A New Compilation Series Recaptures the ’90s Heyday of Rave in Portugal By April Clare Welsh · June 27, 2019 In 1994, Portugal’s dance music scene was thriving. Urban clubs and bars were offering a vibrant mix of European trance, acid house, Detroit techno, and house music from New York and Chicago. Secret raves were starting to emerge throughout the nation. During the summer of that year, a significant event took place at a medieval castle in Santa Maria da Feira, featuring New York’s Danny Tenaglia and Dutch DJ Jaydee as the main performers. This event represented a crucial turning point in the evolution of Portuguese rave culture. Simultaneously, Portugal’s alternative, underground party scene was also flourishing. The notorious U.K. free party collective, Spiral Tribe, arrived in 1996 and established themselves at Fonte da Telha, close to Costa da Caparica. Together with four other soundsystem collectives—Total Resistance, APA, Kamikaze, and Furious—they organized a series of events in hidden venues across the country. “There were raves in castles, convents—stuff like that,” recalls João Ervedosa, also known as DJ Shcuro/José Acid, whose Lisbon label Paraíso draws inspiration from the sounds of that time. “Beyond the club scene, there was this significant trance movement. People were traveling to Portugal from all over the globe.” These years were also pivotal for recorded dance music. Kaos Records, the nation’s first electronic label established by Portuguese producers Rui da Silva and DJ Vibe alongside promoter António Cunha, released key records from The Ozone and Urban Dreams; the track “So Get Up” (a remix of the iconic 1992 downtempo track by Ithaka aka artist Ithaka Darin Pappas) made by the Underground Sound of Lisbon became a defining anthem, and New York icon Junior Vasquez was the first U.S. DJ to spin the single during his set at Sound Factory. (It was subsequently licensed to the label Tribal America, accompanied by remixes from Vasquez and Danny Tenaglia.) This moment signified the onset of a lasting partnership between New York house and Portuguese dance music.
Source: https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/rave-tuga-compilation-series
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Get_Up
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