And as he didn’t have much money then, he bought it together with a friend of his, DJ Pancada. The first record he ever bought was Gigolo Tony’s Smurf Rock. So it’s actually my father who pushed me into this career.” At that time I went to bailes of Cashbox, Marcão and so on, and that’s really where I learned about the music.”īut actually it had started already before that: ”My father liked parties at home and every time we had one he was like: ”Serginho (Sergio is Sany’s real name) go put some nice music on.” So I ended up as the responsible of the records and the music equipment, because he trusted me not to mistreat them. ”You know, I’ve gone to bailes since 1983 and soon from the beginning I got very exited of the whole magic of it making people dance, loud music and all, and I though I wanna be a DJ. I had this interview session with him in January and here are the results. I’ve been to he’s bailes really often since he does regularly the Cantagalo baile, which is close to my home. 38 years old, he’s been working with baile funk for over 20 years now and today he’s one of the most respected DJs around. Sany Pitbull is one the pioneer DJs and producers dominating the Rio scene.

Funk carioca drum kit