GUIDA DE PALMA: Portuguese born, and classically trained Guida de Palma was only sixteen when bass legend and fallen angel Jaco Pastorius hopped on stage to join her during her very first gigs in Paris. Blessed by this almost divine collaboration, Guida went on singing her way onto various stages across Europe.
With her crew of Latin Funketeers, she played support to prestigious performers ranging from Cab Calloway, Defunkt and Gilberto Gil. At Juan-les-Pins' Jazz festival, things even got out of hand when the support band joined Hermeto Pascoal's gang in a musical stroll across the small French town. Freshly arrived in the UK, and alongside prestigious names like Tina Turner, Terence Trent d'Arby, Lala Hathaway and Chaka Khan, Guida featured in the BEF's "Music of quality and distinction". She also joined Californian sax player Ronnie Laws for his European tour, culminating in Montreux Jazz Festival's rapturous closing night. Also involved in production, Guida, a certified sound engineer, assisted legendary producer Juni Morrison of P Funk and Ohio Players fame in recording tracks with George Clinton. After working with Dodge City Production, DJ Dorfmeister, Dzihan & Kamien, DJ Disciple and Boyz from Brazil, Guida has evolved from a pure live performance mindset to one of club culture.
Besides her commitment to Jazzinho, Guida also sings in other bands like Da Lata. She is also the featured vocalist on numerous other albums e.g: Nathan Haynes, Kyoto Jazz Massive etc%u2026
Muzikman Edition: Grammy Nominated Producer/DJ Muzikman Edition (MME) hails from East New York, Brooklyn and started experimenting with turntablism in 1986. His love of the art led to the introduction of DJ 3D to the NYC music scene bringing a unique style combining house, hip-hop, rare groove and R&B classics. DJ 3D earned a resident DJ post on WBAI%u2019s Underground Railroad, where he%u2019s been cutting and scratching for over a decade. Through DJ 3D%u2019s love of house music and collaboration with Kenny Dope, Muzikman Edition was born.
Through his mixes, MME morphs classic arrangements into modern day house hits bridging the gap between generations. MME spends countless hours discovering new artists, producing releases for his label Exemplary Music Makerz (EMM), and creating podcasts to share with his fans, but the best reward is spinning at parties and seeing people celebrating their love of music.
GIL PEREZ: DJ, Producer and Pokémon Trainer. Curiosity about music and DJing grew strong on Gil when cereal boxes began giving away demos for Virtual DJ and eJay software. Interested in the craft, Gil started DJing and producing his own tracks going by the name of DJ Bu5a (read Busa). His first ever release was by the hand of Pandora Digital records, a remix for his good friend DJ Lobo (also known as Arih Goldman) back in 2008. From this release many others followed including remixes for Xpress Funk, Hever Jara and Energy System. 2012 was marked by Gil reaching 4 labels' top on Beatport simultaneously with "African Flow" (Remix for Sevendeejay), Windeck (remix for Cabo Snoop), Levanta (remix for Sevendeejay and Meith) and "Guerreiro" (original with Silvio Luz) all hitting number 1 of their labels. Gil also got invited to remix MTV Artist Phill Kay and kept remixing tracks by Pedro Diaz. Working with a new team of MCs Gil got to release three new originals: "Balança" (with Puto Mira), "Anda Cá" (with MC Puto Mira and co-producer Meith) and Quero Ouvir (Barulho) (with MC MP and co-producer Meith). All got great support and the last two got their own Remix Contests receiving hundreds of submissions. 2012 was also the year that Gil played on one of Portugal's biggest stages: MEO Arena (Atlantic Pavilion at the time).The next year started great with Gil meeting the Kuduro crew Pupilos do Kuduro, together they worked on 2 original tracks: Confusão and Poperó (released on 2013) and 2 remixes: Pirulito and Tchilar (both released on Pupilos' first album in 2014). All tracks got a huge support got released on a series of physical compilations. Later that year Gil moved from Lisbon to London.
In 2014 Gil gave away most of his work for free download resulting in more than 24 000 downloads on his Soundcloud page alone. Later that year that Gil would see his first release on Gregor Salto's Moganga with "Kambada" (featuring B Show), followed by an official remix for %u201CToys Are Nuts%u201D by Gregor Salto himself and DJ Chuckie (made in collaboration with Meith). %u201CKambada" was also be the name Gil chose for his label, started in 2015 with the release of Hawaii with James Noyer. Since then Kambada Music has been the stage for tracks like Savanna, Afromatik (both supported by Gregor Salto), and Gil Perez%u2019s first album: MissingNo.
