Rúben de Almeida Barbeiro (born August 21, 1987 in

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), better known as KURA, is a Portuguese

electro house Electro house is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by heavy bass and a tempo around 130 beats per minute. The term has been used to describe the music of many ''DJ Mag'' Top 100 DJs, including Benny Benassi, Skrillex, Steve Aoki ...

music DJ and

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. Kura has released tracks through labels such as

Hardwell Robbert van de Corput (; born January 7, 1988), known professionally as Hardwell, is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted the world's number one DJ by ''DJ Mag'' in 2013 and again in 2014. In 2022, he was ranked at number 43 i ...

Revealed Recordings Revealed Recordings (or shortened to Revealed, stylized as revealed) is a Dutch record label established by Hardwell in 2010. The label is headquartered in Breda, Netherlands. History The label was established on 11 April 2010 by electronic music ...

, Flashover Recordings, Musical Freedom,

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, among others.

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. His first bootleg was a hit among his peers – Sidney Samson's "Work It" on

's remix crossed with

Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981; baptised in 1980 as Berhane Selassie) was a Jamaican singer, musician, and songwriter. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements o ...

followed by his first original track, "Russian Guitar" that was picked up by the Portuguese label, Kaos Records. 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 focused on a freelance career, and more invitations to play in bigger venues. His international breakthrough came with his track "Brazil".

Roger Sanchez Roger Sanchez (born June 1, 1967) is a Dominican-American house music DJ, remixer and producer. He won a Grammy Award for his remix of " Hella Good" by No Doubt in 2003, and is best known for his song " Another Chance", which was an internation ...

picked it up for his "Release Yourself Radioshow".

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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

Nicky Romero Nick Rotteveel (; born January 6, 1989), professionally known as Nicky Romero or Monocule, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from Amerongen, Utrecht Province. He has worked with, and received support from DJs, such as Tiësto, Fedde ...

and EDX, amongst many others. In 2012, he was invited to join the Swiss-based agency WDB Management. He also collaborated with American DJ/producer MAKJ in "Galaxy" and "Old Memories".100% DJ: Kura lança dois temas explosivos

Discography

* 2009: Kura - Russian Guitar (Kaos Records) * 2009: Kura - Take Me Now (Kaos Records) * 2009: Kura and Brito - Delicious (Kaos Records) * 2010: Kura and Phil G - Follow Your Dreams (Exklusive Records) * 2011: Kura - We Keep Moovin REE DOWNLOAD* 2011: Kura - Brazil (4Kenzo Recordings) * 2011: Kura - Ammonia (

) * 2011: Kura featuring The Silva and Sinead - Night & Day (4Kenzo Recordings) * 2011: Kura - Dirty Dutch (Cool Beat Records) * 2011: Kura - Here We Go Again (Cool Beat Records) * 2011: Kura - Drop The Beat (Loop 128 Recordings) * 2012: Kura - Love Will Find You (Cr2 Recordings) * 2012: Kura - Default (Cr2 Recordings) * 2012: Kura vs. Makj - Galaxy (Juicy Music) * 2012: Kura vs. Makj - Old Memories (Juicy Music) * 2012: Kura - Asteroids On Acid (Tiger Records) * 2013: Kura - Odyssey (Tiger Records) * 2013: Kura and Jake Shanahan - Compound ( Flashover Recordings) * 2013: Kura - Venom (Tiger Records) * 2013: Kura - Devious Behavious ( Flashover Recordings) * 2013: Kura - Roll The Drum ( Flashover Recordings) * 2013: Kura - Bumbershoot ( Flashover Recordings) * 2013: Kura - Jengo REE DOWNLOAD* 2014: Kura - Sabotage (Trice Recordings/ Armada Music) * 2014: Kura and Halfway House - Blackmail ( Flashover Recordings) * 2014: KURA and John Christian - Kratos ( Flashover Recordings) * 2014: Kura - Makhor (

) * 2015: Kura - Blow Out (Oxygen/

) * 2015: Sidney Samson and KURA - Kamikaze REE DOWNLOAD* 2015: Kura featuring Sarah Mount - Collide (Oxygen/

) * 2015: Kura - Namek (Oxygen/

) * 2015: Kura and Tony Junior - King Kong (

Wall Recordings Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), better known as Afrojack, is a Dutch DJ, music producer and remixer from Spijkenisse, South Holland. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album '' Forget the Worl ...

) * 2015: Kura - Kubano (

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) * 2016:

and Kura - Calavera (

) * 2016: Kura - Bounce (

) * 2016: Tony Junior and Kura featuring Jimmy Clash - Walk Away ( Musical Freedom/

) * 2016: Kura - Graveyard (Graveyard EP) (Spinnin' Premium/

) * 2016: Kura - Detective (Graveyard EP) (Spinnin' Premium/

) * 2016:

Laidback Luke Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen (born 22 October 1976), better known under his stage name Laidback Luke, is a Dutch DJ and music producer. He notably remixed the Robin S. song, " Show Me Love" which charted at No. 11 on the UK charts in 2009. ...

and Kura - Mad Man (

) * 2016: Kura - Tora (

) * 2017: Kura - Loki (

) * 2017: Kura featuring Melody Noel - Paper Roses (

) * 2017: Kura - Bangalore (

) * 2017: Kura and Syzz - Calcutta (

) * 2017:

and KURA x Anthony B - Police (You Ain't Ready)

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(

) * 2017: Kura - Sedated (Spinnin' Premium/

) * 2017: Kura and ANGEMI featuring Luciana - On Your Side ( Smash The House) * 2017: Kura - Skank (

) * 2018: Kura and Olly James - Fuego (

) * 2018: Kura and Jimmy Clash - Young & Invincible (

) * 2018: Kura - Lambo ( Musical Freedom/

) * 2018: Kura & MR.BLACK feat. MC K9 – Favela (

) * 2019: KURA - Nothing Else Matters (

) * 2019: KURA & Jimmy Clash - MY Crew (

) * 2019: KURA - Beast Mode (

) * 2019: KURA - Thunder REE DOWNLOAD*2019: KURA & Syzz - Lightspeed (Lyghtspeed EP) (Spinnin' Premium/

) *2019: KURA & HIDDN - New School (Lyghtspeed EP) (Spinnin' Premium/

) *2019: KURA & Alvita - Jinx (Lyghtspeed EP) (Spinnin' Premium/

) *2019: KURA & Trobi - Burn (Lyghtspeed EP) (Spinnin' Premium/

) *2019: KURA & 22 Bullets - My Love ( Dharma Worldwide) *2020: KURA - Gunz In My House (

)

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1987 births Living people People from Leiria Revealed Recordings artists Portuguese DJs Portuguese electronic musicians Electronic dance music DJs