Ka§par - producer, composer, arranger, performer of synths, bass, drums, sampler, fx, turntables, guitars, keys, etc etc etc ;;;
Rui Torrinha - He gives me the OK, pushes it forward, invests time and money, and does the most important thing - BELIEVES. ;;
Undercode - sound engineer, studio technician, owner of the magical NS10 ;;;
DK & Camarao - lender of a helping hand, with mixing and feedback ;;;
Jackzen - well... he criticizes... motivates, speaks his mind... ;;;
Rui Murka - Rui supports us in spirit, I guess... ;;;
Gonçalo Siopa - ideas... ;;;................................................................................................
Influences
..................................Misc Disco / Psych Boogie / Weirdness: Patrick Adams, The Loft, Larry Levan, Patrick Rushen, Heaven 17, Martin Rushen, Gino Soccio, Space, Cerrone, Donna Summer, Baldelli, Azymuth, Transmedia, Double, Idjut Boys, Laj & Quakerman, Muallem, Lindstrom, Emperor Machine, Chicken Lips, Prins Thomas, Todd Terje, Garth, Rub n Tug, Harvey, Greg Wilson etc.............................................................................................................
House : Marshall "Rock your body" Jefferson, Farley "cant turn arround" Jack Funk, Theo Parrish, François Kevorkian, Danny Krivit, Joe Crossover Claussel, Masters at Work, Robin S, Herbert, Phuture, Jedi Knights, Chateau Flight, Recloose, Moodymann, Rick Wilhite, Larry Heard, Glenn Underground, etc..............................................................................................................
Techno: Manuel Goettsching, Kraftwerk, Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Orlando Voorn, Dave Angel, Maurizio, Dan Curtin, Isolée, Ricardo Villalobos, Carl Craig, Convextion, Richie Hawtin, Kenny Larkin, Jimmy Edgar, Titonton Duvanté, John Tejada, Melchior, Magda, Stacey Pullen, Daniel Bell, Sven Weissman, Styrax, Mojuba, Underground Resistance, JEFF MILLS, etc..............................................................................................................
Electro: Ed DMX, Freddy Fresh, Mr De, Luke Vibert, Brian Calloway, The Aquanauts, Technicolour, Other People Place / Drexscya, Telex, Cybotron, Plaid, and hundreds of others.........................................................................................................
Hip Hop / Downtempo / Neo Soul: Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaata, Erik B and Rakim, Dilated Peoples, Talib Kweli, D'Angelo, Mos Def, Madlib, Jaydee, Peanut Butter Wolf, DJ Food, Massive Attack, Timbaland, Prefuse 73, Public Enemy, Spacek, Erikah Badu, DJ Vadim, Jill Scott, Dwelle, Turntable Terranova, Stereo MC's, Unabombers, Nightmares on Wax, Dollis Hill posse, etc..............................................................................................................
Soul / Funk / Boogie / Blues / Afro: Any Motown Artist, Earth Wind & Fire, Rare Earth, Maze, Funkadelic, Sa Ra Creative Partners, 4 Hero, The Jones Girls, Pointer Sisters, Candi Stanton, James Brown, Level 42, Grace Jones, Michael Jackson, Chuck Berry, Roy Ayers, Fela Kuti and sons, Cameo George Benson, Leon Ware, Lallo Schiffrin, BARRABAS (the finest spanish band ever) , PRINCE (the world's most talented musician ever), etc.............................................................................................................
Jazz: Donald Byrd, Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, John & Alice Coltrane, Freddy Hubbard, Rão Kyao, James Carter, Jammie Cullum, Herb Alpert, Herbie Mann, Art Blakey, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ash Ra Temple, Vinicius de Moraes, Caetano Veloso, Sun Ra, Carl Tjader, Loopless, etc..............................................................................................................
Misc Breaks and Broken Beats: Moonstarr, Somatik, Domu, IG, Mr. Scruff, Archive Recs, 2000 Black, People, and many different projects that where active and groundbreaking in the early 2000's.........................................................................................................
Reggae / Dub: Manasseh, Studio One, U Roy, Bob Marley, King Tubby, Kruder & Dorfmeister (early / late 90s), Fat Freddys Drop, many etc's............................................................................................................
Rock / Progressive Rock / Psych stuff: Frank Zappa, The Shadows, Sonic Youth, Steve Miller Band, Orchestral Manouvers In The Dark, Genesis, Brian Eno & David Byrne, Pink Floyd, Soundgarden, Liaisons Dangereuses, Serge Gainsbourgh, Beatles, Doors, etc..............................................................................................................
Experimental Electronics: BBC Radiophonic Workshop library, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Fourtet, Klaus Schultze, Amon Tobin, Felix Mendelsson, Jan Jelinek, etc..............................................................................................................
Ambient: Space Art, Global Communication, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Robert Fripp, Jean Michel Jarre, etc......................................................................
Early years of Drum n Bass: Moving Shadow (early to mid 90s), Reinforced Recordings, Full Circle, Logical Progression vol1 & 2 on Good Looking, Creative Source, Danny Breaks, DJ Force, and so many others in the golden years ..............................................................................................................
Local Heroes: My father, 2 many Ruis (Murka & Vargas), Lino Polónio, Ricky Cameira, Nuno "DK"Antunes, DJ Al, Nuno Ricardo (sofuno), Jackzen, Rui Torrinha, Pedro Tenreiro & Grooby friends, Pedro Ricciardi, Johny, Rodrigo Leão, Kronic, Pedro Abrunhosa, Carlos Paredes, Rafael Toral, e outros heróis do mar , etc...
