'I was mostly a rock type, going to shows weekly, buying demo tapes, fanzines and everything linked to the music community. This began my vinyl craze.
From this background I started making mix-tapes and obsessing about concepts like flow, and already near the turn of the century came the ever growing electronic side of things, first from synth pop, ambient and electro until finally admitting (not easily) I actually enjoyed house and techno - mostly on the DIY, primitive and raw side of it which I compare with rock aesthetics.
I had a radio show during college to showcase various types of independent music, and later on created Guerrilha Club with friends which gave voice to a lot of underground DJs in Portugal and helped me DJ in various clubs and bars and also get noticed on some blogs. In 2007 I moved to London with a suitcase and my laptop and have been lucky enough to hear my tracks getting some play time in clubs, and to DJ every once in a while - and at the same time spending insane amounts of time in record stores, live shows and clubs.
2008 Dig We Must nights with Mario Joao Camolas and Photonz
Kruton, Andy Blake (Dissident Records), Skull Juice (Bloggers' Delight, Walk the Night, High Horse), Helium Robots and NikNikNik (Bloggers' Delight).
2009 my Modyfier mix (Modyfier Modyfing link), which can give a sense of some of my influences.
At the moment also writing for the Portuguese webzine RuaDeBaixo about London's night life. And have interviewed Matt Walsh (Turbo), Disco Bloodbath and Betty Bottox (Endless Flight...and more), Dirk (Eskimo, Mindless Boogie)
Discography
92 - as selected by Optimo DJs on TenTracks (MP3/2009)
Way Back Home Shit Robot remix on Trax Magazine sampler 126 (unmastered)
Next Releases
Way Back Home - with Shit Robot remix on Astrolab Recordings (10''/2009)
Astrolab "bootleg" Compilation on Astrolab Recordings (??/2009)
Alice Russell - Lights Went Out Remix (??/2009)
Cold Pumas - A Tempting Haunt (??/2009)
more coming soon...
Some Portuguese Venues: Lux-Fragil, Office, Mini Mercado, ADN, Clubissimo...
Some UK Venues: Lock Tavern (including Bloggers Delight), Cargo, 333, Vibe Bar (Stag and Dagger Festival), T-Bar, Life, Queen of Hoxton...
Some people I've djed with there: Djedjotronic , Disco Bloodbath, Riva Starr, Brodinski, Frankmusik, Drums of Death, Stopmakingme, Casper C, NikNikNik, Skull Juice, We Have Band, Plugs, Filthy Dukes, Matt Walsh, JD Twitch (Optimo), Midfielf General (Skint), Tim Fletcher (Hacienda), Rev Milo Speedwagon (Rotters Golf Club)....
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