Rui Da Silva

Rui Da Silva



Producer, DJ, record label boss, musical innovator.



Rui Da Silva is an electronic music producer. He runs

Kismet Records, his own, successful, independent music

label. He DJs all over the world.



Rui has been involved in music since he was a kid and

in the music business since he set up the Kaos Records label

in Portugal in the early 90s with the label he kick started the dance scene in Portugal



in 1993 Rui creates the legendary Underground Sound of Lisbon the most influential electronic dance band out of Portugal till this day. The Seminal "So get Up" originally released under his label Kaos Records went on to be licensed to Tribal Records in the US, the international release of So Get Up came packaged with mixes from Junior Vasquez and Danny Tenaglia. this record became a classic in the Sound Factory in New York with Junior playing it constantly every saturday.



In 1999 he moved away from his label Kaos Records and relocated to London in a search for new

challenges. He set up Kismet Records and started

recording under his own name.



In 2001 his music leapt from club to radio when his

song Touch Me became an international number one

single.



Today he continues to produce club tracks and

experimental electronic music always, as he puts it,

“trying to change the sound and evolve as staying still gets me bored”.



Kismet is still going strong in the digital age with a

mission to “help new upcoming talent to break into the

electronic music scene”.



Rui’s formative years, growing up in Portugal, were

spent listening to music and one-deck DJing at

parties. Early influences included Tones On Tail,

Talking Heads, Kraftwerk and Brian Eno. “But when I

was 16 or 17 I realised that DJing wasn’t fulfilling

as i was basically playing other peoples music!”



After that he started playing bass in a band.

“That was frustrating as I was the only one into

turning up for the rehearsals.”



Then, the revelatory experience, he started listening

to early house from the US and the UK.

“I decided to sell the bass and amp and buy a Roland

909 (drum machine) and start creating music. I liked

the way it was all about the music and nothing about

image.”



From there it was only a small step to becoming a

producer, party animal, and label boss.



And the future? More production of course.

“If I don’t do music I feel agitated.”

And more new ideas.

“Trying to learn a little bit more. Making music is

like cooking, you must plan it, and you need to source

the right ingredients. But if you cook all the time

you can start experimenting. The best part of the

creative process comes from mistakes but to make a

track you must also be organised, it’s the pull

between these two poles that makes a great song.”

And plenty of quality releases on Kismet.

“After so many years in the business I’m in a position

to help people and develop new talent.”



Rui Da Silva, at once professor and student, mentor

and pupil, learning, evolving,  drawing on his

experience while surfing the edge of new sounds.



5 Key Rui Da Silva tunes



1 Rui Da Silva - Touch Me

2 Underground Sound Of Lisbon - So Get Up

3 Rui Da Silva - Pacman

4 Rui Da Silva - Fire/Earth

5 Coco Da Silva - Saudade



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