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Gui Boratto's "Beautiful Life"-- and, indeed, the rest of last year's Chromophobia-- never fails to brighten the occasionally dreary days that befall Pitchfork HQ. But it never occurred to us until now just how autobiographical that song may be for Boratto. Just take a gander at all the exotic, tropical locations that Boratto will visit on his world tour. Sounds like a better than average life to us, anyhow.

As the Western Hemisphere goes, Boratto's sticking mostly to his native Brazil, but the brave beatmaker does have plans to head to the West Coast of the U.S. for a four-date run later this month. It's a quick trek for the beloved Boratto, but fear not, East Coasters: Gui will be returning in late March for Miami Beach's annual Winter Music Conference, and he plans to schedule a few dates over thataway while he's around.

In other Boratto bulletins, he pops up on M.A.N.D.Y.'s forthcoming Fabric mix.

Boratto:

01-11 Rio de Janiero, Brazil - The Week
01-12 Balneário Camboriú, Brazil - Made
01-18 São Paolo, Brazil - Giv Club
01-23 Seattle, WA - Nectar
01-24 Portland, OR - Holocene
01-25 San Francisco, CA - Fat City
01-26 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
02-01 Balneário Camboriú, Brazil - Made
02-02 Imbituba, Brazil - Praia do Rosa
02-03 Caldas Novas, Brazil - Zum Club
02-04 Florianpolis, Brazil - Life Club
02-05 Ituiutaba, Brazil - TBA
02-09 Campinas, Brazil - Kraft
02-15 Singapore, Singapore - Zouk
02-16 Tokyo, Japan - Yellow
02-22 Brisbane, Australia - Empire
02-23 Sydney, Australia - Chinese Laundry
02-29 Melbourne, Australia - Brown Alley
03-07 São Paolo, Brazil - Clash
03-08 São José dos Campos, Brazil - TBA
03-25-29 Miami Beach, FL - Winter Music Conference
04-05 Maringa, Brazil - Velvet
04-24 Porto, Portugal - Industria
04-25 Aix-En-Provence, France - Studio88
04-26 Insbruck, Austria - Hafen
04-29 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Queensday
04-30 Valencia, Spain - Barraca
05-01 Lisbon, Portugal - Lux
05-04 Dublin, Ireland - Spy
05-08 Lyon, France - Nuits Sonores
05-09 Madrid, Spain - Low Club
05-10 Barcelona, Spain - NITSA