Puto Márcio, now living in Loures, a suburb of Lisbon, after a period in his late teens living in Rennes, France, playing football at Stade Rennais and FC Bruz, is the illustrious originator of Tia Maria Produções. After abandoning his first crew 'DJs di puro ritmo' he set up Tia Maria from scratch in 2012, inviting other producers that he was getting to know online and admiring their work, explaining that the game plan for his new venture would be assembling together a collective that shared the same passion and commitment to produce music. The group eventually consolidated on its current line up of him, YudiFox, b.bOý, Télio and Lý-coOx, and released on Príncipe its first 12'' last Summer, called 'Tá Tipo Já Não Vamos Morrer'.

Márcio is an accomplished DJ, usually smoothly starting out with his sick brand of Tarraxos (listen to his sole-produced psych-tearjerker crew anthem 'Tia Maria da Vida', who Rory Gibb on his WIRE magazine review described as 'buzzy saw wave harmonies (which) are stately and sorrowful enough to prick up the hairs on the back of your neck') and progressively evolving to the distinctive Batida style of Lisbon that Tia Maria has been contributing indelibly to shape. Finished 2014 knowing that Tia Maria's 12'' made it to the top spot on the year-end 'Critical Beats' list of Wire magazine and sharing on Príncipe's soundcloud the extraordinary 'Mix Louco' for our listening pleasure, unveiling a bit of what 2015 may bring about in new sound forms from his crew.