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Artist
Das Kope
12+ albums
chillwavepsychedelicNeo-Psychedeliapsychedelic popbrazil
about
Long before he started writing psychedelic pop songs, and becoming a Los Angeles resident, George, aka Das Kope, actually lived only a few blocks from where the Brazilian 60’s rock band Os Mutantes had originated. Raised in the west side of São Paulo, the biggest most metropolitan city in Brazil, he was always an outsider with a vision. A self taught guitarist, influenced by the grey cityscape, he found his musical voice in punk rock at a young age. Propelled by the DIY spirit and barely out of his teens, he saved enough money to buy a ticket to Los Angeles, and in an almost runaway fashion he left everything behind in pursuit of music. In his first few months he got to live his own version of ‘California Dreaming’, but the Brazilian money he had saved didn’t translate to lots of American dollars. Going back to the comfort of his home country would had been the logical decision, instead he decided to join LA’s fastest growing lifestyle: broke musician. For the next years he found himself working a slew of odd jobs and moving from place to place, eventually settling as a part time recluse in a dark Hollywood apartment he nicknamed ‘the cave’. Tangled up in his loneliness and guitar cables, this isolation brought about in him a madness and a creativity that would keep him company for the next few years. He became obsessed with guitar pedals, synthesizers, VCRs, After Effects, tape recorders, green screen and anything that brought color to his otherwise nocturnal existence. Ins
