Rui da Silva
Encyclopedia
Rui da Silva is a Portuguese
producer
and DJ
, whose single
"Touch Me
" topped the UK Singles Chart
in 2001.
At the time, he was the only Portuguese musician
to have a UK
hit, and hence was the first to score a UK number one.
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
Darin Pappas
) achieved worldwide fame after getting picked by the Tribal America label and support from Danny Tenaglia
. Tenaglia also remix
ed 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 remix
er, creating his own versions of Jennifer Lopez
's "Play", Lighthouse Family
's "Happy" and Yoko Ono
's "Walking On Thin Ice".
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
, whose single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
"Touch Me
Touch Me (Rui Da Silva song)
"Touch Me" is a house song by Portuguese producer Rui da Silva featuring vocals written and performed by British singer Cassandra Fox."Touch Me" is arguably Rui da Silva's most popular song, spending one week at the number-one spot on the UK chart, the first song by a Portuguese musician to do so,...
" topped the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
in 2001.
At the time, he was the only Portuguese musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
to have a UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
hit, and hence was the first to score a UK number one.
Career
Silva started producing house musicHouse music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
in 1992, just as club
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
culture was getting established in Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
. Noticing the lack of dance music labels
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
in Portugal, Rui teamed up with DJ Vibe
DJ Vibe
This article refers to the House DJ Vibe, not the hardcore DJ Vibe DJ Vibe is a house music DJ.-Career:Vibe was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and became a DJ at 15...
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
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
vocals
Human voice
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc. Its frequency ranges from about 60 to 7000 Hz. The human voice is specifically that part of human sound production in which the vocal folds are the primary...
from a Xutos & Pontapés
Xutos & Pontapés
Xutos & Pontapés are a Portuguese rock band, who got together in Almada, Portugal in 1978, 4 years after the Carnation Revolution. They started off in the local punk rock scene and set the trend - singing rock tunes in Portuguese...
track, released under the alias Doctor J. With DJ Vibe, he also formed the Underground Sound of Lisbon
Underground Sound of Lisbon
Underground Sound of Lisbon was a collaboration between Portuguese house music producers Rui da Silva and DJ Vibe . It was active between 1993 and 2001....
project in 1993. A year later, their track "So Get Up" (which featured spoken word vocals by rapper
Rapping
Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
Darin Pappas
Ithaka (musician)
Ithaka is the professional name of hip hop artist, sculptor, artistic photographer, writer and Surfer, Darin Pappas .Ithaka was born and raised in Southern California, but later established himself in Japan, Greece, Portugal and Brazil .In Lisbon he recorded his first two hip hop albums, Flowers...
) achieved worldwide fame after getting picked by the Tribal America label and support from Danny Tenaglia
Danny Tenaglia
Danny Tenaglia is a New York-based DJ and Grammy nominated record producer.-Early life:At the age of ten, Tenaglia first started to collect records. In 1979 he began going to nightclub Paradise Garage, where DJ Larry Levan's genre-less blend of music appealed to him...
. Tenaglia also remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
ed the track.
During his years at Kaos, Silva also worked with other artists
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, namely Luís Leite (under the guise of LL Project, creating the African tribal anthem "Khine #3") and Alex Santos
Alex Santos
Alex Santos , 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.-DJ:...
(with whom he released the garage house
New York house
Garage house is a subgenre of electronic dance music developed in the Paradise Garage nightclub in New York City and club Zanzibar in New Jersey, USA.DJs playing this genre include Junior Vasquez, Tony Humphries and Larry Levan....
track "The Sax Theme").
In 1999, he left Lisbon for London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, 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
Chris Coco
Chris Coco is a club/radio DJ, producer and music critic.As a club DJ, he is perhaps best known as the resident, at the hugely popular Coco Club. This underground Saturday night house music event ran from 1989 to 1994, at The Zap Club in Brighton.He is also now also playing full time in...
and Moshic.
Rui has achieved some fame as a remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
er, creating his own versions of Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
's "Play", Lighthouse Family
Lighthouse Family
Lighthouse Family are a British musical duo that rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and remained active until the early 2000s. Vocalist Tunde Baiyewu and keyboardist Paul Tucker formed the act in 1993 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK after meeting while studying at university...
's "Happy" and Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...
's "Walking On Thin Ice".
