Brazil is the hub of the South America house music scene and DJ Edground is one of the most importand brazilian house djs. São Paulo born Edground was raised on influence of underground house parties and he discovered the joy of house music and this sealed his fate, developing a taste for house beats and soulful music he began his life as a DJ in the summer of 1994.
Six months later he bought his first 12inch (which he still plays), and a year later he played his first ever gig.
Edground is a journalist who writes about nu jazz, broken beat, brazilian, latin & afro beats, and house music as well. His summaries can be read at brazilian news paper www.valeparaibano.com.br. Also, he worked at brazilian website exclusive in eletronic music www.rraurl.com, he was collaborating with interviews with important djs as Marques Wyatt from Deep-LA, Mark Farina, DJ Pippi and Larry Heard aka Mr. Fingers.
In 2000 Edground started promoting underground parties in Taubaté, city closer to São Paulo, the mounthly FACES of house music nights. His party finished in 2003 due to space. In 2004 Edground started a new project himself called Grooveland and the first part of it became a website www.grooveland.com.br, and a radio show at Radio Kiss FM 101,1 in Taubaté, city closer to São Paulo.
Groove da Kiss is radio show weekly hosted by Edground every Sunday, 9 - 11 PM featuring new black music with old school like nu jazz and house music,funk and r&b, brazilian grooves and broken beat, disco and afrobeats. Many djs are guest in his radio show as: Larry Heard, Groovie Junkies, Brian Tappert, SUMO, Gregory del Piero, Master Kev, Stacey Mallory, Frank Cano, Boo Willians, E-Phi, Junior Recordbreakin, Bruno E, David Mancuso, Marc Cotterell, Keith Thompson, Bobby & Steve, Ingela, etc.
Also, Edground has began to make the Grooveland House Parties. The first Grooveland Party did happened in June and Edground invited the House Legends from New York Dj Victor Simonelli to play, for the second Grooveland Party the guest was the owner of Loveslap! Recordings; Charles Spencer from San Francisco. The last Grooveland Party the guest dj was Neil Aline, Chez Music´s own from NYC.
As a dj, Edground always does incredible mixes that are jorneys between brazilian and afrikan feelings with soulful and jazzy house grooves as well as amazin sounds around the world. Also, He has been making his first remix for Mustafa, brazilian producer.
Edground had played with brazilian djs like Anderson Soares, Sidney Gomes, Henrique Hermeto, Fernando Ribeiro, Claudio Mansur and the international djs like Victor Simonelli from VJSProductions NYC, Canadian guy Tim Adams from NuJazz Productions, from San Francisco Charles Spencer Loveslap! Recordings. Also, He had played in some brazilian clubs and house parties like: Colors House musc party/São Paulo, Deep House Culture party/Brasilia, D.edge/Campo Grande, Gate´s Pub/Brasilia, Beats Club/ Curitiba, A Loca/São Paulo, Ampgalaxy/São Paulo, Spin/Rio de Janeiro and Kraft Club/Campinas
