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Rui da Silva | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Doctor J |
| Born | (1968-04-25)25 April 1968 (age 57) |
| Origin | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Genres | House |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, dj |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Kismet Records, Sixty Four Records |
| Website | kismetrecords |
Rui da Silva (born 25 April 1968) is a Portuguese producer and DJ, whose single "Touch Me" topped thePortuguese Singles Chart. Outside Portugal, "Touch Me" also topped the charts in the United Kingdom, where it became the first progressive house song to top theUK Singles Chart, the first song by a Portuguese act to top the chart and the first new UK chart-topper of the 21st century andthird millennium.[1][2]
Silva started producinghouse music in 1992, just asclub culture was getting established inLisbon. Noticing the lack of dance music labels in Portugal, he teamed up withDJ Vibe to formKaos Records, the first label in Portugal specialized in house and electronic music.[3]
His first major hit (and Kaos' first release) was "Não", a track thatsampled vocals from aXutos & Pontapés track, released under the aliasDoctor J. With DJ Vibe, he also formed theUnderground Sound of Lisbon project in 1993. A year later, their track "So Get Up" (which features an original spoken-word poem by Californian songwriter Ithaka Darin Pappas) achieved worldwide fame after getting picked by theTribal America label and support fromDanny Tenaglia. Tenaglia alsoremixed the track.[4]
During his years at Kaos, Silva also worked with other artists, namelyLuís Leite (under the guise of LL Project, creating the song "Khine #3") andAlex Santos (with whom he released thegarage house track "The Sax Theme").
In 1999, he left Lisbon for London, to move from producing to DJing, and also to start working under his own name. Silva left Kaos Records, and produced his final collaborative effort as Underground Sound of Lisbon in 2001. In the UK, he foundedKismet Records, where he began producing a moreprogressive sound. He has released a number of tracks under his own name, as well as collaborative efforts withChris Coco and Moshic.
Silva has achieved some fame[citation needed] as aremixer, creating his own versions ofJennifer Lopez's "Play",Lighthouse Family's "Happy" andYoko Ono's "Walking on Thin Ice".
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