Dj Vibe

DJ Vibe started mixing early. It was back in 1983 that António "Tó" Pereira got his first ever club gig at Lisbon’s Bataclan spot. Today he still dedicates his 30 talented years of music to all of us crowd people! So in the 80’s he was helping his Father at his Lisbon downtown record shop, a vital place for all the Djs to get the most recent imported 12"s vinyl records. Since then DJ Vibe has been involved in all kinds of music activities from Dj to Production as well as playing live on Portuguese Band LX 90 or remixing other Artists. Considered by everyone the most sought after and well known of the Portuguese Djs, Vibe had been also involved in the launch of the most important Clubs in Portugal in the last 20 years. Back to the 80's, he was invited to open club Plateau in Lisbon (1985/1986) a venue that would change Lisbon nightlife style playing to a very selective people like 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 hot spot in town and very fast became too small for such a big demand of people that for any reason didn't wanted to miss those amazing parties. In February 1988 DJ Vibe was once again invited to open the legendary Lisbon Club Alcântara Mar. It was a much bigger room (nearly 1500 pax) and initially got extremely busy on the weekends going until 9-10 am (a very fresh and new club scenario in Portugal). Vibe was also caught in London at the time by the Acidhouse Explosion and the music changes happening there. Tracks from Artists like "Phuture", "Adonis", and "Fast Eddie" were first introduced in Portugal at the time. Classic and unforgettable moments at this Club when, in the middle of the night, he dropped stuff like Nina Simone "My baby just care for me", Nina Hagen "African Reggae" and Eric B and Rakim "Paid in Full", to finish later in the morning with the new more progressive sounds. Later, at this Club (1993/1994) underground smash Underground Sound of Lisbon “So Get Up” (co-written with Rui Da Silva) was heavy championed by Lisbon DJ Luis Leite turning this track into the most one ever played there, and also being the last record to be played before the venue demolition. In 1988’s "Summer of Love" Vibe joins the Kremlin club in Lisbon where he played his longest ever residency. Nearly 7 years. The Kremlin worked every night of the week except Sundays with DJ Vibe playing all night long. His love for the marathon sets probably started there. Kremlin was the first ever Club in Portugal to set an After Hours party. The Club closed 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 "Bombs" at this Club were Moby "Age of Love", Joey Beltran "Energy Flash" and Snap "The power" to name only a few. Muzik Magazine UK first edition named DJ Vibe and the Kremlin “A Paradise Called Portugal". His excellent mixing ability and style playing a wide range of Dance Music with his set had made him unique!