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Angele Moraes (August 7, 1965 to February 27, 2021) was one of the more prominent of a new wave of New York DJs and remixers to emerge in the mid-90s, Moraes is also one of the most prolific. Before his first club appearances as a DJ in the mid-80s he had worked as a Manhattan truck driver. By the 90s he had secured bookings at many of the premier New York clubs, including the Sound Factory, where his notoriously ‘smooth and soulful’ mixing pleased large clienteles. His first single, ‘Release Yourself’, was issued in 1993, and a string of club hits followed, including ‘Heaven Knows’, ‘Welcome To The Factory’ and ‘I Like It’. In the mid-90s alone he released several mix sets for various record labels, including one on his own Hot N’ Spycy imprint. He has also remixed for London Records, Subversive and Tribal Records, and artists such as the Pet Shop Boys, k.d. lang, and Funky Green Dogs. Moraes also helped set up the Stereo club in Montreal, which provided the inspiration for his first album of original material, Back From Stereo.

With a career that spanned more than 2 decades Angel Moraes was the go to guy when it comes to cutting edge thinking, perfection and a true mastery of his various crafts. During the early 90s with his early productions such as "release yourself", "heaven knows", "the cure", "I like it", and the mind blowing "welcome to the factory" on his own Hot n Spycy recordings, Angel broke new ground and created a deep industrial sound in house music never before heard. That sound can be heard at ever corner of dance music today from deep house to tech-house to soulful house the Moraes sound has inspired many of the well known DJ/producers currently rockin venues worldwide.

Having played every major city from Dubai, Bahrain, Athens, Naples, Zurich, Paris, Barcelona and Ibiza to Japan and the orient plus countless more, 140 cities in 38 countries and counting, Angel shared his unique sound and Musical style with legions of adoring fans around the World.

A devout sound enthusiast, He was seduced and captivated from his first visits to the now legendary nightclubs of New York's yesteryear by the monstrous sound systems in use at the time and set out on a journey to learn about physics and how sound re-inforcement works. The culmination of that journey ended up in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the form of the now infamous Stereo after-hours nightclub, the club was designed and built by Angel himself based on his experience at the Paradise Garage. As if that were not enough Angel himself took all of his knowledge that he accumulated till that point and as a personal passion he designed, built and installed the sound system himself.

Angel's sound system at Stereo has been hailed as one of the great sound systems in modern clubbing history thanks to his passion and the inspiration from people like Richard Long, Larry Levan, Steve Dash and Brian Wilson.

Through all this Angel gave us so much in the form of productions and remixes as well as unforgettable clubbing experiences. A slew of other club anthems that have left floors sizzling to that deep, dark, chunky Moraes rhythm. Tracks like "burnin up" and "to the rhythm", "welcome the the factory", "the freaks". These tunes were monsters in the NYC underground at one time or another. "Love has come again" and "Sleeping faster" which were crowd favorites at Danny Tenaglia’s club ”Vinyl", and for those who spent time at Crobar listening to Victor Calderone or Boris drop "Tribal funktion" and "Shakedown" know that there's nothing like those deep Moraes beats if you really want to put a crowd in a frenzy.

There isn't a dance music DJ who hasn't played an Angel Moraes track at some point or another. In addition to these he has also given us "funk train", "tribal function", "turn it up", "naked music", and "when the rain falls", and more recently "magic carpet" as well as the timeless vocals in "music is your life", "you're love is all I need", "you should've said", "a family affair", "Luv 2 Luv" and most recently a re-work of "to the rhythm2012", "rise above the Game", "Stay with me", and the dubby "I wish you were here".

These achievements would be enough for anyone in one lifetime. Not Angel. In recent years he created another legendary party Called "LOVE Sundays" a 12 hour outdoor festival weekly event which operated every Sunday afternoon in Montreal's old port from 2009 to 2012.

In late 2012 after spending so much time in Montreal Angel decided it was time to go back to NY where he would split his time between NY and Barcelona. In 2015 Angel was offered a summer season residency at Barcelona’s Carpe Diem club lounge (CDLC) on the beach which he gracefully accepted. Having successfully held it down through summer 2015 and 2016 he had already re-signed for 2017.

In a world that has become increasingly commercial, Angel remained true to his roots and will be missed in the house music scene.