RELEASE: I Do with Zonderling
LABEL: Spinnin (Warner Music)
RELEASE DATE: 22/02/2019
Formerly know as Djeff Afrozila, Lisbon’s child of African heritage, DJEFF has fused the sounds that helped shape him both as an artist and as a person. All colours of house music are welcome into his sets and his music production echoing Africa, Europe, America and even Asia’s finest cuts. His newest release, “Zugu Zugu”, a collaboration with Zakes Bantwini, showcases the genre-crossing sounds of DJEFF, an artist who pushes the boundaries with his fluid-like tones.
Growing up in a capital city such as Lisboa meant being exposed to European and American pop and soul music, but living in an African house meant a close connection to the roots. Add to this rich music environment a first contact with electronic music and DJEFF was struck with an instant and everlasting love that would shape his music up until today.
By 2002 he’s invited to be a resident DJ and by 2008 DJEFF moves to Angola where his production work begins and in 2010 his first release titled “Canjika” is released through Pandora Records. His remixes and original tracks gain support from international DJs and in the support list Louie Vega’s name stands out. By 2011 it was time for DJeff Afrozila to create his own label, Kazukuta Records. “Soldier Ascension” his long play is released in 2013 and out of which several songs gained support from DJs such as Tony Humphries, Boddhi Satva, Mr. V and Rancido, among others. Early 2015 saw DJEFF’s performance at the infamous Boiler Room. 2017 is the year of “Gratitude”, DJEFF’s third artist album released worldwide. The album features 13 tracks, such as “Devotion”, “Future” or “Gratitude”. 2018 begun with performances in Berlin’s Watergate and Paris’s Rex Club, as well as in Benetton’s Fabrica in Italy. “Labyrinth” is released in April and rises all the way to #1 on Traxsource. August welcomed his first release through Spinnin Deep and also a performance at Privilege Ibiza. DJEFF’s dreams took off and we’re the lucky ones.
Rúben de Almeida Barbeiro (born August 21, 1987 in Leiria), better known as KURA, is a Portuguese electro house music DJ and producer. Kura has released tracks through labels such as Hardwell’s Revealed Recordings, Flashover Recordings, Musical Freedom, Spinnin’ Records, among others. In the early 2000s, he started following the club scene and by 2005 Kura would play on a DJ booth while working at a skate shop near Lisbon and eventually gigs in Cascais’s club Coconuts.
His first DJ residency came along and he became Bahaus resident DJ for 3 years. His first bootleg was a hit among his peers – Sidney Samson’s “Work It” on Hardwell’s remix crossed with Bob Marley followed by his first original track, “Russian Guitar” that was picked up by the Portuguese label, Kaos Records. He was invited to play as a resident DJ at Lisbon’s Kapital, and then at the summer club, Tamariz, and then to Gossip, a major club in Lisbon. He also focused on a freelance career, and more invitations to play in bigger venues.
His international breakthrough came with his track “Brazil”. Roger Sanchez picked it up for his “Release Yourself Radioshow”. Thomas Gold picked Kura’s hits “Polaris”, “Love Will Find You”, a remix of “Nightrain” for his radioshow. Besides these Kura also got support for his tracks from Hardwell, Nicky Romero and EDX, amongst many others. In 2012, he was invited to join the Swiss-based agency WDB Management. He also collaborated with American DJ/producer MAKJ in “Galaxy” and “Old Memories”.
Sammy Boeddha Renders (born 1 August 1993), better known by his stage name Sam Feldt, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and entrepreneur.
