DJ Marfox

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DJ Marfox
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2013 performance in Lisbon's MusicBox
Background information
Birth nameMarlon Silva
BornJune 1988 (age 35)
Lisbon, Portugal
Genres
  • Afro-Portuguese
  • batida/batucada
  • instrumental
  • kuduro
Occupation(s) DJ
Years active2002–present
Labels
  • Príncipe Discos (Portugal)
  • Pollinate (UK)
  • Enchufada (Portugal)
  • Lit City Trax (USA)
  • WARP (UK)
Website www.djmarfox.pt.vu

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]

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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]

Career

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]

Discography

Albums & EPs

Songs featured in compilations:

Mixtapes

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References

  1. ↑ Keeling, Ryan. 'Features: The Ghetto Sound of Lisbon'. Resident Advisor. 10.03.2014.
  2. ↑ Pinto, Jorge. 'A música africana reinventa-se nos guetos de Lisboa'. Rede Angola. 12.02.2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Barry, Robert '“This is our grime”: DJ Marfox, DJ Nigga Fox, Principe Records and the Sound of the Lisbon Ghettos'. FactMag. 18 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 'RA.406 DJ Marfox'. Resident Advisor. Podcast 406. 10.03.2013.
  5. 1 2 Beta, Andy 'Lisbon's Batida Revolution'. Pitchfork. 29.08.2014.
  6. 1 2 Sherburne, Philip. 'Review: Eu Sei Quem Sou'. Resident Advisor. 27.01.2012.
  7. 1 2 3 Dolding, Sian. 'Introducing DJ Marfox'. Dazed. April 2014.
  8. ↑ Jones, Charlie Robin. 'Meet the Lisbon ghetto kids setting the bairros on fire'. Dazed. May 2014.
  9. 1 2 Sherburne, Philip. 'DJ Marfox Hypnotic Hard Assed Dance Mix'. Spin. 05.07.2012.
  10. ↑ Friedlander, Emilie. 'Stream: DJ Marfox, Terra Batida'. Fadrer. 18.04.2014.
  11. 1 2 Cedar, Young. 'DJ Marfox Talks' Do Androids Dance. 20.06.2014.
  12. ↑ Cedar, Young. 'Lit City Trax Makes History at Wesway for RBMA NYC 2014' Do Androids Dance. 31.05.2014
  13. ↑ Khal. 'MoMA PS1 has announced their Warm Up Lineup' Do Androids Dance. 28.05.2014
  14. 1 2 'DJ Marfox Continues MoMA PS1 Warm Up Mix Series'. Pitchfork. 29.08.2014.
  15. ↑ Olbrich, Suze. 'Top Ten Album of the Month'. Dazed. August 2014.
  16. ↑ '10 New Artists You Need to Know'. Rolling Stone. June 2014.
  17. ↑ Minisher, Evan. 'tUnE-yArDs Perform "Water Fountain" on "Conan", Launch Water Charity'. Pitchfork. 10.12.2014.
  18. ↑ Brodsky, Rachel. 'tUnE-yArDs Loop and Drum Their Way to the Water Fountain on Conan'. Spin. 10.12.2014.
  19. ↑ MR P. 'Warp Records to release EP featuring exciting Lisbon producers DJ Marfox, DJ Nigga Fox, and more'. Wrap. 13.03.2015.
  20. ↑ NOS DISCOS. 13.03.2015.
  21. ↑ "Chapa Quente - EP". Apple Music.
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