Rui da Silva
- 2000 "Touch MeTouch Me (Rui Da Silva song)"Touch Me" is a house song by Portuguese producer Rui da Silva featuring vocals written and performed by British singer Cassandra Fox."Touch Me" is arguably Rui da Silva's most popular song, spending one week at the number-one spot on the UK chart, the first song by a Portuguese musician to do so,...
" (with Cassandra FoxCass FoxCassandra Fox is a musical artist from England. She is best known for co-writing and singing on the 2001 hit single Touch Me which she produced with Rui Da Silva.-Biography:...
) - 2002 "Feel the Love" (with Victoria HornVictoria HornVictoria Horn is a contemporary songwriter who is active in London and Los Angeles. She has contributed numerous hit songs in many genres.-Personal life:Victoria Horn began studying the piano at age three and later learned the guitar...
) - 2005 "So Move Closer"
- 2005 "Pacman/Punks Run Wild"
- 2005 "Dance.Come.Feel.Exe"
- 2005 "Lixuneanos"
- 2005 "So Move Closer"
- 2006 "Amidar"
- 2007 "Spreading Isolation/The Regressors"
- 2007 "The Whole Room Dematerialized"
- 2007 "Escaping My Mind"
- 2008 "On My Mind" (with Ben OnonoBen OnonoBen Onono is a British musician and songwriter, born in Cardiff and raised in West Africa. He trained as a concert pianist. He mainly releases house music, and co-wrote the 2002 Ivor Novello award nominee "It Just Won't Do" single, released by Tim DeLuxe....
) - 2011 Dada & Rui Da SilvaRui da SilvaRui da Silva is a Portuguese producer and DJ, whose single "Touch Me" topped the UK Singles Chart in 2001.At the time, he was the only Portuguese musician to have a UK hit, and hence was the first to score a UK number one.-Career:...
ft One - Crazy Love (Destined RecordsDestined recordsDestined Records is an independent record label, based in West End in London, in the United Kingdom.-History:Destined Records was set up for the club output of producer Matt Schwartz, known for his work on Massive Attack, his Deepest Blue project and the producer behind hundreds of club records...
)
Doctor J
- 1993 "Não", as Doctor J
- 1994 "The Sax Theme", as Alex S & Doctor J (with Alex SantosAlex SantosAlex Santos , 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.-DJ:...
) - 1995 "Human Soul", as Doctor J Presents Mata Hari
The Four Elements
- 2000 "Earth/Water"
- 2002 "Fire"
- 2002 "The Fifth Element"
- 2003 "Matrix/Stoned"
Coco da Silva
- All are collaborations with Chris CocoChris CocoChris Coco is a club/radio DJ, producer and music critic.As a club DJ, he is perhaps best known as the resident, at the hugely popular Coco Club. This underground Saturday night house music event ran from 1989 to 1994, at The Zap Club in Brighton.He is also now also playing full time in...
- 2000 "Coisa Nossa/Close My Eyes"
- 2001 "Lost"
- 2001 "Saudade"
- 2001 "@ Night"
- 2002 "This Time You're Mine"
- 2003 "The Shiva Chant"
- 2011 "Dont Say Nothing (Say Something)"
Other aliases
- 1995 "Work in Progress", as LL Project (with Luís Leite)
- 1996 "Khine #3 (The Remixes)", as LL Project (with Luís Leite)
- 1996 "Fat Beat/Bossa Nova", as Gum Club
- 1999 "Matrix", as Morpheus
- 2001 "Obeah Dance", as The Obeah Men (with Terry Farley)
- 2001 "Riding", as Teimoso (with Shelly Preston)
- 2003 "Radar House", as Hyper da Silva (with DJ HyperDJ HyperDJ Hyper is a British DJ, producer and remixer who has releases on labels such as Distinct'ive Breaks Records, Bedrock Records, and Positiva Recordings. He has done remixes for artists such as BT and Paul Van Dyk. He has also performed as a band under the Hyper moniker, featuring Prodigy members...
) - 2003 "Deep as the Rivers", as Moshic da Silva (with Moshic)
- 2003 "Gibberish", as Moshic da Silva (with Moshic)
- 2003 "Cosmic Mind", as Sound Projectors
- 2004 "Dark Love, as The Downloaderz