Born in the early eighties in Lisbon via Goa, Marco Antão is the man behind the name Switchdance - a moniker adapted from a deceptively unwieldy skateboarding manoeuvre which requires the rider to perform tricks in a reverse stance to their preferred one. Widely regarded as one of Portugal’s finest and most adventurous DJs and producers, he is renowned for his highly eclectic, profoundly hypnotic sets. Switchdance ultimately seeks to challenge audiences, all the while enticing them with a combination of music that draws equally from a comfortably familiar past and a distant alien future. Any and all boundaries are promptly discarded and conventions that seem to limit many other DJs are overcome with impressive confidence and audacity. His decade-plus-long residency at the notorious Lux Frágil allowed him to share the booth with all of his favourite musicians and main influences. Taking his love of psychedelic arpeggios, gothic melodies and dusty drum machine-driven percussive moments, he distills and restructures these elements into a unique sound elegantly displayed in his productions showcased on labels such as Lossless, Duro and Innervisions.