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Calapez (born Lisbon, Portugal, 1980) had piano lessons when we was a kid, but music didn’t feel like destiny at the time (although now he thanks mom and dad that he’s had them). He went on to do photography and video, topping it off with a chemistry graduation at university.Curiously it was at that point that Calapez decided that lab work wasn’t his thing, and DJing (which he had been doing for some time, in a slightly random way) and producing seemed like a much better idea, heading off to London to learn the way of the producer.
Manuel Calapez story in techno, once back in Portugal, begins in partnership with Filipe “Jackspot” Furão, teaming up as Internal Sync. Together they’ve wandered around Techno, Minimal and House, getting releases on labels like Datapunk, Klang Gymnastik, Fortek or Plasteline, remixing people like Tristy Nesh and Access Denied.
His solo debut came on Florian Meindl/Koletzki’s FLASH digital, getting a track (“It strikes me as a Piano”) in the new Flash compilation series. It’s still techno, but with a house feeling approach, as it was more clearly shown afterwards on his first Troia Release, “Trespassing”. It can also get more abstract (check “Late Again” on Meleon Music) or deep (“Fridge door” on Keep On Records), or plain house feel, and that's what the "You Know Better" EP stands for.
It’s two tons of references, from Chet Baker’s jazz trips to Larry Levan’s disco journeys, adding some slices of Prince, Michael Jackson, and everyone else who breeds coolness from every pore.
He's played at:
Tresor, Pick-Nick, Pulp Mansion (Berlin), Lux, Europa (After-hours), Frágil, Lounge, LEFT (Lisboa), Maus Hábitos, Plano B, Passos Manuel and Triplex (at Porto), ADN (Setúbal), NB (Viseu), Amo-te Meco, Amo-te Chiado, Pop.up bar, Texas Bar (Lisboa) and Lusco-Fusco Bar (Viseu). He played as well at Festival das Músicas do Mundo (Sines), Festival-X, Camp'05 Festival and Festival Danças com Livros (in Montemor-o-Novo), Experimenta Design, Centro Cultural de Belém and Lisbon's Museum of Ancient Art (M.N.A.A. - Museum's day).
He is also one half of Internal Sync, having played all arround Portugal (including BOOM Festival), and with live and dj sets in Berlin, Paris and Athens.
Besides this he was the founder of Noite CD-R (http://www.noitecdr.net), a special night where non-edited producers show their music in a club type sound system. These were work sessions, the general rehearsal of tracks: checking sound levels, bass strength, voice clarity and also, observing the public reaction.
OUT NOW:
V/A - Compilation A (Calapez - It strikes me as a piano) - FLASH Digital, 2008
Trespassing EP - Troia Recordings, 2008
Fridge Door EP - Keep On , 2008
V/A - Meleon Music One Year Weekend (Calapez - Late Again) - Meleonmusic (mp3)
V/A - Troia Decimal One (Calapez "Order in" + Biotec "Biokhan (Calapez remix)") - Troia Recordings, 2009
You >Know Better - Troia Recordings >> OUT NOW!!!!
Flight Case EP (+ Ahmet Sisman remix) - Weave Music (weave 27) - vinyl + mp3
Night Horn EP - PyCairo Recordings (mp3)
SOON:
Spell it with H EP - Filigran records - OUT 31/10!
@ LOUNGE Rua da Moeda, nº 1 / Cais do Sodré QUINTA 12 NOVEMBRO [23h > 4h] Fad!gaz [live] Orson & Welles [dj set + video]
-------------------------------------------------------------- 10 anos | mini tour @ VIA CLUB Rua Almeida Garrett / Coimbra SÁBADO 14 NOVEMBRO [00h > 6h] Orson & Welles [dj set]
New ep, our 3th reference, produced by Canadian Russell Bender aka Tektight (Resopal - Còcorocò - Anonima). When we first listen to his tracks we realized that this young producer has a big and promising future. Russell shows us his skills with two Techno tracks.
Powerful basslines, nice cuts, some minimal loops and that’s all.. simply like that!.. no more introduction for this young Canadian, he don..t need it, you should hear this! Welcome Tektight!
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