Manguebit, Mangue scene or, as is more commonly known, Manguebeat – a cultural movement which pop up in Recife in early 1990 – was addressed using two different dimensions of the impacts brought by the use of technological devices on the matter of authorship. First, this study reflects on the different horizons of expectations more or less framed by the media themselves (LP, K7, CD etc.), in the distinct moments in which the organizers of Manguebit utilized them in their musical experiments. From K7 – the amateurism and decentration of unitary figure of the author – to the practices of the music industry when hires some mangueboys, and the professional posture and filters imposed by marketing strategies – including negotiations after shock of different modus operandi. Then development of the Mangue scene was discussed from collective strategies and the use of precarious equipment and spaces as existence conditions, the way outs created by mangueboys to the formation of a cultural scene at a time of extreme hostility to the contemporary and strong socioeconomic tension – creation of alternative circuits with parties, bars, festivals and compilations, extensive investment in partnerships and self-promotion.