Rúben de Almeida Barbeiro (born August 21, 1987 in

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), better known as KURA, is a Portuguese

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music DJ and

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. Kura has released tracks through labels such as

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, Spinnin' Records, among others.

Career

In the early 2000s, he started following the club scene and by 2005 Kura would play on a DJ booth while working at a skate shop near Lisbon and eventually gigs in Cascais's club Coconuts. His first DJ residency came along and he became Bahaus resident DJ for 3 years. His first bootleg was a hit among his peers – Sidney Samson's "Work It" on

's remix crossed with

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followed by his first original track, "Russian Guitar" that was picked up by the Portuguese label, Kaos Records. He was invited to play as a resident DJ at Lisbon’s Kapital, and then at the summer club, Tamariz, and then to Gossip, a major club in Lisbon. He also focused on a freelance career, and more invitations to play in bigger venues. His international breakthrough came with his track "Brazil".

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picked it up for his "Release Yourself Radioshow". Thomas Gold picked Kura's hits "Polaris", "Love Will Find You", a remix of "Nightrain" for his radioshow. Besides these Kura also got support for his tracks from

, Nicky Romero and EDX, amongst many others. In 2012, he was invited to join the Swiss-based agency WDB Management. He also collaborated with American DJ/producer MAKJ in "Galaxy" and "Old Memories".100% DJ: Kura lança dois temas explosivos

Discography

* 2009: Kura - Russian Guitar (Kaos Records) * 2009: Kura - Take Me Now (Kaos Records) * 2009: Kura and Brito - Delicious (Kaos Records) * 2010: Kura and Phil G - Follow Your Dreams (Exklusive Records) * 2011: Kura - We Keep Moovin REE DOWNLOAD* 2011: Kura - Brazil (4Kenzo Recordings) * 2011: Kura - Ammonia (

) * 2011: Kura featuring The Silva and Sinead - Night & Day (4Kenzo Recordings) * 2011: Kura - Dirty Dutch (Cool Beat Records) * 2011: Kura - Here We Go Again (Cool Beat Records) * 2011: Kura - Drop The Beat (Loop 128 Recordings) * 2012: Kura - Love Will Find You (Cr2 Recordings) * 2012: Kura - Default (Cr2 Recordings) * 2012: Kura vs. Makj - Galaxy (Juicy Music) * 2012: Kura vs. Makj - Old Memories (Juicy Music) * 2012: Kura - Asteroids On Acid (Tiger Records) * 2013: Kura - Odyssey (Tiger Records) * 2013: Kura and Jake Shanahan - Compound (

) * 2013: Kura - Venom (Tiger Records) * 2013: Kura - Devious Behavious (

) * 2013: Kura - Roll The Drum (

) * 2013: Kura - Bumbershoot (

) * 2013: Kura - Jengo REE DOWNLOAD* 2014: Kura - Sabotage (Trice Recordings/

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) * 2014: Kura and Halfway House - Blackmail (

) * 2014: KURA and John Christian - Kratos (

) * 2014: Kura - Makhor (

) * 2015: Kura - Blow Out (Oxygen/ Spinnin' Records) * 2015: Sidney Samson and KURA - Kamikaze REE DOWNLOAD* 2015: Kura featuring Sarah Mount - Collide (Oxygen/ Spinnin' Records) * 2015: Kura - Namek (Oxygen/ Spinnin' Records) * 2015: Kura and

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- King Kong (

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/ Spinnin' Records) * 2015: Kura - Kubano ( Doorn/ Spinnin' Records) * 2016:

and Kura - Calavera (

) * 2016: Kura - Bounce (

) * 2016:

and Kura featuring Jimmy Clash - Walk Away (

/ Spinnin' Records) * 2016: Kura - Graveyard (Graveyard EP) (Spinnin' Premium/ Spinnin' Records) * 2016: Kura - Detective (Graveyard EP) (Spinnin' Premium/ Spinnin' Records) * 2016: Laidback Luke and Kura - Mad Man ( Spinnin' Records) * 2016: Kura - Tora ( Spinnin' Records) * 2017: Kura - Loki (

) * 2017: Kura featuring Melody Noel - Paper Roses ( Spinnin' Records) * 2017: Kura - Bangalore (

) * 2017: Kura and Syzz - Calcutta (

) * 2017:

and KURA x Anthony B - Police (You Ain't Ready) ardwell and Friends EP Vol.1(

) * 2017: Kura - Sedated (Spinnin' Premium/ Spinnin' Records) * 2017: Kura and ANGEMI featuring Luciana - On Your Side ( Smash The House) * 2017: Kura - Skank (

) * 2018: Kura and Olly James - Fuego (

) * 2018: Kura and Jimmy Clash - Young & Invincible (

) * 2018: Kura - Lambo (

/ Spinnin' Records) * 2018: Kura & MR.BLACK feat. MC K9 – Favela ( Spinnin' Records) * 2019: KURA - Nothing Else Matters ( Spinnin' Records) * 2019: KURA & Jimmy Clash - MY Crew ( Spinnin' Records) * 2019: KURA - Beast Mode ( Spinnin' Records) * 2019: KURA - Thunder REE DOWNLOAD*2019: KURA & Syzz - Lightspeed (Lyghtspeed EP) (Spinnin' Premium/ Spinnin' Records) *2019: KURA & HIDDN - New School (Lyghtspeed EP) (Spinnin' Premium/ Spinnin' Records) *2019: KURA & Alvita - Jinx (Lyghtspeed EP) (Spinnin' Premium/ Spinnin' Records) *2019: KURA & Trobi - Burn (Lyghtspeed EP) (Spinnin' Premium/ Spinnin' Records) *2019: KURA & 22 Bullets - My Love (

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) *2020: KURA - Gunz In My House ( Spinnin' Records)

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1987 births Living people People from Leiria Revealed Recordings artists Portuguese DJs Portuguese electronic musicians Electronic dance music DJs