Four IDA World titles spanning twelve years of competition — including two won in the same calendar year. Not legacy credentials. Active, current, competitive dominance.
Bass music producer. 4× IDA World Champion. Turntablist. DJ Ride operates where hip hop, drum & bass, and heavy electronic music collide — and where almost no one else can follow. His sets are not collections of tracks. They are fully constructed performances where scratch technique and original production function as a single instrument. There is no one in his market doing this at his level.
4× IDA World Champion. Bass music producer. Turntablist. Lisbon, Portugal. Releases on Vision (NOISIA), Sable Valley (RL Grime), Deadbeats (Zeds Dead), and more. Tracks played by DJ Shadow, Skrillex, NOISIA, RL Grime, BBC Radio 1, and Diplo & Friends. Toured Europe, Japan, China, Brazil, and the US. In 2023, he won two IDA World titles in a single calendar year.
Active since the early 2000s. First national title in 2007. First world title in 2011, as part of BeatBombers alongside Stereossauro. A second team title in 2016. Then in 2023, solo: two IDA World titles in the same year — Party Rocking and Technical. The Technical category is the most demanding in IDA competition. Four titles total. No one in Portugal has done this.
His catalogue spans Vision, Sable Valley, Deadbeats, Playaz, and others — labels that define the international bass music circuit. His ongoing collaboration with DMC World Champion DJ Kentaro (Ninja Tune) produced the 2023 "Matsuri Breaks" scratch vinyl (200 copies, Japan only) and the 2025 Yokagura EP. Sound design credits include EA Games, Netflix, Red Bull, Vodafone, and Ninja Tune Production Music. Brand events for Nike, Adidas, Porsche, Pioneer, and Red Bull. Performed at Sziget and across Tokyo, London, New York, China, Brazil, and Europe.
Vision. Sable Valley. Deadbeats. Playaz. If you know bass music, you know what these mean.