From the moment they made their first song together everything just clicked. The music and lyrics just flowed effortlessly, the way it should. They spent the next 4 months from September to December recording what would become "A Origem da Natureza Urbana". A true melting pot of their diverse influences, a mix of classic hip-hop, dub, funk, electro, urban, trip-hop and ragga, along with a handful of collaborations from Ireland, Spain and Nigeria.

The result of their musical journey together is a modern union of different nationalities, colors, flavours, sounds, places and styles. Proving once again that music knows no boundaries.

MC Quilombola aka Rodrigo Teles was born and raised in Sampabilon a suburb of São Paulo. He describes himself as a versatile MC influenced by life around him, both the seen and the unseen. Ever since he was a child, MC Quilombola's main love has been hip-hop, but he likes to mix it up, with raggamuffin, dancehall, capoeira, samba or jungle vocals. Recently he's been experimenting with dubstep and grime also. In 2005 he moved to Ireland where he met Michael. He truly sees no frontiers, and his lyrics reflect this.

Michael Lovatt was born in London and spent his childhood between America and Greece. He began making music in the late 80's while living in America.

Inspired by early electro and EBM bands like Depeche Mode, OMD, Front242 and classic old school hip-hop. During the 90's he got heavily into the rave, acid jazz, trip hop and house scenes, putting on parties and djing around Greece and Ireland.

He relocated to Berlin in 2012 where he has been active in the dance scene there, releasing deep house and techno under his own name.

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Urban Response lives in Berlin, Germany and São Paulo, Brazil.

A Origem da Natureza Urbana