With
Brazilian, American and European backgrounds, Béco Dranoff is an acclaimed Music
Producer, A&R, Compiler and DJ/Selector, as well as a cultural bridge for
music and creative global entertainment content. Based in New York since
1988, his multifaceted career includes credits as A&R, record, radio,
documentary and TV producer, film and TV music supervisor and events curator.
An avid music collector since early childhood and an archive that includes over
6.000 albums from most genres and eras, Béco’s sets re-combine modern
re-edits, timeless classics and rare gems, blending Brazilian, Latin,
African, Jazz and Soul with global electronic beats, generating soulful sophisticated
listening experiences.
Work as DJ/Music Selector includes
prestigious venues and events such as NY Mercedes
Benz Fashion Week, MoMA’s Sculpture
Garden, Lincoln Center’s Out-Of-Doors, Central Park Summerstage, Sotheby’s,
Rainbow Room, South Street Seaport, National Arts Club, Museum Of The Moving
Image South by Southwest, Cielo, Number 8, Le Poisson Rouge, Bubble Lounge,
Nublu, Studio 151, The Red Door, Megu, Waldorf Astoria, Hotels Americano, Bowery and Hudson, Red Bull Soho Loft, Urban Zen-DKNY
and more. International venues include Kyoto Jazz Massive’s The Room in Tokyo, Beijing’s Dada Bar, The Sydney Festival, Rio’s Circo
Voador and Recife’s Porto Musical conference.
Corporate clients include: Swarovski,
Wallpaper, Brazil Foundation, ACE Coalition, Brazilian Chamber Of Commerce of
NY, Apex, China Performance Arts Agency, Wayuu Taya Foundation, Brasil
Summerfest, Sagatiba, Natura, Arezzo, Smoking Rolling Paper, Sambazon,
Espasso Design, Trip Magazine and
Africa Advertising.
Starting
as Music Programmer at São Paulo’s Jovem
Pan 2 FM, Béco co-produced the influential AIDS awareness albums
such Red Hot + Rio I and II (1996/2011)
and Red Hot + Lisbon
(1998). As co-founder of Ziriguiboom
Discos, Béco launched the international careers of artists Bebel Gilberto, Suba, Zuco 103,
Bossacucanova, DJ Dolores, Apollo Nove, Trio Mocotó and Cibelle. Along with producer
Suba, he co-produced Gilberto’s double Grammy® nominated album Tanto
Tempo (2000) plus Bebel
Gilberto (2004) and Momento
(2007) and remixes compilations. Additional compilations include: Novabossa, SambaSoul 70, Capiríssima: Batucada
Eletrônica, The Best Of
Os Mutantes (w/ David Byrne), Smoking Brazil De Luxe, Ziriguiboom: The Now Sound
OF Brazil, Brasil 2
Mil: The Soul Of Bass-O-Nova, CSNZ - Chico Science & Nação Zumbi’s and
more. Music Supervision
credits includes the soundtrack for Next Stop Wonderland (dir.
Brad Anderson / Miramax), Beyond
Ipanema documentary and TV series (co-produced by Guto Barra / Canal
Brasil), and Oscar® nominated documentary How To Survive a Plague (dir. David
France / Sundance Selects). Since 2010, Béco hosts and produces Sonoridade, the monthly Brazilian
online radio show streamed on the Clocktower Gallery radio
(www.clocktower.org).
