Formwandla is a rising Brazilian-born, German-based electronic producer. Late last year, he released “Te encontrar,” a collaboration with Rio de Janeiro-based singer/songwriter Isabela Silvino, which was also his second song featured lyrics sung in his native Brazilian Portuguese.

“Te encontrar” was a radio friendly yet club rocking production with glistening synth arpeggios, a relentless motorik groove paired with Silvino’s melancholy and yearning delivery. To my ears, “Te encontrar” managed to sound like a sleek, hook-driven synthesis of The Weeknd and Euro pop rooted in the sort of heartache familiar to Portuguese fado. 

“I had a certain feeling of longing and melancholy in my head and I wanted Isabela to simply put her feeling into words and melody,” the Brazilian-born, German-based electronic producer and artist explains. “She had very few fixed instructions from me so that she could develop freely. The result is an exciting interplay of European-influenced dance pop and Brazilian emotions.”

The Brazilian-born, German-based producer begins 2024 with a remix of “Te Encontrar.” Dubbed “Brazilian Bass Remix,” the remix pairs Isabella Silvano’s melancholy and yearning delivery with an even clubbier, deep house-meets Euro dance-inspired production featuring glistening synths and synth oscillations and thumping beats and enormous bass drops. The remix reveals that Silvano’s vocal can work with just about any style of electronic music.