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Laura Diaz (aka Ângela Carneosso) is a Brazilian performance artist, best known for her work as part of five-piece act Teto Preto. She also runs queer-inclusive party Mamba Negra and Mamba Records in São Paolo, and is among the most politically vocal artists from the city’s LGBTQIA community. Along with DJ Cashu, Diaz founded Mamba Negra in 2013 to provide a safer nightclub space for São Paolo’s queer community in response to Brazil’s right wing governance. Beginning in abandoned warehouses across the city, the parties quickly became a focal point for the underground. In 2016 she founded Teto Preto with Loïc Koutana, Savio, Zopelar, and Bica as an interdisciplinary group mixing together music, dance and video. Their first single, "Gasolina," was released in 2016 and soon became an anthem for resistance against police and state brutality with its iconic music video. Their debut album, Pedra Preta, helped them reach global audiences.
Diaz performs both solo and as part of Teto Preto at CTM 2020. After the success of the EP “Gasolina”(2016) the group started its trajectory in with key performances renowned festivals around Brazil such as Boiler Room, Rec Beat, Meca, Picnik, Subtropical and Bananada. Two years ago the group was awarded for Best National Direction of MVF 2017 with the videoclip “Gasolina”, and also parts of the track featured in the movie “Corpo Elétrico” (2017).
The band’s first LP, “Pedra Preta” (2018) – an amulet that transforms our generation’s grieving into fighting – has 8 original tracks and serves as a support for the band to develop an extensive narrative of its new phase and formation. With fierce arrangements and energetic songs, the group builds an environment, which is full of revolt, mystery and passion.
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