> RUINAS COLLECTIVE < https://ruinaslisboa.bandcamp.com/ Ruínas is a Lisbon-based collective focused on creating social impact through electronic music and positive vibes. Active since 2018, they started by organizing events in unconventional locations and using the proceeds to support local associations. During 2020 their activities were halted by the pandemic so the collective expanded to include also a record label section, aimed at raising funds by joining artists sensitive to particular social issues. Their first release is "Reconstruir das Ruínas", a compilation featuring music by 25 Lisbon-based artists, including Xinobi, Dan Ghenacia, Vil, and Kaspar, to name a few. The release has already received the support of personalities such as Rui Vargas and Tiago Santos from Rádio Oxigénio, and magazines like Ransom Note, A Cabine, and Soundwall. All proceeds will be donated to União Audiovisual, an association supporting musicians and art professionals struggling during the pandemic. > BLACK POMADE < https://soundcloud.com/blackpomade Lisbon circuit regular Black Pomade is a DJ and producer originally from Milan (Italy) active since 2007. Heavily influenced by the NY Disco scene and the Chicago originators, he's known for his melting-pot of analog synths, groovy basslines, soulful lyrics, and syncopated beats. When he's behind the decks, expect lots of House, Disco, Italo, and Funky records filling the dance floor with high energy and big smiles. Throughout the years he had the chance to bring his music in various places outside the Portuguese borders, including radio shows in Ibiza and Melbourne, and gigs in Vienna, Sofia, and his hometown Milan. In April 2020 Black Pomade released his first single "Marine", an Acid Italo Disco track in collaboration with the photographer Eric Bouvet and the art gallery MONO. In May he also remixed the track "Cages" from the Brooklyn-based band Sontag Shogun, and "Cash Back", a classic house banger edit on Modmotif. Finally, in October, he released his first physical record, a white-labeled 7" containing two dutch-sang electropop tracks, revisited for a modern twist. > LARRY QUEST < https://soundcloud.com/larryquest Larry Quest was born on a summer night of 2018 in London East End, on the roof of a Mini Cooper during a Block Party in Hackney Downs. Inspired by the genre binding London late hours, his past lives of classical music training and rock band experience were overturned by warehouse parties. Creating and curating music with minimum limitation, he fuses styles to shape a forward looking dance sound. His music ranges across the deep Detroit electronic spectrum, dipping roots in a Jazz background with a particular attention to drum sections. With releases via Delusions Of Grandeur, Wayout Records, Ruínas, Log Records and soon Pleasure Of Love he keeps on exploring various ways to combine soundscapes. Involved in various projects over the years from club promotion to radio hosting, the exploration of music ~to dance to~ guided him through the night under several aliases since 2009, carving an ever-evolving discography.
