DJ RIDE
scratches
and produces
like nobody
else.
Bass Music · Hip Hop · Drum & Bass
Turntablism
4× WORLD
CHAMPION
Four IDA World titles spanning twelve years of competition — including two won in the same calendar year.
World Champion
World Champion
Two titles in one year
World Champion
w/ Stereossauro
World Champion
w/ Stereossauro
THE
ARTIST
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. He mixes, scratches and produces like nobody else.
Short Bio
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 — Party Rocking and Technical.
Extended Bio
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 calendar 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. Tracks supported by DJ Shadow, Skrillex, NOISIA, RL Grime, BBC Radio 1, and Diplo & Friends. Performed at Sziget and across Tokyo, London, New York, China, Brazil, and Europe.
In 2023, he released the DJ Ride Scratch Tool 1.0 — a professional scratch record used by DJs worldwide. The same year brought a collaboration with DMC World Champion DJ Kentaro (Ninja Tune): the Matsuri Breaks scratch vinyl. In February 2025, they returned with the Yokagura EP on Endeavor Family Recs.
Brand activations for Nike, Adidas, Porsche, Pioneer, and Red Bull. Red Bull 3Style finalist in 2015, 2017, and 2019 — Taiwan and Tokyo. DMC World Finalist in 2025.
RELEASED
ON
Vision. Sable Valley. Deadbeats. Playaz. If you know bass music, you know what these mean.
PLAYED BY
BOOKING
OPTIONS
SELECTED
WORK
Albums
- ENRO — Vision (2021)
- Lightspeed — Dome of Doom (2020)
- From Scratch — NorteSul (2015)
- Life in Loops — Optimus Discos (2012)
- Psychedelic Soundwaves — Rockit (2010)
- Turntable Food — Loop:Recordings (2007)
EPs & Collabs
- Yokagura EP — w/ DJ Kentaro, Endeavor Family Recs (2025)
- Quatro Paredes — BeatBombers (2025)
- FCK AROUND — w/ 1788-L (2025)
- Yume EP — STUDIO (2024)
- Expedition EP — w/ Cozway, Deadbeats (2020)
- MORPH EP — Renraku (2020)
- Meraki EP — Slow Roast Records (2019)
Singles
- MXGPU — ease (DJ Ride Remix) — 2026
- INTHEENDITSYOU — Sable Valley (2021)
- TAKETHISWAY — Sable Valley (2021)
- NEEDSMOREDISTORTION — Sable Valley (2021)
- Get Down — STUDIO (2024)
- Void Part I & II — STUDIO (2024)
Scratch Tools
- Scratch Tool 1.0 (2023)
- Matsuri Breaks — w/ DJ Kentaro, Endeavor Family Recs (2023)
- 180gr Scratch Tool — Red Bull Homegroove (2008)
Sound Design / Sync
- EA Games
- Netflix
- Red Bull
- Vodafone
- Antena 3
- Ninja Tune Production Music
Brand Events
- Nike
- Adidas
- Porsche
- Pioneer
- Red Bull
- Nokia / Toshiba
Artist Relationships
- DJ Kentaro (Ninja Tune) — ongoing collab
- Stereossauro — BeatBombers crew
- Pioneer DJ — collaboration
- Red Bull — artist & event (until 2017)
Film / Media
- Discos Perdidos — documentary feature
- Boiler Room Lisboa (2015)
Recognition
- DMC World Finalist — Japan (2025)
- DMC 2025 — Wild Card Winner
- Red Bull 3Style — World Finalist, Taiwan (2019)
- Red Bull 3Style — World Finalist, Tokyo (2017)
- Red Bull 3Style — Wild Card Winner & World Finalist, Tokyo (2015)
- 4× Platinum producer credits
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