Cães Ladram Mas a Caravana Não Pára (1997) We sat down with Mario to get his thoughts on these records. The list of people he has worked with resembles a ‘who’s who’ of modern Brazilian culture. What is not well-known about Mario is the amount of Brazilian records he has played a part in over the last 10 years. He is of course most famous though for his work with Beastie Boys where he was their right-hand man from Paul’s Boutique right the way through to Hello Nasty. has worked as a producer or engineer for Jack Johnson, Manu Chao, Donovan Frankenreiter, Beck, Super Furry Animals, Tone Loc and Young MC.

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