Dj Mustafa
Calamari Moon Suite
Fr. 2. März 2007
MUSTAFA is a French Dj and Producer who was born in Paris in 1970. He
started to work as a Dj in the late eighties playing Soul, Funk and
Acid- Jazz. In 1994, he moved to London and discovered the House and
Garage scene and became resident of a few venues such as Bar Royale and
the O’Bar in Soho. After two years living in London, he moved to the
Canary Islands (Tenerife and Gran Canaria) to play in Clubs for the
holiday season and got deeper in his knowledge of the Latin Music
(Salsa, Merengue). Back in Paris in 1997, he started to work for a
record company and became resident Dj in a few venues like Impala
Lounge, Cafe Costes, Eurosport Cafe, Chesterfield.
The big switch came in 2001 when he moved to Brazil and settled in the
Favella de Vidigal in Rio de Janeiro, where he recorded his album
"Mustafa-De Paris ao Vidigal", mixing Brazilian Music with different
rythms like 2 step, house, Drum n Bass, RnB, Breakbeat. His music is
currently played in radio stations in Brazil and A 12 '' single called
“Sao Salvador” came out during the Winter Music Conference 2006 through
house label Agave Records featuring remixes from Demarkus Lewis and
Olivier Desmet. The upcoming album “Ginga Brasileira “ features remixes
from Mo’ Horizons, Mj Cole, Groove Assassins … and is due to be
released in April 2007.
