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DJ Marfox | |
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Birth name | Marlon Silva |
Born | June 1988 (age 36) Lisbon, Portugal |
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Occupation(s) | DJ |
Years active | 2002–present |
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Website |
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DJ Marfox (born Marlon Silva in June 1988) is a Portuguese DJ. He is best known for pioneering a new music genre that emerged from the Portuguese capital's housing estates, referred to as "ghetto sound of Lisbon", [1] batida or batucada, [2] which incorporates African-influenced dance music such as kuduro, kizomba, funaná and tarraxinha [3] with house and techno. [3] [4]
Taking inspiration from a Nintendo character, his stage name merges "Marl" from his real name with the character's moniker Star Fox he used to play as a teenager. [5]
Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal to parents from São Tomé e Príncipe. [6] He started deejaying as DJ Marfox in 2002. [7]
In 2005, together with DJ Pausas and DJ Fofuxo, he founded DJs do Guetto [8] and a year later they released DJs do Ghetto Vol. I, a digital compilation made up of 37 tracks, onto eMule. [3] This compilation, which has since been re-issued as a free download by Príncipe Discos, [3] has been viewed as the foundational release of the ghetto sound of Lisbon. [4] [7]
His first solo album, Eu sei quem Eu Sou (I Know Who I Am), released by Príncipe Discos in early 2011, [5] was described by Philip Sherburne as “an atomic field of taut drums, hiccupping yelps, zapping synths and pinprick details." [9]
In 2014, DJ Marfox released an EP called Lucky Punch on Lit City Trax [10] [11] and performed on the Red Bull Music Academy in New York, [12] as well as in the Warm Up—the live music concerts curated by MoMA PS1. [13] [14] According to Cedar Pasori, DJ Marfox's participation in MoMA PS1's highly acclaimed experimental electronic music series, which took place on 30 August 2014, "reinforced the accelerating spread of Afro-Portuguese dance music around the world." [11] The album Lucky Punch was listed as one of DAZED's top ten albums for August 2014. [15] In between the aforementioned performances, the Rolling Stone magazine included him in their list of "10 New Artists You Need to Know". [16]
One of the first international collaborations of the Portuguese DJ and producer was a rework of tUnE-yArDs' song "Water Fountain" featuring Brazilian band Pearls Negras. [17] [18]
On 13 March 2015 the British independent record label WARP announced the release on 7 April of a new EP called Cargaa 1 featuring DJ Marfox as the central figure of what MR P describes as the "cream-of-the-crop purveyors of Lisbon's thrilling electronic dance scene". [19]
A compilation of songs crafted in the artist's bedroom from 2005 to 2008 was launched as a CD as well as free download under the name Revolução 2005–2008 on March 16, 2015. [20]
DJ Marfox released an EP in April 2016 titled Chapa Quente, featuring such songs as Tarraxo Everyday. [21]
Songs featured in compilations:
![]() | This article's tone or style may not reflect the
encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. (November 2015) |
DJ Marfox | |
---|---|
![]() 2013 performance in Lisbon's MusicBox | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Marlon Silva |
Born | June 1988 (age 36) Lisbon, Portugal |
Genres |
|
Occupation(s) | DJ |
Years active | 2002–present |
Labels |
|
Website |
www |
DJ Marfox (born Marlon Silva in June 1988) is a Portuguese DJ. He is best known for pioneering a new music genre that emerged from the Portuguese capital's housing estates, referred to as "ghetto sound of Lisbon", [1] batida or batucada, [2] which incorporates African-influenced dance music such as kuduro, kizomba, funaná and tarraxinha [3] with house and techno. [3] [4]
Taking inspiration from a Nintendo character, his stage name merges "Marl" from his real name with the character's moniker Star Fox he used to play as a teenager. [5]
Silva was born in Lisbon, Portugal to parents from São Tomé e Príncipe. [6] He started deejaying as DJ Marfox in 2002. [7]
In 2005, together with DJ Pausas and DJ Fofuxo, he founded DJs do Guetto [8] and a year later they released DJs do Ghetto Vol. I, a digital compilation made up of 37 tracks, onto eMule. [3] This compilation, which has since been re-issued as a free download by Príncipe Discos, [3] has been viewed as the foundational release of the ghetto sound of Lisbon. [4] [7]
His first solo album, Eu sei quem Eu Sou (I Know Who I Am), released by Príncipe Discos in early 2011, [5] was described by Philip Sherburne as “an atomic field of taut drums, hiccupping yelps, zapping synths and pinprick details." [9]
In 2014, DJ Marfox released an EP called Lucky Punch on Lit City Trax [10] [11] and performed on the Red Bull Music Academy in New York, [12] as well as in the Warm Up—the live music concerts curated by MoMA PS1. [13] [14] According to Cedar Pasori, DJ Marfox's participation in MoMA PS1's highly acclaimed experimental electronic music series, which took place on 30 August 2014, "reinforced the accelerating spread of Afro-Portuguese dance music around the world." [11] The album Lucky Punch was listed as one of DAZED's top ten albums for August 2014. [15] In between the aforementioned performances, the Rolling Stone magazine included him in their list of "10 New Artists You Need to Know". [16]
One of the first international collaborations of the Portuguese DJ and producer was a rework of tUnE-yArDs' song "Water Fountain" featuring Brazilian band Pearls Negras. [17] [18]
On 13 March 2015 the British independent record label WARP announced the release on 7 April of a new EP called Cargaa 1 featuring DJ Marfox as the central figure of what MR P describes as the "cream-of-the-crop purveyors of Lisbon's thrilling electronic dance scene". [19]
A compilation of songs crafted in the artist's bedroom from 2005 to 2008 was launched as a CD as well as free download under the name Revolução 2005–2008 on March 16, 2015. [20]
DJ Marfox released an EP in April 2016 titled Chapa Quente, featuring such songs as Tarraxo Everyday. [21]
Songs featured in compilations: