Pedro Maia, from sorocaba in são paulo state, came up through skating and hip hop, worked as a beatmaker and ended up in house. ninja tune describe what he makes as a blend of brazilian musicality and uk nodding sounds, which is about right.

the moment was filmed. on 4 may 2023 he played a cercle set at the plaza de españa in seville, wrote a track called NO8DO specifically for it, and the video has been watched around four million times. he played a hundred and sixty shows across twenty nine countries that year and took a residency at dc 10 in ibiza.

It's like this little play around, two different time signatures, traveling across the world, missing home. It's all of that duality.

mochakk on NO8DO, edm.com, 15 may 2023

his biggest record is older and simpler, Da Fonk with joni, out on nervous in july 2022. Jealous and The Line followed on circoloco records, and his remix of the martinez brothers and gordo's Rizzla has become one of his most played tracks in its own right.

ninja tune signed him for the From The Stars ep in february 2025, built around a rework of the rah band, with Maria on it, a track he first played at that cercle set. in may 2026 verve gave him nina simone's See-Line Woman to rebuild.

he also opened a club. OBLIQO, a nightclub and cultural space in his home town, launched on 6 september 2024, and he runs his own festival in malta called mochakk calling. he has gone back to back with Disclosure at cercle and with Vintage Culture, both further up this page.

two headline dates on the radar. under the k bridge in brooklyn on 29 august, with dj minx and dj holographic supporting, and gallagher square at petco park in san diego on 24 september, a ten o'clock start two nights before he plays crssd.