KURA

KURA
Background information
Birth name Ruben de Almeida
Born August 21, 1987
Leiria, Portugal
Genres House, electro house
Occupation(s) Disc jockey, Producer
Years active 2005–present
Labels Flashover Recordings, Revealed Recordings, Tiger Records, Spinnin' Records
Website www.djkura.com

Ruben de Almeida better known as KURA or just DJ Kura (born in 1987) is a Portuguese electro house music DJ and producer. Kura has released tracks through labels such as Hardwell's Revealed Recordings, Ferry Corsten's Flashover Recordings, MYNC’s Cr2 Records, Tiger Records, among others.[1]

Career

In the early 2000s, he started following the club scene and by 2005 Kura would play on a DJ booth while working at a skate shop near Lisbon and eventually gigs in Cascais's club Coconuts. His first DJ residency came along and he became Bahaus resident DJ for 3 years. Having to play regularly before a crowd created the emergency for music production – “I needed my own edits. His first bootleg was a hit among his peers – Sydney Samson's "Work It" on Hardwell's remix crossed with Bob Marley followed by his first original track, "Russian Guitar" that was picked up by the Portuguese label, Kaos Records. His name grew as a DJ and he was invited to play as a resident DJ at Lisbon’s Kapital, and then at the summer club, Tamariz, and then to Gossip, a major club in Lisbon. He also focussed on a freelance career, and more invitations to play in bigger venues.

His international breakthrough came with his track "Brazil".[2] Roger Sanchez picked it up for his "Release Yourself Radioshow". Thomas Gold picked Kura's hits "Polaris", "Love Will Find You", a remix of "Nightrain" for his radioshow. Besides these Kura also got support for his tracks from Hardwell, Nicky Romero and EDX (German), amongst many others.[3] In 2012, he was invited to join the Swiss-based agency WDB Management.[4] He also collaborated with American DJ/producer MAKJ in "Galaxy" and "Old Memories".[5]

Discography

Remixes

References

  1. ↑ Musica Made in Portugal: Biografia - DJ Kura (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Sporjovem: DJ Kura biography (Portuguese)
  3. ↑ Megahits: Kura (Portuguese)
  4. ↑ WDB management - Srtist DJ Kura
  5. ↑ 100% DJ: Kura lança dois temas explosivos (Portuguese)

External links

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