Interview posted the 27/11/03 read more

Biography

With his unique style and deft mixing skills, DJ VIBE is fast becoming the Portuguese electronic music ambassador to the world. After discovering acid house in England in the late eighties, Antonio Pereira brought music and the VIBE back to Portugal and helped to birth a new scene. On a recent tour through the states, DJ VIBE played the main room at Release, where this set was recorded. He builds it up slowly, weaving together a diverse set of house music that flows disco smooth through progressive beats before getting dark and tribal.

Pereira's love for variety of music started at an early age. His father owned records stores in Lisbon and VIBE quit school to learn his trade. He started mixing records at sixteen but not did really get to perform until dance music started becoming popular in Portugal. Since then DJ VIBE has held several residencies and has become one of Portugal's most popular djs. His most famous production was the Underground Sound of Lisbon track 'So Get Up' which was hammered at clubs in Europe. VIBE still has a record shop and label in Lisbon called Kaos, after his dance organization which has single handedly put Portugal's dance music scene on the map and inspired a new generation of Portuguese kids to get behind the decks.

VIBE is working harder than ever, but he still holds down his residency every month at Lux and plays a weekly radio show every Saturday in Lisbon. In his spare time, he is putting together a remix album of original Portuguese music, doing remixes for Danny Tenaglia and working on a full length CD of his own music. 'I breathe music,' says VIBE.