%u2022 MARIO MARQUES: Considered one of the most international Portuguese DJs, Mario Marques has been, from an early age, influenced by Disco, Funk, R&B, Jazz and Soul Music, which are the main ingredients of the music played and produced by him. Gifted with extreme versatility, this Deck Magician works the tracks by exploring all House Music genres so as to give the audience pure moments of musical alchemy.
Since the early days of his career, which started in 1989, Mario has held residencies at the most prestigious venues of Portugal: Locomia, Kings & Queens and Plateau and had innumerous gigs at legendary clubs such as Alcantara Mar, Kremlin, Pacha and Capitulo V, to name a few.
The skillful Mr Marques was presented to the international crowd in 1994, with gigs at Ministry of Sound and Bar Rumba in London. Since then, Mario has played in several clubs around the world: at Confraria das Artes, Nuth and Dama de Ferro (Brazil), Palace (France), Limatt (Switzerland), Moon Club (Iceland), KU and Moog (Spain), among
many others.
Along the way, Mario Marques has deejayed alongside the best and most important names in the world%u2019s electronic music scene: Erick Morillo, Roger Sanchez, Bob Sinclar, Deep Dish, David Morales, Kenny Carpenter, Tony Humphries, Frankie Knuckles, Masters at Work, etc. Besides this, he also worked the tracks with live acts by Jocelyn Brown, Barbara Tucker, India, Ultra Nate, Prodigy, Blur, Bjork, Crystal Waters and Duanne Harden.
In 1997, Mario was invited by David Morales to work in the United States, where he remained for 10 years. There he performed at diverse clubs and lounges: Liquid, Pacha New York, Table 50, Centro Fly, One51, China Club, XL, 132 and Deko. Whilst in the U.S., Marques also participated as a guest DJ in radio shows for KTU NYC, Downshift Radio and WNYU on a regular basis.
In May of 2007, Mario Marques returned to the Portuguese DJ circuit, where he has been playing at the trendiest clubs in Portugal: Le Club, Sétima Onda, Buddah Lx, Silk and Rivoli. Alongside these performances, Mario travels often to Africa to perform at Angola%u2019s most important venues: Kopus, Lookal and Dom Q.
In the latest years, Mario has devoted most of his time perfecting his skills as a Producer. Co-owner of Afrisoul Records, Mario has worked with vocal talents such as Michelle Weeks, Nicole Mitchell, Latasha Jordan, Kim Beacham and Jazmina and has seen his work released under the labels: Purple Music, Cult Note, Kazukuta Records, Ibounce Records, Triori and his own label Afrisoul Records.
25 years after his musical journey started, it's fair to say that the best is truly yet to come%u2026
With her crew of Latin Funketeers, she played support to prestigious performers ranging from Cab Calloway, Defunkt and Gilberto Gil. At Juan-les-Pins' Jazz festival, things even got out of hand when the support band joined Hermeto Pascoal's gang in a musical stroll across the small French town. Freshly arrived in the UK, and alongside prestigious names like Tina Turner, Terence Trent d'Arby, Lala Hathaway and Chaka Khan, Guida featured in the BEF's "Music of quality and distinction". She also joined Californian sax player Ronnie Laws for his European tour, culminating in Montreux Jazz Festival's rapturous closing night. Also involved in production, Guida, a certified sound engineer, assisted legendary producer Juni Morrison of P Funk and Ohio Players fame in recording tracks with George Clinton. After working with Dodge City Production, DJ Dorfmeister, Dzihan & Kamien, DJ Disciple and Boyz from Brazil, Guida has evolved from a pure live performance mindset to one of club culture.
Besides her commitment to Jazzinho, Guida also sings in other bands like Da Lata. She is also the featured vocalist on numerous other albums e.g: Nathan Haynes, Kyoto Jazz Massive etc%u2026
Muzikman Edition: Grammy Nominated Producer/DJ Muzikman Edition (MME) hails from East New York, Brooklyn and started experimenting with turntablism in 1986. His love of the art led to the introduction of DJ 3D to the NYC music scene bringing a unique style combining house, hip-hop, rare groove and R&B classics. DJ 3D earned a resident DJ post on WBAI%u2019s Underground Railroad, where he%u2019s been cutting and scratching for over a decade. Through DJ 3D%u2019s love of house music and collaboration with Kenny Dope, Muzikman Edition was born.
Through his mixes, MME morphs classic arrangements into modern day house hits bridging the gap between generations. MME spends countless hours discovering new artists, producing releases for his label Exemplary Music Makerz (EMM), and creating podcasts to share with his fans, but the best reward is spinning at parties and seeing people celebrating their love of music.
