The Essential List: Lucas Mayer
Lucas Mayer is a Brazilian composer and music producer who runs DaHouse Audio in São Paulo and Berlin. He's been producing advertising and feature film soundtracks for 15 years, travelled around the world recording albums on the streets, which has been documented in his project 'Le Tour Du Monde' and screened on Discovery Channel Latin America. Amidst all of this, he produced ‘The Uncensored Playlist’, a campaign for Reporters Without Borders that won heavily at the LIAs, picked up Titanium and six more awards at the Cannes Lions, Gold and Grand Prix at Clio Festival, El Ojo de Iberoamérica, D&AD Impact, and more.
We wanted to know him better, so we tapped him for an Essential List with equal amounts of goodness from São Paulo and Berlin.
Lifestyle
o Place of birth: Porto Alegre - Brazil
o Hometown: São Paulo / Berlin
o Staycation: Iceland
o Vacation: Japan
o Pet: Lorena Mayer (Instagram: @lorenamayer)
o Place of work: DaHouse Audio GmbH
o Place of workout: Skype training during the quarantine :/
o Mode of transport: Car in São Paulo and bike in Berlin
o Bonus travel essential: An acoustic tenor guitar
Culture
o Artist: Ryoji Ikeda
o Musician: Jimi Hendrix
o Commercials / music video director: Spike Jonze
o Film director: Bruno Jorge
o Photographer: Claudio Lacerda
o Film: Everything is Illuminated
o Series: Atypical
o Commercial: Welcome Home (Apple)
o Music video: Tagua Tagua – Rastro de Pó
o Video game: Atari
o Board game: War II
o Book: Brave New World
o Graphic novel: O Mesmo (by Rafael Grampá)
o Podcast: Matéria Escura (by Lucas Silveira)
o Newspaper (off or online): Idéia Fixa
o Magazine: Latin Spots
o Bonus culture essential: www.updateordie.com
Food and Drink
o Breakfast: Eggs
o Restaurant: Kuschlowski in Neukölln, Berlin
o Cheap bite: Eggs
o Working lunch: Eggs
o Favourite dish: Eggs
o Signature dish: Avocado Eggs
o Snack: Bananas
o Guilty pleasure: Chocolate
o Bar: Mercearia São Pedro in São Paulo and Vater Bar in Berlin.
o Booze: Augustiner Helles
o Not booze: Coke Zero
o Bonus food: Brazilian pudim
o Bonus beverage: Moscow mule
Kit
o Phone: Samsung 10 (Brazil) and iPhone 11 (Europe)
o Computer: Apple
o TV: Samsung
o Headphones: Bose
o Camera: Sony A7
o Soundsystem: Neumann
o Pen / pencil: Bic
o Where you document an idea: Samsung Notes
o Casual clothing: Black
o Smart clothing: Black
o Footwear: Nike
o Watch: Casio
o Collection: String instruments
o App: Dropbox
o Website: www.io808.com
o Work program: Pro Tools
o Digital work tool: Trello + Dropbox
o Analogue work tool: Analog instruments like the MS20
o Bonus kit essential: Headphones + sleeping mask
