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  "I get to showcase great music on a wicked station that makes it's own rules. My listeners consist of a wide variety of people, all nationalities and all ages who are captured by the soulful sounds of deep house."
 

DJ Tricky

For over a decade now Sean Moreira, a.k.a. DJ Tricky, has been a key figure in Canada's house music scene. As a youth growing up in Toronto Tricky uncovered a passion for music early on, grooving to his parents 70's tracks. He eventually joined forces with Clint Murphy, a.k.a. Ever Most Critical and the two started up a rap crew. They began performing for school assemblies and parties. Soon after a young Kareem Blake, now known as Choclair, joined the crew, the three belting out rhymes over original hip hop beats.

Often described as melodic music, house is comprised of rolling baselines, soulful vocals, and soothing keys. It often encompasses old-skool samples from the earlier days of funk and disco. Tricky's interest in music production eventually took over as the new sounds of hip hop and house music began to capture his attention. Today many hip hop, R&B, and adult contemporary artists like Sade, Mary J. Blige, Justin Timberlake, India Arie, Angie Stone, Glenn Lewis, & Run DMC (just to name a few) that are remixing their original tunes into house formats because they feel they vibe. According to Tricky these artists know that 'house is kickin' all over the world. They're urban musicians, and house is urban..."

By the end of the 80's Tricky was among the first to throw down classic underground tracks. From spinning at house parties he moved onto performances at various Toronto nightclubs, bumping at warehouse parties and raves. In 91' moved on to Klub Max dj'ing their Saturday nights. With several partners including DJ Tin Tin, Tricky formed the one of the best nights in the city for underground music, the notorious 'Deep Forest Sundays'.

Today Toronto's urban radio station Flow 93.5 boasts Tricky Moreira as one of their burgeoning DJ's and on-air talent. If you catch Tricky's show 'This House' you'll be up in the early hours of Saturday mornings catching an earful of awesome house tracks plus interviews with top house local and international guests.

'This House' is the only house music show on commercial radio in Canada. It's no doubt that this exposure keeps Tricky at the top of his rank as he spins over T.dot airwaves.

Tricky's show takes house to newer levels by introducing the music to the younger generation that as of late have been inundated by mainly hip-hop, r&b and pop. Tricky says, "'This House' opens them up to a different feeling, different experiences. I play music they already know, but it's thrown at them in a different format which sparks that much more interest in the music itself."

DJ Tricky has toured across Canada, the U.S and England with the World Famous Playground crew and has been featured in a number of local and music magazines including Dojo, Klublife and Eye. Television appearances include regular spots on Much Music's Electric Circus and a hosting gig on Dance Nation. If he's not spinning on the air at Flow, Tricky is usually producing house music at his World Famous studio. He's currently working on releasing a mixed CD.












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