DJ Vibe

DJ Vibe started mixing early. It was at 15 years old, back to 1983, that Antonio "Tó" Pereira got his first ever club gig at Lisbon Bataclan. By the time he was helping his father at his Lisbon downtown shop, a vital place for all the Dj's to get the most recent imported 12"'s. Since then DJ Vibe has been involved in all kinds of music activities from Dj to production as well playing live on the Portuguese band LX 90, or remixing other artists. Considered by some the most sought after, and well know, of the Portuguese Dj's, Vibe has been also involved in the launch of the most important clubs in Portugal in the last 20 years. Back in the 80's he was invited to open the club Plateau in Lisbon (1985/1986), a venue that would be changing Lisbon's nocturnal lifestyle playing to a very selective crowd of artists, cinema, and fashion lovers. Records from Matt Bianco, Grace Jones, Quango Quango and The Cure were played regularly on this place that soon became the hotest spot in town, and it fast grew to small for such a big demand of people that for any reason didn't want to miss it. In February 1988 Dj Vibe was once again invited to open legendary Lisbon club Alcântara Mar. Alcântara was a much bigger room (nearly 1500 pax), and inicially got extremly busy on the weekends going untill 9-10 am (new in Portugal). Vibe was also caught in London at the time by the Acidhouse Explosion and the music changes happenning there. Tracks from artists like Phuture, Adonis, and Fast Eddie were first introduced in Portugal at the time. Classic and unforgetable moments at this club where when - in the middle of the night - he would drop stuff like Nina Simone's "My baby just care for me", Nina Hagen's "African Reggae", and Eric B and Rankin's "Paid in Full" to finish later in the morning with the new more progressive sounds. Later at this club (1993/1994) Underground Sound of Lisbon's "So Get Up" (co-written with Rui da Silva) is heavily championed by Lisbon DJ Luís Leite, turning this record into the biggest record ever played there, and also the last one to be played before the venue's demolition. In the summer of 88's "Summer of Love" Vibe joins the Kremlin in Lisbon where he played the longest ever residency: nearly 7 years. The Kremlin would open every night of the week, except Sundays, with Dj Vibe playing all night long. His love for marathon sets probably started there. Kremlin was the first ever club in Portugal to set an After Hours party. The club would close at 4am to re-open again at 6am. Sometimes drinks were served on the street as the crowd waited for the re-open at the door outside. Dj Vibe recurring tunes at this club were: Moby's "Age of Love", Joey Beltran's "Energy Flash" and Snap's "The Power", to name but a few. The first issue of Muzik Magazine UK would name Dj Vibe and the Kremlin "The Paradise Called Portugal". His excellent mixing ability and unique style playing a wide range of dance music had set him appart from so many of the run of the mill djs, never scared to try something diferent whatever the occasion. In the beggining of the 90's Vibe joins Portuguese Indie Pop/Rock band "LX 90" (where he played the guitar and live samplers), and the Underground Sound of Lisbon production project was also launched with Rui da Silva. He was also the first ever Portuguese DJ to remix local Rock/Pop bands like "Ban" and "Rádio Macau". Underground Sound of Lisbon had they're biggest hit - "So Get Up" - reach number 1 in specialized charts around the world selling over 40.000 singles and more than a million on compilations with Tribal America Records. Soon they had their stuff remixed by some of the most notorious dj's such as Danny Tenaglia and Junior Vasquez. Vibe,Tenaglia and DaSilva collaborated on the NYLX project with vocals from Lula to produce the track "Goosebumps" in 1996. USL single "Are you looking 4 me (in the backroom)" introducing Celeda bumped