Maarquii is the brainchild of Marquise Dickerson, a multi-hypenate who raps, sings and dances. After stints in Eldorado, Arkansas and Tillamook, Oregon, Dickerson found a home in Portland's queer scene, first performing drag and then as a back-up dancer for Chanti Darling before breaking out as a solo entity. The project launched in 2016 with the debut EP Heavy Petty, followed by the 2017 EP Lullaby in Gemini, both created in collaboration with producers Jvnitor. Over industrial beats, Dickerson alternates between soulful R&B, club-centric hip-hop and ethereal, spaced out jams. 

In support of both releases, Maarquii has gone onto headline PDX Pop Now and share stages with Mykki Blanco and Cakes da Killa as well as with local acts like The Last Artful, Dodgr and Explode Into Colors. Existing beyond the binary, expect high femme, high energy and an abundance of attitude when it comes to a Maarquii show. It's always an experience. 

Máscaras, comprised of three Portland music scene veterans is what happens when an off-the-cuff jam session between friends really, really works. Even in its recorded form, “it’s a jam with themes that live and breathe,” the band says, “leaving room for the unexpected.” The trio plays heavy, propellant psychedelic music with surf-rock twang and mathy sensibilities. They call it “maximalist indigenous psych”. These are urgent, intense songs, but they’re also playful. It’s the sound of three homies making exactly the music they want to make, for no one else but themselves. It just so happens that people love it.