DJ Vibe (real name António Manuel "Tó" Portela Alves Pereira) is a
house music
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground ...
DJ.
Career
Vibe was born in
Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...
, Portugal, and became a DJ at 15. At this age he started to perform in clubs and before long he was playing side by side with big names of the dance scene like
Paul Oakenfold
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,
Tony Humphries,
Roger Sanchez
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and
Danny Tenaglia
Daniel "Danny" Tenaglia (born March 7, 1961) is an Italian American DJ and record producer.
Biography Early life
Tenaglia left New York in 1985 and started DJing in Miami as a resident at Cheers nightclub, playing classic New York and Chicago ...
. However, it was his partnership with another Portuguese,
Rui da Silva, that propelled him to the top of the house music scene, both nationally and internationally. Together, with Da Silva, he brought life to the project,
Underground Sound of Lisbon
Underground Sound of Lisbon (sometimes shortened to USL) is a collaboration between Portugal, Portuguese house music record producer, producers Rui da Silva (DJ), Rui da Silva (then known as Doctor J) and DJ Vibe (real name Tó Pereira), who were ...
, which in the summer of 1994 released the hit "So Get Up" (featuring vocals and lyrics by Californian artist/songwriter, Ithaka Darin Pappas) distributed by
Rob di Stefano's label,
Tribal USA, reaching #1 on the Billboard Club Chart. He has done an extensive number of remixes for
DJ Jiggy,
Danny Tenaglia
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Biography Early life
Tenaglia left New York in 1985 and started DJing in Miami as a resident at Cheers nightclub, playing classic New York and Chicago ...
,
Kristine W
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and others.
In addition to DJing, Vibe co-owns
Kaos Records, a record store and label in Lisbon, which he founded in 1992 with entrepreneur António Cunha. Vibe has mixed a variety of compilations for Kaos Records, most notably ''Global Grooves''. He was also involved in other projects such as LHT, NYLX, Sonic Hunters and Meco.
Discography
: ''See
Underground Sound of Lisbon
Underground Sound of Lisbon (sometimes shortened to USL) is a collaboration between Portugal, Portuguese house music record producer, producers Rui da Silva (DJ), Rui da Silva (then known as Doctor J) and DJ Vibe (real name Tó Pereira), who were ...
for the rest of DJ Vibe's discography''
DJ Vibe
*1994 "Unreleased Project", with
Tó Ricciardi
*2003 "Solid Textures", with
Pete Tha Zouk
*2004 "I'll Take You", with
Franklin Fuentes
*2007 "Tranzient/Da Muzik", as Calderone & Vibe, with
Victor Calderone
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Biography
Raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, Calderone was introduced into New York City's nightli ...
Other aliases
*1999 "Meco EP", as Meco
*2000 "The Driver", as Meco
*2005 "Re-Evolution", as Sonic Hunters, with Tó Ricciardi
*2006 "Mosquito Pollen/El Ayoun", as Casa Grande
Remixes
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Yoko Ono
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Ono grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York ...
"
Everyman… Everywoman…" (2004)
Premiums
*1999 reach #1 ranking World's Best DJ's
References
External links
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*Interviews
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Streaming de Setsdo DJ Vibe ao vivo na Ant3na
Downloadfree music sets of DJ Vibe
Portuguese house musicians
Club DJs
Living people
Portuguese DJs
Electronic dance music DJs
Year of birth missing (living people)
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