Clara Da Costa
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Biografía
- Around the time the 1990’s seminal Ibiza documentary, A Short Film About Chilling was first being broadcast, a 13 year old Clara da Costa was vowing to herself that one day she too would DJ on the island she’d been visiting since she was 11. Two years..Around the time the 1990’s seminal Ibiza documentary, A Short Film About Chilling was first being broadcast, a 13 year old Clara da Costa was vowing to herself that one day she too would DJ on the island she’d been visiting since she was 11. Two years later, the girl who was to become what was possibly Ibiza’s most precocious ever DJ talent had run away from home and secured herself a gig in Es Paradis. Miss Bisto, as she was then known, soon earned the respect of Ibiza’s movers and shakers as she was entrusted with the residency (Ibiza´s first female DJ) of the Ibiza superclub. By the age of 17 she was Es Paradis’s Creative Director. This was no token or gimmicky appointment: Clara was the principle catalyst in encouraging promoters like Clockwork Orange and Up Yer Ronson to do nights at Es Paradis. These pioneers were responsible for kicking off the British promoters’ invasion upon which Ibiza clubs now depend - the young Clara’s drive and creativity had far more influence than even she could have imagined at the time. The slight confusion and mild amusement some experienced when they first realised such a young girl held such an influential position soon changed when they met her and witnessed her professionalism. More importantly though, it changed when they heard and saw her behind the decks. In her decade at the club she played with many of the world’s leading DJs, gaining their respect and friendship. This was her springboard to playing all of Ibiza’s clubs and saw her DJing around the world for a number of years. Quite simply, few DJs can boast the Ibiza pedigree of Clara Da Costa... As the new millennium arrived, Clara had her own respected labels, Green Turtle and Dopamine and was producing more and more of her own tracks, which were being championed by the likes of Pete Tong and a host of other DJs, many of whom were grateful for Clara’s help with their own early careers. In 2005 Clara moved to Barcelona for 8 months, diversifying from DJing to develop her skills in A&R and as a singer/songwriter working for two of Spain’s biggest record labels (Blanco y Negro and Vale Music (Universal). She then returned to her spiritual home of Ibiza to take back to the decks full time kicking it off with her weekly radio show which was then on Ibiza Global Radio, and playing at the worlds most famous club opening SPACE. 2010 saw Clara Da Costa taking up a new residency with the award winning Ibiza Sonica Radio (best international radio station). The Clara Da Costa show (JACKS HOUSE) is aired was every Friday evening for over 8 years www.ibizasonica.com whereClara also regularly invited a special guest DJ/ producer on her show that she is particularly championing. She has now in 2018 moved the show to Ibiza Global Radio where the show now airs on Mondays at 19:00 till 20:00 CET 18:00 till 19:00 GMT on Ibiza Global Radio www.ibizaglobalradio.com Over the past 5 years she invited and shared her airtime with the likes of Miguel Campbell (Hot Creations, Outcross Records), Tuccillo, Alex Arnout of Dogmatik Records, the legendary Mr.C Superfreq, DJ Sneak and Enzo Siragusa from Fuse. Expect to hear an upfront mix of underground house on her prime time popular show, which has brought many house lovers together via her social networking sites. 2014 was a great year for Clara with gigs all over the island including dates for Carl Cox at Space and regular residencies at Sands in Playa Den Bossa, Ocean Beach and Es Vive. DJ Sneak has also taken notice and invited Clara to do one of his famous Gangster Casts (I’m A House Gangster) which will was released at the end of last August. Production has also come to the forefront as Clara finally built her own studio at home. Her latest release Meraki on Motion Records went to number 18 in the essential house chart on Traxsource and number 49 in the hype chart. Her latest release (Just released 24.10.14) on Black Rock just hit No 1 in the official Tech House chart (Steve Mac Dub) as well as high positions in both the Deep House and overall Traxsource chart. 2015 has also kicked off to a fantastic start being presented with an award from the Ibiza Clubbing Guide for her show Jack’s House and several dates booked in for Carl Cox at Space hosting her own room finally taking Jacks House on the road, dates at Vista Club Privilege for Hard Times and one off events at venues like Blue Marlin, Ushuaia and even her original birth place Es Paradis ! The latest news is the announcement of Jack’s House Record label launching Early in 2016 and a tour to Australia including a gig with Space from Ibiza NYD in Sydney. The record label vinyl releases have gone from strength to strength hitting the top 10 best sellers charts on Juno with releases from the likes of Alex Arnout, Two Diggers, 2VILAS, Terry Francis, Tuccillo james Dexter and many more 2018 Watch out for Jack's House Recordings record label showcases at The Zoo Project and also for Lost In Ibiza boat parties With so many strings to her bow, where does Clara position herself? “I love all the other stuff but first and foremost I’m simply a good house DJ. I care about people. I want to see them dance and if they’re dancing then so am I. https://www.facebook.com/jackshouseibiza/www.ibizaglbalradio.com https://soundcloud.com/jacks-house-recordingswww.soundcloud.com/claradacosta www.mixcloud.com/tag/clara-da-costa www.facebook.com/groups/jackshouse https://www.facebook.com/claradacostaofficial/ www.facebook.com/clara.dacosta1 https://twitter.com/jackshouseibizawww.twitter.com/claradacosta https://www.facebook.com/jackshouseibiza/?pnref=story