- Multi-platinum Brazilian DJ and producer Malive has signed with Select Culture Agency for live music and touring representation across North and South America.
- Agent Spyros Bonikos will direct Malive's bookings and tour development across both continents.
- Malive continues his partnership with The Bullitt Agency for rest-of-the-world bookings, while Plusnetwork retains his management and Brazilian representation.
- The signing expands Select Culture Agency's fast-growing 2026 dance roster following recent deals with Dennis Quin, Franc Fala, and Max Styler.
Brazilian DJ and multi-platinum producer Malive has signed with Select Culture Agency for live music and touring representation across North and South America. Agent Spyros Bonikos will spearhead his bookings across the territory.
Malive keeps his core global support network intact alongside the new signing. He continues to work with The Bullitt Agency for touring across the rest of the world. Meanwhile, Brazilian agency Plusnetwork will continue to manage his career and oversee his live performances within Brazil.
The signing arrives during a standout run for Malive, who has made a global mark by blending emotion, rhythm, and rich textures into modern house music.
His breakthrough reached massive heights with “Edge of Desire,” a collaborative house single with Jonas Blue released via Defected Records that has generated hundreds of millions of worldwide streams.
Beyond Defected, Malive has earned acclaim with catalog releases on respected labels such as Diynamic, Stil vor Talent, and Kompakt.
His vibrant sets have carried him to premier stages worldwide, including Zamna Festival, Tomorrowland, Day Zero Festival, NOART, Keinemusik showcases, Pacha Ibiza, and X by Adriatique.
The move marks another key step in Select Culture Agency’s aggressive 2026 expansion. Malive joins a roster that recently welcomed Amsterdam house staple Dennis Quin for North American touring and “Yamore” producer Franc Fala for representation across the Americas.
The agency also broadened its transatlantic footprint by signing Max Styler across Europe, the UK, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Takeaways
Malive’s deal highlights the growing shift toward split-territory representation in electronic music. Rather than locking into a single global firm, the Brazilian DJ and producer is leveraging regional specialists: retaining Plusnetwork at home in Brazil, The Bullitt Agency across Europe and globally, and Select Culture Agency, steered by agent Spyros Bonikos, for touring across the Americas.
The signing fits Select Culture’s aggressive 2026 expansion, targeting credible, streaming-heavy dance acts seeking focused, hands-on touring development over monolithic corporate rosters.
Can Select Culture Agency leverage Malive’s hundreds of millions of streams into marquee North American festival slots like Coachella and EDC Las Vegas in 2027? How will dedicated representation across South America help Malive expand beyond Brazil into booming dance hubs like Colombia, Argentina, and Chile?
