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HOUSE MUSIC PODCASTS: trickymoreira.com
Tricky Moreira has been a key figure in the house music scene since it's inception; playing flawless sets at hundreds of local & international events across North America, Europe, The Middle East, and Asia. Moreira's technical knowledge and ability to manipulate music & sounds through turntable tactics & brilliant musical programming enabled him to be recognized world-over for his talents.
While aspiring to be a choreographer, he put together a break-dance & rap crew in 1987 under the name Critial Stepp with original memebers who are currently influential in the local music scene. "I used to put together the music for our performances, mixing from tape to tape, phonograph to tape, you know - original skills - thought out processes. Dj'ing was still a new thing back then. You had a lot of leeway in creating new styles, cuts, & scratches. I played everything from hip hop, rnb & funk to reggae & soca - of course house music was always a major influence - mixing, scratching, & breaking down music intellectually always had a major influence on me, period, whatever it was".
Working with some of the most influential companies in house music, his residency at Lucid Nightclub in Toronto landed him an affiliations as an official Ministry Of Sound DJ in Toronto. Tricky's ability to manipulate and transform music led him to the development of WFP Studios where he began producing music for his now international record label, Blue Elephant Recordings. Tricky's music has been distrubuted from coast to coast, and has landed spots on international radio shows such as BBC Radio One's The Essential Mix Show. Moreira's remix of Jully Black's "Sweat Of Your Brow" for Univeral Music won him Best Dance/Electronic Song Of The Year at the prestigious CUMA's (Canadian Urban Music Awards), while Together still stands as a legendary house tune.
With a Diploma in broadcasting and serious skills that pay the bills behind the decks, Toronto's hit radio station FLOW 93.5FM boasts Tricky Moreira as one of their burgeoning Dj's & On-Air Personalities for good reason. Moreira's show, 'This House', keeps the station's listeners bouncing to an earful of beautifully mixed house in it's many deep genres, being the only underground style show of it's kind on major radio in Canada. 'This House' can also be heard nationally on ROGERS Digital TV CH 932, and has been syndicated in Russia on APEX FM, and in Germany & The UK on Noganic FM. Moreira's guests include a slew of acclaimed Dj's, producers, vocalists & artists including Tiesto, Byron Stingly, Jermaine Dupri, Dj Disciple, Pussycat Dolls, Talib Kweli, & P. Diddy just to name a few who lounge behind the walls of his house. 'This House' has been recognized worldwide for over 6.5 years, winning Moreira many awards including Now Magazine's Best Local DJ 2008, Anokhi Vibe Magazine's Best On-Air Personality & DJ, and Now Magazine's Readers' Choice Best On-Air Host 2008.
"I have an incredible desire to succeed, coupled by an instinctive nature to dissect music. That's my trick."
