Rui da Silva

Rui da Silva
Birth name Rui da Silva
Also known as Doctor J
Born 25 April 1968
Origin Lisbon, Portugal
Genres House
Occupation(s) Record producer, DJ
Years active 1992–present
Labels Kismet Records, Sixty Four Records
Associated acts Underground Sound of Lisbon, Coco Da Silva
Website http://www.kismetrecords.com

Rui da Silva (born 25 April 1968) is a Portuguese producer and DJ, whose single "Touch Me" went to number one in the United Kingdom in 2001.[1][2] At the time, he was the only Portuguese musician to have a hit in Britain, and hence was the first to score a chart-topping hit there.

Career

Silva started producing house music in 1992, just as club culture was getting established in Lisbon. Noticing the lack of dance music labels in Portugal, Rui teamed up with DJ Vibe to form Kaos Records, the first label in Portugal specialized in house and electronic music.

His first major hit (and Kaos' first release) was "Não", a track that sampled vocals from a Xutos & Pontapés track, released under the alias Doctor J. With DJ Vibe, he also formed the Underground Sound of Lisbon project in 1993. A year later, their track "So Get Up" (which featured spoken word vocals by rapper Ithaka (musician)) achieved worldwide fame after getting picked by the Tribal America label and support from Danny Tenaglia. Tenaglia also remixed the track.

During his years at Kaos, Silva also worked with other artists, namely Luís Leite (under the guise of LL Project, creating the African tribal anthem "Khine #3") and Alex Santos (with whom he released the garage house track "The Sax Theme").

In 1999, he left Lisbon for London, in order 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 founded Kismet Records, where he began producing a more progressive sound. He has released a number of tracks under his own name, as well as collaborative efforts with Chris Coco and Moshic.

Rui has achieved some fame as a remixer, creating his own versions of Jennifer Lopez's "Play", Lighthouse Family's "Happy" and Yoko Ono's "Walking On Thin Ice".

Discography

see Underground Sound of Lisbon for the rest of Rui da Silva's discography

Albums

Singles

Rui da Silva

Doctor J

The Four Elements

Coco da Silva

All are collaborations with Chris Coco

Other aliases

References

  1. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 133. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ↑ "List of UK #1 singles from 2001". UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

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