Member Since: 9/28/2005
Band Website: submusica.com/ebs
Band Members:
TAHIRA – DJ/MUSICAL RESEARCHER/PHOTOGRAPHER/LICENSER/JOURNALIST
London, Barcelona, Berlin, São Paulo, Ottawa, Tallin, Hannover, Odessa, Rio de Janeiro, Tartu and Cologne. These are some of the cities which have been part of DJ Tahira’s worldwide circuit during the last two years.
Known in brazilian scene for his wide musical culture and sophisticated repertoire, Alexandre Tahira upholds eclectic and informative Djing based on a mixture of styles such as Rare Grooves, House, Broken Beat, Detroit Techno, Downtempo, Abstract Hip Hop and Dub, strongly influenced by Jazz, 70s Funk, Latin, Soul, Afro and Brazilian Music.
He is, currently, the most versatile DJ and, thanks to his wide knowledge, the only one in Brazil to transit through parties of different musical styles, sharing the turntables with the best of each style in Brazil.
His international sound is modern and vintage at the same time. No barriers. Many periods and musical styles are blended. Tahira can build a diversified repertoire smoothly, the transitions are not felt by the public, and at the end of his set people have listened and danced to everything. It’s a Djing style on the rise in Europe, but masterly done by few DJs.
Always committed to the quality and the present time, Tahira has helped to introduce several musical trends in São Paulo’s night culture since the early 90s: Acid Jazz, Soulful House, 2-Step, Broken Beat, Nu-Jazz, Afrobeat and Samba Jazz are some of the examples of his pioneering work.
In 2006, Tahira was one of the most active brazilian DJs abroad, with 14 gigs in countries such as Germany, England, Canada, Ukraine, Estonia and Spain.
Lately, he has played in many events/parties/clubs in São Paulo: Vegas, Lov.e, Street Soundsytens, Cafe De La Musique, Sarajevo, Copacabana´s New Years Eve (30.000 people), Studio SP, among others.
One of the most requested loung music DJs currently, has taken care of sound ambiance for places such as Café De La Musique, Hotel Sofitel, Hotel Hilton, Hotel Emiliano, São Paulo’s Pinacotheca, Casa de Portugal, among others.
Currently, he is resident of Skye Restaurant’s lounge, in Unique Hotel’s penthouse, one of the most sophisticated hotels of the world; of Bar Café Wienner (Jundiaà – SP’s most important Bar Café); and of underground club Sarajevo.
His informative side can be checked out on his montlhy podcast Eclectic Black Sessions (www.submusica/ebs), where he shows new stuff and classics of music around the world, with listeners in Portugal, Japan, USA, Germany and Brazil, and through his collaboration, with images and text, for Nettherlands website Brazilica (www.brazilica.nl) as well, which is one of the greatest references of brazilian music in Europe. And now he got a column called Turntable Jazz at the only one jazz mag in Brazil: the Revista Jazz +. There Tahira spread the blend of jazz with the dj culture in all aspects. From Hip Hop, Downtempo til Broken Beat and Drum´n´bass.
Tahira has researched the independent brazilian musical market for 4 years, selecting music inside his country’s infinite underground of the present for his unique sound. As a result of this research for new music and new talents, Tahira also licenses brazilian artists for international labels. He has already worked with labels such as Schema (Italy), Irma (Italy), Groove Gravy (USA), Union Square (UK) e Mumo (UK).