Coming to the forefront of the international dance music community firstly as a producer via the massive Underground Sound of Lisbon's "So Get Up", co-produced with Rui Da Silva, Portugal's DJ Vibe or Antonio "To" Pereira has finally begun to receive the DJ plaudits he deserves in the last 12 months.
Whereas many former hot producers have since crashed and burned or struggled to equate their DJ skills with their production acumen, DJ Vibe's career as a DJ and producer has continued to steadily grow; a fact reflected in his entry into the DJ Mag Top 100 poll in 2004 and recent high praise from the likes of John Digweed and Carl Cox.
It was back at Lisbon's Kremlin club that Vibe first acquired a taste for marathon sets when, as the resident DJ for almost seven years, he was required to play all-night long. These days you're more likely to find him at Lisbon's Lux, where he has a monthly Friday night residency or at Stereo Montreal, the club regarded by many as having the best sound system in the world.
In fact it was owner and Def Mix DJ David Morales who played a hand in selecting DJ Vibe as one of Stereo's resident DJs and this weekend, the two will be re-united when they play together at the fourth of the Def Mix parties at Pacha in Ibiza this summer.
Having just finished a remix of Portugal's biggest rock band and a techno number for Carl Cox's 23rd Century Records label, it would seem the underground sound of Lisbon and DJ Vibe's own sound have moved on from his previous tribal excursions on Portugal's Kaos Records, of which he used to be at the helm.
On the eve of his gig this Saturday at Def Mix in Ibiza, we took the underground sound to Lisbon to find out a little more about DJ Vibe's role within the dance music scene in Portugal and also what David Morales track he has especially placed in his record bag for the weekend.
Catch Marshall Jefferson, Jeff Mills, Superpitcher and Farley "Jack Master" Funk and many others spinning for free on Wednesday nights in the Windy City over the summer.
