Label based in Guimarães - Portugal
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Helder Teixeira has spent years fine-tuning his music winning formula.

"I always had a non-dj approach of djing, in the sense that when playing i am not focussing on making the floor go crazy or focussing on the idea of always keeping the energy level up, up, up!
But i am very passionate about sharing with the crowd what i think are the dopest records of the moment or the dopest classics.

In that sense i’m not pretending to be “right” or “wrong” and i will not make 100% of everybody happy, but i feel that my duty is to inform people of what’s really hot, would it be timeless classics or brand new records.
I’m always trying to present to people a little bit of the history of “my” beloved House and Techno , as i tend to do so by playing very personal “classics” not the Hits from the past but very unique jams that in my mind represent the essence of what is magic in House and Techno."


Born in 1980, Helder Teixeira sparked interest in music early, starting his career in 1992. Began to be known as Dj Narcotic. His musical style was techno and played at private parties for friends.

In 1994 opted for Acid House, playing themes of Phuture, Fast Eddie, DJ Pierre, DJ Camacho and many others. After just over a year, gives himself completely, the whole slope House!

Until today, has played in some emblematic portuguese clubs like as: "Penha Club", "Opera-Prima" (Famalicão), "Hit" (Pov. Varzim), "Tipografia" (Famalicão), "Swing" (Pov. Lanhoso) "Enseada" (Pov. Varzim), "Botequim" (Braga), "House Kaffé" (Braga), "Astória" (Braga), "Barbieri" (Braga), "Amo-te Braga" (Braga), "Black Jack "(Vilamoura)," Romania III (Vilamoura) "," Estação da Luz "(Aveiro) and events such as: The Week In A Paradise Called Portugal - 1996, Enterro da Gata 1998 and Queima das Fitas 2000, Mit Penha and Twins Praia. He shared the booth with names like as: Dj Vibe, Rui Vargas, Jiggy, Luís "XL" Garcia, Mario Roque, Tó Ricciardi, and many others.

Influenced by artists like: "Little" Louie Vega, Francois K, Joe Claussell, DJ Deep, Julien Jabre, Dj Vibe, Danny Krivit, Terry Hunter, Frankie Knuckles, Tito Puente, Mr V, Ron Trent, Kyle Eastwood and many others! Helder Teixeira thus achieves a fusion of styles, ranging from Deep House, Tech House and Techno.

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Tech house is a subgenre of house music that mixes elements of techno with house music. The term tech house developed as a shorthand record store name for a category of electronic dance music that combined musical aspects of techno, such as "rugged basslines" and "steely beats," with the harmonies and grooves of progressive house.[1][2] The music originally had a clean and minimal production style that was associated with techno from Detroit and the UK.[2] In the mid to late 1990s a scene developed in England around club nights such as The Drop run by Mr.C & Plink Plonk, Heart & Soul, and Wiggle run by Terry Francis and Nathan Coles.[1] Other DJs and artists associated with the sound at that time included Charles Webster, Bushwacka!, Dave Angel, Herbert, Funk D'Void, Ian O'Brien, Derrick Carter, and Stacey Pullen.[1][2] By the late 90's London nightclub The End, owned by the former Shamen rapper Richard West (Mr C) and Layo Paskin, was considered the home of tech house in the UK

Deep house is known for complex melody, use of unrelated chromatic chords underlying most sequences, and a soul, ambient, or lounge vibe to the vocals (if any). It is a style of house music that blends elements of Chicago house, 80s soul, jazz-funk and Detroit techno. Deep house commonly appeared as a genre in the early 90s with more melodic sounds gathering influences from soul, jazz and African beats. In the early compositions (1988–89), influences of jazz music were most frequently brought out by using more complex chords than simple triads (7ths, 9ths, 13ths, suspensions, alterations) which are held for many bars and give compositions a slightly dissonant feel. The use of vocals became more common in deep house than in many other forms of house music. Sonic qualities include soulful vocals (if vocals are included), slow and concentrated dissonant melodies, and a smooth, stylish, and chic demeanor.

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