DJ, producer and music lover Tahira is one of Brazil’s hardest working and highly esteemed DJs and music collectors. Whereas most diggers of Brazilian music tend to gravitate towards regional takes on American funk, disco & soul Tahira squares in on the country's rich musical lineage as part of thegreaterAfrican diaspora, with a pronounced emphasis on African rhythms.

Tahira connects the dots between the country's rich musical history, carving out analternate trajectory for black Brazilian culture that valuesAfro-futurism over copycatfunk/soul aesthetics.

He already performed his DJ sets in several important spots respect all over the world as

Glastonbury, Montreux Jazz Festival, Boiler Room, Love Supreme, Phusion, Lot Radio,Worlwide FM and others

His productions are hugely influenced by Brazil, Africa and Latin sounds. And its have been released by several labels as Concord Jazz (Los Angeles), Musica Macondo (London), Bastard Jazz (New York), Wonderwheel (NewYork), Wah Wah 45s(London), Names You Can Trust (NewYork), Far Out (London), Tiff ́s Joint (London), Hot Casa (Paris) and Mucho Ahora Recs (Auckland)

As a music researcher he has two compilation very well received by musical critics and public. “Levanta Poeira” (2018) was chosen as one of the best reissues according NPR website. 

“Brasil Novo” released by London ́s label Musica Macondo focus on contemporary sounds from Brazil.
Best Reissue of 2022 according Sounds and Colours website and records stores as Juno and Mr Bongo. Five stars at Songlines Magazine review

Uncanny Valley is a label from Dresden, Germany.
sub-labels: shtum Records & @credit00ratlife

visit our website for upcoming events:
https://uncannyvalley.de/dates

Starting as a label that served basically as a platform for their friends’ music in 2010, Uncanny Valley evolved into a record label that assembles acclaimed artists from the electronic music scene not only from the label’s base in Dresden but also from Germany and beyond. With a strong emphasis on the records’ artwork the label heads Philipp Demankowski, Conrad Kaden and Carl-Johannes Schulze are constantly on a mission to establish and refine the artists from the roster as well as to search for new talents. Artists as Jacob Korn, Cuthead, Credit 00, Massimiliano Pagliara, CVBox or Panthera Krause all feel at home on the label, giving them the chance to develop projects that are not only music related but can also integrate different art forms. With the two offshoots Rat Life and shtum under its belt, Uncanny Valley does not stand still to explore the full spectrum of electronic and not so electronic music from House via Disco, Hip-Hop or Ambient through to Techno. A range that can also be depicted when the three label heads come together for a DJ set as Uncanny Valley DJs.

The day we got our first record out Lehman Brothers bankrupted, laying the catalyst for the Global financial crisis.

https://avalonemerson.com/andthecharm

Now one of dance music’s most respected DJs, Avalon Emerson first made a name for herself in the storied warehouse scene of her birthplace, San Francisco, before relocating to Berlin in 2013. Over a decade of performances at the famed Berghain led to appearances at numerous festivals around the world which all cemented Emerson, and her evocative, genre- and decade-spanning sets, as perennially in demand. 

In 2020, she released her first full-length collection: a contribution to the longrunning DJ-Kicks series (which Resident Advisor described as “The sound of a well-honed DJ at the top of her game.”), nestled alongside a steady stream of remix releases for the likes of Four Tet, Slowdive, Robyn and more.

Next up was 2023’s Avalon Emerson & The Charm, an instant classic which saw Emerson exploring her singing voice and more traditional songwriting outside of the boundaries of her dance music work.  Created after a move to New York, the resulting & The Charm album was released to critical acclaim, landing on numerous critics’ best-of-the-year lists.

The stage is now set, then, for her to carve out a wholly unique path, and with the help of new label home and indie giant, Dead Oceans, Emerson is poised to connect her various musical endeavors to create an untouchably rich output of material. First up is Perpetual Emotion Machine, consisting of songs created for her DJ sets, delivered via a living, evolving project and announced ahead of her worldwide tour.

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Amsterdam based DJs, events company and record label. - support@dekmantel.com for all your webshop and label enquiries.

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