John Player Special (a.k.a. João Gomes da Costa) was born in 1979 Portugal. In the past 20 years, John Player Special has built a dj career that spans practically all major clubs and music venues in Portugal, and has cemented his position as one of the most hard working and original dj's in the country. In a digital age, he remained faithful to the analog days and his vinyl record collection is an impressive homage to the best soul, funk, hiphop and jazz of the 20th century. His journey through the vaults of the most creative and respected labels of the past is in part responsible for his sophisticated taste, that combined with his open mind and natural capacity of working a crowd, gives him the capacity to turn any event into a memorable dancing session, full of groovy surprises and contagious dance floor fever. While usually in his sets one can enjoy a predominance of contemporary urban music ranging from breakbeat, hiphop and soul, John Player Special crosses freely through genres and epochs adding rhythms from the early rock'n'roll period, latin and afrobeat tracks, jazz and blues classics, obscure soundtrack shakers or Brazilian gems, creating the right balance to please the attending crowd. Rock in Rio, Lisb-On, Lux Frágil, Plano B, Out jazz and Out Fest, among many others, are some of the venues where John Player Special has played his sets. 
John Player Special has been involved in music production for more than 15 years, either in his own solo projects or with live bands. His first release was published in 2018 by the Portuguese record label 1980. 
https://1980lyfers.bandcamp.com/track/jps-lose-your-love

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DJ, Producer and key player. Guy from 1990 has been around since 2007, and his path crossed London for a few years, where he got most of his music culture and studies. The 90's kid is highly inspired by the late 80's / early 90s house and acid sounds, without forgetting of course the UK sounds influence especially in the Garage sphere. 

Apart from DJing regularly in Portugal and many European cities, he is also having a strong presence on Portuguese FM radios such as Rádio Oxigénio and SBSR, with his own music and DJ sets being played regularly. Although, Guy from 1990’s main occupation is to be Resident DJ and organizer of one of the most representative underground movements in Portugal: @ela-east 

Releases at https://soundcloud.com/percebesmusica , https://soundcloud.com/whoopee-lx , https://soundcloud.com/powdertraxx , https://soundcloud.com/ruinaslisboa 


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1990 not only means the year I was born, but also a period of growing creativity in electronic music. Everything seemed to be possible on this period, and unexplored borders of music were now being unrevealed. Many do consider this period as the beginning of a global Dance Music scene. A movement with no borders, including people from all ages, sexual orientations, countries and different kinds of backgrounds. It was also the soundtrack and the movement that followed the unification of west and east Europe. This is a tribute to this Era and its sound.

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