Death Disco: Iggor's Inferno

Iggor Cavalera is still best known for his time as the drummer in Brazilian metal band Sepultura. Throughout the nineties, Sepultura became a key part of the modern metal music and Iggor was a major factor in making this happen. His percussive talents saw him build up a wealth of accolades including several "Best Drummer“ titles across the years, as well as touring the world and shifting well over 10 million albums.

Today however, Iggor is part of a new and starkly different project, in the form of Mixhell.
"I've always been into different styles of beats through my whole carrier and that includes electronic beats. People just started inviting me to do DJ sets in Brazil...that's how the whole thing started." says Iggor.

After working alongside the likes of Necro, Ice T, Zegon, Sabotage and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, Iggor and his wife Laima have now moved the project from its creative home in the studio to the stage. Here it has become a DJ project with an unusual live element. Iggor and Laima have incorporated a MPC sampler into their DJ sets, allowing them to combine electroclash, hip-hop, punk and rock more easily. The music they are creating on the fly is very beat oriented and still has its roots in Iggor's dominating percussive background.

Iggor and Laima’s blend of old and new makes it a perfect fit for Death Disco as the combination of turntables, CDJs, mixers, laptops and drum pads create an extremely versatile and engaging experience. Add to this the implementation of a live aspect with Iggor on a drumkit and the whole show takes a different turn.

"Live we use three Pionneer 1000 CD decks, an Akai MPC 500, a Korg KPD 3, a Pioneer 800 mixer and live drums. Honestly, we are not big fans of playing live with computers, we don't feel the sound so bright. We've already tried to DJ with Serato for example and it sounded too compressed on the highs and lows."

Mixhell's first release, 'Highly Explicit', came out on the German label Boyz Noise Records earlier this year. The track is received heavy rotation from some of the biggest names in the industry after it was remixed by Brodinski.

"Our friend alex (Boys Noize) heard the track and asked us to release as a picture disc. We love it, we are very proud to work with him!"