DJ Marfox
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DJ Marfox | |
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 2013 performance in Lisbon's MusicBox | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Marlon Silva |
| Origin | Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Occupation | DJ |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Labels | Príncipe Discos (Portugal) Pollinate (UK) Enchufada (Portugal) Lit City Trax (USA) WRAP (UK) |
| Website | www |
DJ Marfox — the stage name of Marlon Silva — 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]
His stage name combines the first syllable of Marlon with the name of the character featured in the Nintendo game Star Fox he used to play as a teenager.[5]
Career
Born on June 1988, in Lisbon, Portugal of São Tomé e Príncipe’s parents,[6] DJ Marfox started deejaying 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 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 and hiccupping yelps and zapping synths and pinprick details."[9]
In 2014, DJ Marfox released an EP called Lucky Punch on Lit City Trax[10][11] and went on to perform in 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 August 30, 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 March 13, 2015 the British independent record label WARP announced the release on April 7th 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]
Discography
Albums
- Eu Sei Quem Sou (Príncipe, 2011) — reviewed by Philip Sherburne/Resident Advisor[6]
- Artist Unknown (Pollinaire, 2012) — reviewed by Philip Sherburne/SPIN [21]
- Subliminar (Enchufada, 2013)
- Lucky Punch (Lit City Trax, 2014) — reviewed by Philip Sherburne/SPIN [22] as well as Joe Muggs & Seb Wheeler/MixMag [23]
- Revolução 2005-2008 (NOS, 2015)
Songs featured in Compilations:
- 'Funk em Kuduro' — DJ’s do Guetto Vol. 1 first released in 2006; re-release in 2013 by Príncipe Discos.
Mixtapes
- Distortion Ass Mix — featured in SPIN 05.07.2012[9]
- Dazed Digital - DJ Marfox Mix — featured in DAZED DIGITAL 03.2014[7]
- The Ghetto Sound of Lisbon — featured in Resident Advisor 10.03.2014[4]
- MOMA PS1 Warm Up Mix — featured in Pitchfork 29.08.2014<[14]
References
- ^ Keeling, Ryan. 'Features: The Ghetto Sound of Lisbon'. Resident Advisor. 10.03.2014.
- ^ Pinto, Jorge. 'A música africana reinventa-se nos guetos de Lisboa'. Rede Angola. 12.02.2015.
- ^ a b c d Barry, Robert '“This is our grime”: DJ Marfox, DJ Nigga Fox, Principe Records and the Sound of the Lisbon Ghettos'. FactMag. 18 October 2013.
- ^ a b c 'RA.406 DJ Marfox'. Resident Advisor. Podcast 406. 10.03.2013.
- ^ a b Beta, Andy 'Lisbon's Batida Revolution'. Pitchfork. 29.08.2014.
- ^ a b Sherburne, Philip. 'Review: Eu Sei Quem Sou'. Resident Advisor. 27.01.2012.
- ^ a b c Dolding, Sian. 'Introducing DJ Marfox'. Dazed. April 2014.
- ^ Jones, Charlie Robin. ‘Meet the Lisbon ghetto kids setting the bairros on fire’. Dazed. May 2014.
- ^ a b Sherburne, Philip. 'DJ Marfox Hypnotic Hard Assed Dance Mix'. Spin. 05.07.2012.
- ^ Friedlander, Emilie. ‘Stream: DJ Marfox, Terra Batida’. Fadrer. 18.04.2014.
- ^ a b Cedar, Young. 'DJ Marfox Talks' Do Androids Dance. 20.06.2014.
- ^ Cedar, Young. ‘Lit City Trax Makes History at Wesway for RBMA NYC 2014' Do Androids Dance. 31.05.2014
- ^ Khal.‘MoMA PS1 has announced their Warm Up Lineup’ Do Androids Dance. 28.05.2014
- ^ a b ‘DJ Marfox Continues MoMA PS1 Warm Up Mix Series’. Pitchfork. 29.08.2014.
- ^ Olbrich, Suze. ‘Top Ten Album of the Month’. Dazed. August 2014.
- ^ ‘10 New Artists You Need to Know’. Rolling Stone. June 2014.
- ^ Minisher, Evan. ‘tUnE-yArDs Perform "Water Fountain" on "Conan", Launch Water Charity’. Pitchfork. 10.12.2014.
- ^ Brodsky, Rachel. ‘tUnE-yArDs Loop and Drum Their Way to the Water Fountain on Conan'. Spin. 10.12.2014.
- ^ MR P. 'Warp Records to release EP featuring exciting Lisbon producers DJ Marfox, DJ Nigga Fox, and more'. Wrap. 13.03.2015.
- ^ NOS DISCOS. 13.03.2015.
- ^ Sherburne, Philip. ‘Control Voltage's Friday Five: Damaged Beats from Blawan and Theo Parrish’. Spin 21.09.2012.
- ^ Sherburne, Philip. 'Dance Tracks of the Week: DJ Marfox Throws a 'Lucky Punch' for Lit City Trax'. Spin. 02.05.2014.
- ^ Muggs, Joe & Seb Wheeler. ‘Bass: August’. MixMag. 18.08.2014.