Thabo 'Black EiGht' Shabalala
Child of Deep House. 

Robaco Bossa, winner of the Defected Records Best Producer Competition (2009), is a DJ/Producer from the Netherlands. Robaco's love for music started at the early age of 11 as a drummer, however, having discovered house music in his teens, the young man started to combine and create his own beats with other instruments. Robaco’s early DJ sets saw him mix up deep, progressive, tech and minimal house, stirred up with a lot of groovy and funky elements. He got the recognition he deserved when he was chosen to perform at some major clubs around the world.

Things got even better for Robaco in the beginning of 2009 when he got his first record deal, with his first release ‘Bounce It Up’ appearing on Roger Sanchez's ‘Release Yourself’ radio show, and subsequently a worldwide audience. His next releases followed suit and his sounds were receiving support from established names in the international dance scene such as Roger Sanchez, The Shapeshifters, Chocolate Puma, David Penn, Laidback Luke, Housequake (DJ Roog &amp; Erick E), DJ Chuckie, Baggi Begovic, Gregor Salto and Youri Donatz to name a few.

Along with his successful track ‘Black Bird’ on Defected Records, he has also won a couple DJ competitions and conquered a residency at the SLAM!Cafe, hosted by the famous dutch radio station SLAM!FM. He did remix work for Chocolate Puma’s (Zki &amp; Dobre) imprint ‘Pssst Music Recordings’ and other major releases by Baggi Begovic &amp; Groovenatics, Youri Donatz, Josh The Funky1 , Dreamcity and Dos Palomas Negras, which gave him an internationally recognized name in the dance scene.

A new album and several remixes are just a small part of all future plans by Robaco. His own label ‘Bossa Records’ will become reality in 2015 and some other big projects will be announced in the near future.

It is a sure bet that the name Robaco Bossa will continue to grow.

* Signed record labels: Defected Records [UK], Born To Dance Records [UK], Spinnin' Records/Made in NL, Funktion Recordings [US], PM Music [NL], Patchy Recordings [NL], Groovemasters Records [NL], Bossa Records [NL]

I'm a deep house DJ from Midrand. A member in a production crew called Art & Sole. For more info follow me on tweeter @DaSoul_K

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