DJ Vibe
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Birth name | António "Tó" Pereira |
Also known as | DJ Vibe |
Born | 1967/1968 (age 52–54) Lisbon, Portugal |
Genres | House |
Occupation(s) | Producer, DJ |
Years active | 1992–present |
Labels | Kaos Records |
Associated acts | Underground Sound of Lisbon, Sonic Hunters, Meco |
Website | http://www.djvibe.net |
DJ Vibe (real name António "Tó" Pereira) is a house music DJ.
Career[]
Vibe was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and became a DJ at 15. At this age he started to perform in clubs and before long he was playing side by side with big names of the dance scene like Paul Oakenfold, Tony Humphries, Roger Sanchez and Danny Tenaglia. However, it was his partnership with another Portuguese, Rui da Silva, that propelled him to the top of the house music scene, both nationally and internationally. Together, with Da Silva, he brought life to the project, Underground Sound of Lisbon, which in the summer of 1994 released the hit "So Get Up" (featuring vocals and lyrics by Californian artist/songwriter, Ithaka Darin Pappas) distributed by 's label, , reaching #1 on the Billboard Club Chart. He has done an extensive number of remixes for , Danny Tenaglia, Kristine W and others.
In addition to DJing, Vibe co-owns , a record store and label in Lisbon, which he founded in 1992 with entrepreneur António Cunha. Vibe has mixed a variety of compilations for Kaos Records, most notably Global Grooves. He was also involved in other projects such as LHT, NYLX, Sonic Hunters and Meco.
Discography[]
- See Underground Sound of Lisbon for the rest of DJ Vibe's discography
DJ Vibe[]
- 1994 "Unreleased Project", with
- 2003 "Solid Textures", with
- 2004 "I'll Take You", with
- 2007 "Tranzient/Da Muzik", as Calderone & Vibe, with Victor Calderone
Other aliases[]
- 1999 "Meco EP", as Meco
- 2000 "The Driver", as Meco
- 2005 "Re-Evolution", as Sonic Hunters, with Tó Ricciardi
- 2006 "Mosquito Pollen/El Ayoun", as Casa Grande
Remixes[]
- Yoko Ono "Everyman… Everywoman…" (2004)
Premiums[]
- 1999 reach #1 ranking World's Best DJ's
References[]
External links[]
- Official website
- DJ Vibe discography at Discogs
- Interviews
- Wada, Tommy (October 15, 2005). "DJ Vibe with Tommy Wada". Tokyo: Higher Frequency.
- "DJ Vibe Interview". Professional Rock Stars. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
- Streaming de Sets do DJ Vibe ao vivo na Ant3na
- Download free music sets of DJ Vibe
- Portuguese house musicians
- Club DJs
- Living people
- Portuguese DJs
- Electronic dance music DJs
- Portuguese musician stubs
- House musician stubs