GIL PEREZ: DJ, Producer and Pokémon Trainer. Curiosity about music and DJing grew strong on Gil when cereal boxes began giving away demos for Virtual DJ and eJay software. Interested in the craft, Gil started DJing and producing his own tracks going by the name of DJ Bu5a (read Busa). His first ever release was by the hand of Pandora Digital records, a remix for his good friend DJ Lobo (also known as Arih Goldman) back in 2008. From this release many others followed including remixes for Xpress Funk, Hever Jara and Energy System. 2012 was marked by Gil reaching 4 labels' top on Beatport simultaneously with "African Flow" (Remix for Sevendeejay), Windeck (remix for Cabo Snoop), Levanta (remix for Sevendeejay and Meith) and "Guerreiro" (original with Silvio Luz) all hitting number 1 of their labels. Gil also got invited to remix MTV Artist Phill Kay and kept remixing tracks by Pedro Diaz. Working with a new team of MCs Gil got to release three new originals: "Balança" (with Puto Mira), "Anda Cá" (with MC Puto Mira and co-producer Meith) and Quero Ouvir (Barulho) (with MC MP and co-producer Meith). All got great support and the last two got their own Remix Contests receiving hundreds of submissions. 2012 was also the year that Gil played on one of Portugal's biggest stages: MEO Arena (Atlantic Pavilion at the time).The next year started great with Gil meeting the Kuduro crew Pupilos do Kuduro, together they worked on 2 original tracks: Confusão and Poperó (released on 2013) and 2 remixes: Pirulito and Tchilar (both released on Pupilos' first album in 2014). All tracks got a huge support got released on a series of physical compilations. Later that year Gil moved from Lisbon to London.
In 2014 Gil gave away most of his work for free download resulting in more than 24 000 downloads on his Soundcloud page alone. Later that year that Gil would see his first release on Gregor Salto's Moganga with "Kambada" (featuring B Show), followed by an official remix for %u201CToys Are Nuts%u201D by Gregor Salto himself and DJ Chuckie (made in collaboration with Meith). %u201CKambada" was also be the name Gil chose for his label, started in 2015 with the release of Hawaii with James Noyer. Since then Kambada Music has been the stage for tracks like Savanna, Afromatik (both supported by Gregor Salto), and Gil Perez%u2019s first album: MissingNo.
%u2022 MARIO MARQUES: Considered one of the most international Portuguese DJs, Mario Marques has been, from an early age, influenced by Disco, Funk, R&B, Jazz and Soul Music, which are the main ingredients of the music played and produced by him. Gifted with extreme versatility, this Deck Magician works the tracks by exploring all House Music genres so as to give the audience pure moments of musical alchemy.
Since the early days of his career, which started in 1989, Mario has held residencies at the most prestigious venues of Portugal: Locomia, Kings & Queens and Plateau and had innumerous gigs at legendary clubs such as Alcantara Mar, Kremlin, Pacha and Capitulo V, to name a few.
The skillful Mr Marques was presented to the international crowd in 1994, with gigs at Ministry of Sound and Bar Rumba in London. Since then, Mario has played in several clubs around the world: at Confraria das Artes, Nuth and Dama de Ferro (Brazil), Palace (France), Limatt (Switzerland), Moon Club (Iceland), KU and Moog (Spain), among
many others.
Along the way, Mario Marques has deejayed alongside the best and most important names in the world%u2019s electronic music scene: Erick Morillo, Roger Sanchez, Bob Sinclar, Deep Dish, David Morales, Kenny Carpenter, Tony Humphries, Frankie Knuckles, Masters at Work, etc. Besides this, he also worked the tracks with live acts by Jocelyn Brown, Barbara Tucker, India, Ultra Nate, Prodigy, Blur, Bjork, Crystal Waters and Duanne Harden.
In 1997, Mario was invited by David Morales to work in the United States, where he remained for 10 years. There he performed at diverse clubs and lounges: Liquid, Pacha New York, Table 50, Centro Fly, One51, China Club, XL, 132 and Deko. Whilst in the U.S., Marques also participated as a guest DJ in radio shows for KTU NYC, Downshift Radio and WNYU on a regular basis.
In May of 2007, Mario Marques returned to the Portuguese DJ circuit, where he has been playing at the trendiest clubs in Portugal: Le Club, Sétima Onda, Buddah Lx, Silk and Rivoli. Alongside these performances, Mario travels often to Africa to perform at Angola%u2019s most important venues: Kopus, Lookal and Dom Q.
In the latest years, Mario has devoted most of his time perfecting his skills as a Producer. Co-owner of Afrisoul Records, Mario has worked with vocal talents such as Michelle Weeks, Nicole Mitchell, Latasha Jordan, Kim Beacham and Jazmina and has seen his work released under the labels: Purple Music, Cult Note, Kazukuta Records, Ibounce Records, Triori and his own label Afrisoul Records.
25 years after his musical journey started, it's fair to say that the best is truly yet to come%u2026
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