DJEFF

Lisbon was the city that saw DJEFF born in 1984 and where paternal Cape Verde and maternal Angola came together. DJEFF brings us a sound often defined as “Afro Tech”. In 1999, he began to attend the matinees at Bauhaus, Estoril's historic club in Lisbon, while friends dance, DJEFF observes the DJ and the fascination is born. From here a journey begins - buy a mixer to mix with two Discmans; collects dance music and investigates styles and DJs - until he discovers Erick Morillo, that global reference of the art of mixing that would serve as an inspiration to DJEFF until today. He became the DJ for family parties and school parties, until in 2002 the opportunity arose to learn seriously with a more experienced DJ. However, his passion for music was complemented with the Graphic Arts and Design course in 2008, at the age of 24. It was also in that year that he made the decision to go to live in Luanda, in Angola. It is in the heat of Luanda that he begins his music production work, and, two years later, in 2010 he edits for Pandora Records his first original theme, a co-production with DJ Silyvi entitled “Canjika”. Over time, DJEFF's original tracks and remixes start to gain traction and find support from several international artists: Louie Vega, Joe Claussell, Black Coffee among many others. In 2011, DJEFF edits his debut album, “Malembe Malembe”, in collaboration with Silyvi and creates his own publisher, Kazukuta Records, with the purpose of editing not only his mu