Alex Santos

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Alex Santos
Birth name Alexandre Santos
Also known as Urban Dreams, Alex S
Genre(s) Electronic
Occupation(s) Producer, DJ
Instrument(s) Keyboard
Years active 1990-present
Label(s) Buzzin' Fly Records, Stir15, Funktastica
Website http://www.alexsantos.com

Alex Santos (born 26 April 1975, Coimbra), also known as Alex S, is a Portuguese DJ, musician and record producer. He is one of the pioneer producers of the Portuguese electronic music scene.


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[edit] Career

[edit] DJ

Being just 15 years of age, Alex Santos gets his first job as a DJ in a bar at São Pedro de Moel (Leiria). He has never stopped since then and Leiria (the town where he lived) was the background of his residences as a DJ. As time passed, the success of his productions made Alex Santos international. He played in well-known clubs such as The End (London), Neighbourhood (London), Sobe Live (Miami Beach), Essential (Riga), S.Q. (Poznan) or Sage Club (Berlin). In Portugal he has been playing everywhere and was one of the guest DJs of Rock In Rio Lisboa 2006. At present he is the resident DJ and artistic director of the club Sushi Electronica in Leiria, Portugal.


[edit] Producer

In 1994, under the alias “Urban Dreams”, Santos becomes, just like DJ Vibe, Rui Da Silva and The Ozone, one of the pioneers of the electronic dance music made in Portugal. After some releases in a more alternative circuit, Santos gets into the universe of Pop music and produces “Estou na Lua”, by "Os Lunáticos", band in which he played from 1995 to 1997. In 1998 he releases his first CD, “Urban Dreams Productions”, thus becoming the first Portuguese DJ/producer to record an album of original material. So far, Santos' has been one of the most proliferous producers of Portuguese electronic dance music. He has collaborated with both national and international artists, such as Tracey Thorn, Rui Da Silva, Melanie C, Michael Gray, Dennis Ferrer, Funky Green Dogs, Silence 4, David Fonseca, Corvos or Paulo Gonzo, just to name a few. In 2007 Alex Santos was invited by the English singer Tracey Thorn (Everything But the Girl) to write and produce a song for her second solo album “Out of the Woods”. The track is called “Grand Canyon (song)” and was the third single taken from that album.

[edit] Collaborations and groups

[edit] Darkmountaingroup and Delicado

His collaboration with DJ Luis Leite gave origin to two projects: “Delicado” and “Darkmountaingroup”. In the former they produce one of the most played tracks in Portugal in 2002, “The Sound of Fashion”; in the latter Alex S and Luis Leite produce "Lose Control", one of the most internationally played tracks of electronic dance music in 2006.

[edit] Rodamaal

In 2002, with the French DJs Rocco and Manoo, Alex Santos creates the project Rodamaal. After a first 12’inch released by the French label “Jazz Up Recordings”, Rodamaal sign for the English “Buzzin’ Fly Records”, of the well known DJ, producer and musician Ben Watt (Everything But The Girl). Tracks like “Musica Feliz” and “Insomnia” become vey popular in the international dance music scene. In 2007 Rodamaal remix “Church Lady” by the well known producer Dennis Ferrer.


[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Album Label
1996 Muito À Frente (with Os Lunáticos) Vidisco
1998 Urban Dreams Productions Funktastica

[edit] Singles

Year Title Label
1994 An Urban Dream Of Love (as Urban Dreams) Kaos Records
1994 Tonight (as Urban Dreams) Kaos Records
1995 To Feel Alive (as Urban Dreams) Kaos Records
1995 Estou Na Lua (with Os Lunáticos) Fuga
1997 The AMS EP (as Urban Dreams) Kaos Records
1997 A Little Bit Of Funk EP Funktastica
1997 The Sax Theme (with Rui Da Silva) Funktastica
2001 The Sound Of Fashion (with Luis Leite) Musica Alternativa
2002 Light Up (My Cigarette) (with Luis Leite) Musica Alternativa
2002 Love Island EP (with Rodamaal) Jazz Up Recordings
2003 Musica Feliz (with Rodamaal) Buzzin' Fly Records
2005 Go Inside (with Luis Leite) Undo Music
2005 Senti Sabi (with Djazzy) Buzzin' Fly Records
2005 Insomnia (with Rodamaal) Buzzin' Fly Records
2006 Lose Control (with Luis Leite) Buzzin' Fly Records
2007 The Look In Your Eyes (with Djazzy) Stri15 Recordings
2007 Grand Canyon (with Tracey Thorn) Virgin

[edit] Remixes

Year Artist Title
1995 L.L. Project Khine #3
1997 Excesso Eu Sou Aquele
1997 The Ozone LFO
1997 Housetown Happy On E
1998 Paulo Gonzo Acordar
1998 Funky Green Dogs Body
2000 Silence 4 Only Pain Is Real
2001 Corvos Futuro Que Era Brilhante
2003 Sandro G Galinha
2003 David Fonseca The 80's
2004 Unity I Love You
2004 Bandmaster's Flight Samuel Alone
2006 Melanie C The First Day Of My Life
2007 Dennis Ferrer Church Lady
2007 Guy J Agent Blue
2007 Michael Gray feat. Steve Edwards Somewhere Beyond

[edit] External links and sources

[edit] References

  1. ^ Enciclopédia da Música Ligeira Portuguesa, direcção de Luís Pinheiro de Almeida e João Pinheiro de Almeida, Círculo de Leitores, 1998
  2. ^ Sociedade Portuguesa de autores
  3. ^ For discography details, please check www.discogs.com