Ka§par started his producing career, alongside his dj'ing some 12 years ago. First with a modest sampler, then gradually increasing his skills to further incorporate live elements, wacky synths and mad effects...
His first production output was a strange Kuduro cd called "Profundas Explorações", at the age of fourteen, in 1996.
He's release a handfull of originals, remixes and colaborations (as you can see below). He resides and works in Portugal, a small and (sometimes small minded), although sunny, warm and beautifull piece of land in the
Western European coastline.
As a DJ, it all started when he became a regular costumer of an important record "dealer" in Lisbon (Mr. Lino Rodrigues, now resident in Munich), with whom he developed a tight friendship that broadened his musical knowledge and aspirations. Shortly after, he met Rui Murka - one of Lisbon's legends and former Cooltrain Crew founder - who is also a colaborator and good friend, and gave him the chance to integrate an unlikely residency in Lisbon's top club - Frágil - which remains active ever since he was 17 (www.fragil.com.pt). He has performed in almost every corner of Portugal, and with the ocasional international gig.
He was selected to integrate the talented group of young up-and-coming artists for the 2005 edition of the Red Bull Music Academy (term 1), in Seattle.
This reinforced his relationship with numerous other like-minded artists (either established or budding), and helped integrate the label which he helped develop, in the mapa mundi (groovement recordings - www.groovement.net). Groovement is a project dating back to 2001, when he hooked up with DJ Jackzen (António Alves) and radio guru Rui Torrinha, in order to help his under rated country establish a visible and credited music label, rooted in jazz influences, but very sawy in Techno, Hip Hop, Deep Electronic House, Abstract Disco, Broken Beat and numerous other genres (pointless to mention - it's all good).
Genre division is a stupid concept... music is either good or bad - you like it or you don't - so Ka§par's productions are fusionistic, varied in tempo and aesthetics, and eclectic. In his 25th year of existence, he has seen his first solo 12" , Shifting Destiny, on his own editorial project, built with absolutely no outside help. Groovement is DIY and Ka§par has been Made By Himself!............................................................................................................................................................................................................ For bookings and contracts, please contact 00 351 91 601 66 33
Pois é, este ano é que vão ser elas... mesmo ali na marginal em frente à Alfândega está o Porto Rosa Café, um agradável e relaxado local cuja esplanada vai servir de palco para a actuação dos mais desavergonhados renegados da FREIMA num dos maiores arraiais do ano!
Para mostrar com quantas brasas se assa uma sardinha, estão já confirmadas as presenças de Señor Pelota, Freimatic, King-Fu, Kalman, Ludovic, Just Honey e Homeselektor.z, esperando-se a participação da grande maioria do contingente da FREIMA acompanhada por amigos e parentes: vai ser uma farturinha, vai...
A pândega começa por volta das 8 da noite, com churrascada e sonoridades mais descontraídas, que pela noite dentro se irão transformando em electrónica de dança, até Deus sabe quando. Vais perder tamanho deboche?!
Este evento conta com o já veterano apoio do programa Omega3 da Rádio Universitária do Minho. Design gráfico: AC 3MONITOR.
NEW ALBUM RELEASED The Meifumado is celebrating 5 years of existence with the release of the compilation "5 Anos 13 Merdas". Here we present new artists that thicken the Meifumado batch particularly Selfish Cunt, Sam Amant, Paco Hunter and MC Jihad, and show you tunes that have never been published by other bands who already know what the house spends such as The Zany Dislexic Band, PZ, Pplectro , Preto, Type, and Abztraqt Sir Q. To download or buy the record, visit www.meifumado.org.
Simo - WopWop - white Mr. Dibiase - May The Force - Fat City The Clonious - One At A Time feat.Muhsinah - Ubiquity Ichiro_ - Brew - white Deborah Jordan - Breathe (Chamade Beat remix) - Futuristica music Nosaj Thing - Coat Of Arms - Disques Corde mfp - Step & Go - white Julien Dyne - Layer feat.Mara TK - Wonderful Noise Noah feat.Blu - Just Relax (grooveman Spot remix) - Wonderful Noise J Dilla - I Told Yall - Nature Sounds Four Tet - As Serious As Your Life(Jay Dee Remix) - Domino Pharoah Sanders - Japan - Impulse JACK - High On Disco - white Chip E. - Time To Jack(house mix) - House Records Ruari, Zinc & Tom Oberheim - Analogue - RBMA Fujimoto Testuro - Avoyager - white
Ka§par, obrigado pela noite do arraial...mt bom! esteve-se muito bem e falou-se de coisas interessante. Ficou-me na cabeça"...se você fosse sincera, ohhhohh aurora..." Porreiro... Abraços, Pete,
RECORD OF THE MONTH IN UK'S IDJ MAG & FRENCH TSUGI MAGAZINE in 03/2008
FEEDBACK:
Alton Miller (Detroit): “yoooooooooooooooo. trackleton ep!!!! Get it or i will send my gremlins over there to take care of you guys. i am really digging this man. super dope funk on plastic. ”
Anthony "Shake"Shakir: “trackleton "jump". is an amazing track to me. this whole record is adult and serious! this is a must have record. I will be playing them in my sets. ”
D'julz (Pokerflat): “superb deep music ”
Dj Deep (Deeply Rooted): “Nice old school flavor "while my sequencer gently sleeps" is the one for me”
Federico Molinari (Oslo): “cool record”
IDJ Magazine: “RECORD OF THE MONTH 03/2009”
TSUGI Magazine (France) RECORD OF THE MONTH 03/2009
Karotte (CocoonGreat Stuff): “b seite find ich gut. wird gespielt.”
