DJ Groovy
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- DJ I have been a music lover all of my life – i have listened to it all – pop, metal, grunge, alternative, you name it. Some influential bands for me were Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd, Pixies, The Doors - you can see the diversity. Then electronic danc..DJ I have been a music lover all of my life – i have listened to it all – pop, metal, grunge, alternative, you name it. Some influential bands for me were Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd, Pixies, The Doors - you can see the diversity. Then electronic dance music came along and changed my life forever. Of course i’d been listening to that since the late 80's (Pump up the Jam, anyone?), with the whole acid house movement and mainstream bands incorporating those sounds… but it was really in 1994 that it really hit me bigtime. I used to go to a bar by that time, and a cd came out from Kaos Records with a lot of cool music, but especially the big hit So Get Up, from Underground Sound of Lisbon (Dj Vibe & Rui da Silva). We couldn’t play it during normal hours, because that was “crazy music”, but after the bar was closed, me, the bartender and some friends would stay there, just listening to it over and over again. It was magical, so different from anything else, so profound, full of possibilities. This was clearly the future… So i started listening to this kind of music, and shortly started attending my first rave parties, which were huge, with a great vibe and a lot of ilegal substances going around! I didn’t plan on being a dj at first, i was in it for the ride and the love for the music. But around early 1997, i found myself going to Lisbon to the record shops, buying some vinyl records – i had to have those tracks myself. So, logical consequence, around a year later in 1998, the bug bit me and i had to start djing – it was almost a physical desire i had. With a lot of effort, i bought my first mixer and set of Technics turntables (i miss them!), and started learning on my own. After some months, i played my first live set ever, an afterhours party with lots of friends there. It was a technical disaster, of course, but i was among friends, so it was ok… Things developed from there, i practiced lots, started getting more and more gigs, and by 2000 i was playing 2 times a week as a freelancer, in a lot of places. Many memorable nights and sets followed through the years, and a lot of fun too. I like playing long sets, starting more on the deep side, going techier and finishing with big room epic sounds. I like doing long smooth mixes, throwing in the occasional effect, acappella or mixing technique. Also had a 1 year experience as a resident dj, and a 5 years, 2-hours weekly mix-show on the radio, called Groovy Sessions. I enjoy and play most styles of house, deep, tech, progressive, tribal, minimal, techno, etc. I hate when dj’s just play that one mini-sub-sub-genre and dis everything else – until there’s a new hip mini-sub-sub-genre and then they start playing that and dissing the one they were playing before! Gotta respect the roots, i say. Bring on the new, but don’t trash the old. PRODUCER It was also around 1997/98 that i started playing around with making my own music. The first program i had was Magix Music Maker, i think it was version 1 or 2. Very basic, so i quickly became proficient at it, and finished quite a few techno tracks with it. There’s a couple of them i still remember, they were very cool, i wish i still had them around in some form. Then i got Rebirth and went to acid heaven – it was dificult doing anything in it that wasn´t acid music, but it also taught me how to work with drum machines and synthesizers and step sequencing and it was a lot of fun. But i did this mainly for fun, had no real aspirations other than that, and my busy schedule of djing didn’t leave me much time for it. Cue some years forward, 2004, and the production bug bit me hard this time, started learning more about it, went through a course, got my first published track on a cd from Dance Club magazine that showcased the new talents in 2005 and never looked back. These days i have many released tracks and remixes in several labels (check out the discography page) and i’m pretty much an hardcore audio geek by now! My sequencer of choice now is Ableton Live, i love it and i’m probably gonna have many posts in the blog related to it. In late 2009 i started a collaboration with fellow artist Marcus Vandell. Our project is called Across Digital and we have many cool tracks both finished and in the works! SOUND DESIGNER I’m also the owner and producer of Groove Packs, a company that makes Live Packs for the Ableton sequencer and also Sample Packs that can be used in any sequencer. Check it out! I also do beta testing, sound design and content creation for several companies including Ableton, FXPansion, Team DNR & The Cable Guys. TEACHER I’m also an electronic music production & djing trainer at the Dancefloor Academy school in Lisbon.̸ORIGINALS Dj Groovy – Booming Bassline – Inner Rhythm Records Dj Groovy – Rocket Ride – Sound Tribe Rekords Dj Groovy – Leave me a Message – Sound Tribe Rekords Dj Groovy – Barrido de Filtrado (Original and Alternative mixes) – 4Stroke Records Dj Groovy – Big Night Out – Kitsam Records Dj Groovy – End of The New World (Plus and Minus mixes) – Knob Records Dj Groovy – Musica Um (Original, Deep and Pumpin’ Mixes) – Knob Records Dj Groovy – House Delicious – Soul Shift Music Dj Groovy ft Three Faces – This Night (Original, Dub & Extended Dub mix) – Soul Shift Music Rogerio Romao – Big Beach – Heaps Rogerio Romao – Somewhere Secluded – Heaps ACROSS DIGITAL ORIGINALS (with Marcus Vandell) Across Digital – Who’s To Say – Free Download Across Digital – Live Like This – Free Download Across Digital – No Choice (Apocalyptool & Post-Apocalyptic mix) – Free Download Across Digital – You Will Fly (Original, Vocal remix & Instrumental remix) – Elite Records Across Digital – Thinking ‘Bout The Way (Original & Dub mix) – Sophistique Records Across Digital – Through To You (Downtempo & Club remix) – Konsulat Tontraeger Across Digital – Dolphins Cry (Vocal & Instrumental mix) – Konsulat Tontraeger Across Digital – And I Know (Club & Dub mix) – Heaps Across Digital – Disarray – Heaps Across Digital – Afterparty (Club & Radio mix) – Heaps Across Digital – All About You (Vocal, Instrumental & Radio mix) – Heaps Across Digital – Mega Body (Original & Club mix) – Heaps REMIXES Jason Michaels – Ascent (Dj Groovy Europe rmx) – Sound Tribe Rekords Thee-O – Music Makes Me (Dj Groovy rmx) – Knob Records Worldwide Groove Corporation – Butterflies (Dj Groovy rmx) – Fabulation Records Luciano Nieto – Noret (Dj Groovy rmx) – Monog Records Extraverse - See You (Rogerio Romao rmx) - Heaps ACROSS DIGITAL REMIXES Eric Torsen – Black Feather (Across Digital remix) – Konsulat Tontraeger Gianni Kosta – Into The Night (Across Digital remix) – Konsulat Tontraeger
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