Troia Recordings owner, Pedro Goya is a young and very talented techno/house dj & producer based in Lisbon, Portugal.
He was born in (1984) Portugal, but has moved to Barcelona in 2007.
He has so far released music on such labels as:
Classic Music Company (USA),
Music For Freaks (UK),
Brique Rouge (FR),
Exun (GER),
Planet East (POL),
Aj Belgium / Aroma (BEL),
Thrasher Home Music (SPA),
OM Music (USA),
Ministry Of Sound (UK),
Piston Recordings (PT),
Troia Recordings (PT/SP),
Pacemaker Digital (PT),
Pedro also licenced his music for several Compilations:
"Live At OM" Mixed by Derrick Carter & Mark Farina (OM Music)
"Sneak Beats" Mixed by Dj Sneak (Ministry of Sound)
"Sessions" Mixed by Derrick Carter (Ministry of Sound)
"Off The Record" Mixed by Markus Gardweg (Kontor Music)
"House Of OM" Mixed by Collete (OM Music)
"Best Of Exun Vol.2" Mixed by Dj Linus (Exun Recordings)
"Monegros Desert Festvival Compilation" (Sony Music)
Meanwhile, his music was being played and charted by djs such as:
Laurent Garnier,
M.A.N.D.Y,
Derrick Carter,
Chloe,
DJ Sneak,
Brett Johnson,
Dj T,
Luciano,
Pacou,
Paco Osuna,
Freaks,
Ivan Shmagge (Blackstrobe),
Djulz,
Dj Sneak,
Swirl People,
Dj Linus,
David Duriez,
Deep Dish,among others.
He has a quite unique and personal musical vision, reason why he became the Audio & Art director for Troia Recordings.
His goal is to achieve and release what he claims to be good music on his own label
In the past few years,as dj, pedro has been playing through all over the world:
To mention a few Clubs:
Moog (Barcelona, Spain),
Mondo (Barcelona, Spain)
Fellini (Barcelona, Spain)
Telefunken (La Coruña, Spain)
House Café (La Coruña, Spain)
Silo (Leuven, Belgium)
Sasse (Wienn, Austria)
Mad (Lausane, Switzerland)
Propaganda (Moscow, Russia)
Hospital (Khabarovsk, Far East Russia)
Dive (Yushno Sahkalinsk, Japan)
Prozak (Krakow, Poland)
Penthouse (Poznan, Poland)
Arzenal (Kosice,Slovakia)
Look (Madeira , Portugal)
Paradise Garage (Lisbon, Portugal)
Anti-Pop Music Festival (Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
Lisboa Parade (Portugal)
Europa (Lisboa, Portugal)
Kadoc (Albufeira, Portugal)
Op Art (Lisbon, Portugal)
Lounge (Lisbon, Portugal)
Mare Alta (Oporto, Portugal)
Maus Habitos (Oporto, Portugal)
Capitulo V (Albufeira, Portugal)
Vinyl (Coimbra, Portugal)
Via Latina (Coimbra, Portugal)
Caffe del Rio (Viana do Castelo, Portugal)
NB (Viseu, Portugal)
Coconuts (Cascais, Portugal)
Alcântara-Mar (Lisboa, Portugal)
Plastic (Povoa do Varzim, Portugal)
Fabrica da Polvora (Bracarena, Portugal)
Dose Tripla (Montijo, Portugal)
DNA (Barreiro, Portugal)
Ofir Prod@Queima das Fitas (Porto, Portugal)
Mecca (Setubal, Portugal)
Clubissimo (Setúbal , Portugal)
Among many others...
"MADE TO MEASURE" OUT NOW!
Influences
Michael Jackson,
Quincy Jones,
Giorgio Moroder,
Stevie Wonder,
Jean Michel Jarre,
Gregory Phillinganes,
Roger Troutman,
Terrence Trent D'arby,
Lenny Kravitz,
Propaganda,
Kraftwerk,
Phill Spectrum,
Telex,
Nitzer Ebb,
Man Parrish,
Massive Attack,
Plastikman,
Kevin Saundersson,
Kenny Larkin,
Carl Craig,
L.F.O,
Laurent Garnier,
Derrick Carter,
Ricardo Vilallobos,
Isolee,
Masters At Work,
F.U.S.E,
Speedy J,
Circuit Breaker,
Slam,
Armando,
Jeff Mills,
Marco Carola,
Gaetek,
Juan Atkins (Model 500),
The Advent,
Les Rhythms Digitales,
Daft Punk,
John Tejada,
Luciano,
Stefan Goldman,
Fusiphorm,
Matt John,
Matthew Dear,
Oliver Ho,
Surgeon,
Nathan Fake,
James Holden,
Matthew Johnson,
Moby,
Yazoo,
Burial.