right into number 35 at US Billboard sales chart (March 1998) and won a position among the 75 singles of the year (1998) chosen by British Muzik Mag. In 2000 USL single "The Lights" is considered one of Miami's top 10 tunes by UK DJMag and UK DJMixmag voted it single of the mouth in its April edition. Also involved in Radio since 1994 Dj Vibe starts "Dancefloor" show on National station "Antena 3" with a 2 hour saturday night mix. The show is still on today at the same station with a diferent format and now called the "Dj Vibe Mix Show" wich broadcasts 1 hour every Saturday, to be repeated the following Friday. It was also played abroad on Kiss 102/100 in England, on CarlCox (2003), and John Digweed (2004) websites. Before Vibe had produced the show "Quarto Bairro" to Radio Comercial (1980): 1 hour afternoon Monday to Friday show. His first show as an artist was on Radio Energia between (1991) and (1993) every Saturday night. Since 1998 he has been a resident at Lux Frágil in Lisbon playing all night in the Club Disco now a monthly Friday, turning this night into an absolut classic at the club with the biggest crowds coming from all over Portugal to catch him there. Aside of being involved on the launch of the most important clubs in Portugal Vibe was also a guest on the most relevant events in the country. Here's a list of some of them: 1990: Lisbon Crazy Year at the Kremlin 1991: Lisbon Sports Pavillion with Paul Oakenfold and Adamsky 1992: Aveiro Estação da Luz (first apperance from a dj outside his own club\residency on another club in Portugal) 1993: Coimbra S Francisco Convent Kaos(first ever rave in Portugal with local dj's ToRicciardi/LLeite/JDaniel) 1994: Lisbon Kremlin with Danny Tenaglia 1995: Montemor Castle Kaos/Week in a Paradise called Portugal with Tony Humphries and Danny Tenaglia) 1997: Oporto Rocks 1998: Lisbon Lux Fragil openning night 1999: Barcelos Vaticano NYE 12 hour legendary session 2000 :Meco Festival 1st edition/CBT Dance Festival 1 st edition 2001 :Oporto Electroparade/Lisbon Isle of MTV with Gorillaz and Roger Sanchez 2002: Ofir Pacha Global with Carl Cox 2003: Lisbon Atlantic Pavillion with Jamiroquai 2004: Lisbon Rock in Rio Dj Vibe has also been playing in some of the best clubs and venues around the world. Here's a short list: USA Twilo(Nyc)Tunnel(Nyc) Roxy(Nyc)Sound Factory Bar(Nyc)Vinyl\Arc(NYC)CentroFly(NYC)Spirit(NYC)Space(MIAMI)Club Maze(MIAMI)Groovejet(MIAMI)Envy(MIAMI)Level(MIAMI)Wearhouse(MIAMI)Spundae@Circus(LosAngeles)Release@1015(San Francisco)Spundae@Hotel Paris (Las Vegas) CANADA: Stereo(Montreal) Gravity(Montreal) Playground(Montreal) Surface(Otawa) Boa(Toronto) EUROPE: Ministry of Sound(London\UK) HardTimes(Leeds\UK) Home(London\UK) The End(London\UK) Turnmills(London\UK) Ultimate Base(London\UK) Space@Bar Rhumba(London\UK) Code(Birmingham\UK) The Vaughts(Edimbourg\Scotland) Shine(Belfast\Ireland) Mach1(Frankfurt\Germany) Queens(Paris\France) Redlight(Paris\France) Roxy (Amsterdaam\Netherlands) Space(Ibiza\Spain) Pacha(Ibiza\Spain) Ku\Previlege(Ibiza\Spain) Florida 135(Near Barcelona\Spain) Deep(Madrid\Spain) Midday(Madrid\Spain) Zoo(Sanxenxo\Spain) Echoes(Rimini\Italia) Princess(Rimini\Italia) Paradiso(Rimini\Italia) ASIA: Zouk(Singapure) Zouk(Malasia) Big Fish(Phillipines) Womb(Tokyo) SOUTH AMERICA: MTV Event (Rio de Janeiro\Brasil) Floresta(Sao Paulo\Brasil) Brasilia Shopping Event(Brasilia\Brasil) Multiuse Pavillion (Curitiba\Brasil) Anderson Noise Club(Belo Horizonte\Brasil) Events wise, here's a short list of the most relevant ones: Miami Winter Music Conference in (1995,1999,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005) Barcelona Sonar Festival(1997) Berlin Love Parade(1994) Italian Music Conference(1995-winner of the award for best upcoming dj) Santiago d Compostela Spain Festidance (2004) South African Johansbourg(1994) Read more on Last.fm. 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