The greater Lisbon area is separated by the Tagus river, North and South. P.D.D.G. (Piquenos Djs Do Guetto) was a crew from the North Side (2008 - 2013), who prodigious youngblood DJ Firmeza was part of. Firmeza was born in Portugal and proudly herald's from the Quinta do Mocho hood, where Lisbon-style Batida originators Nervoso and Marfox are based out too, and is a remarkable DJ, with a unique percussive style to the art of mixing, therefore an acclaimed regular on Príncipe's monthly residency at Musicbox club in Lisbon.
He saw his first music put to wax at the end of 2013 with B.N.M. / P.D.D.G. 's/t' EP on Príncipe, who got elected 'Album of the Month' on SPIN's Control Voltage, a novelty track review on Pitchfork and earned a laudatory review from Resident Advisor amongst others. Firmeza is a lone rider now, producing tracks on his bedroom studio and Príncipe is scheduled to release a 12'' of his own material for a 2015 release. Travelled to the titanic MADinBelgrade Festival last May to unfortunately see his out-of-borders live debut slot get cancelled due to the strenuous weather conditions, but has since played out more and more in our Ol' Continent, from Berlin's Schinkel Pavillon terrace party to a Bienne's geodesic compound in the woods this summer.