BOCA DJ Biography
Ah yes,tell me about the old style dj’s no the crazy young bucks but the mature dj’s who bought the industry at the point it is today. DJ Boca Salles,aka,Alexandre Salles,born in Rio de Janeiro in 1963,right next to the famous Copacabana beach where he spend most of his young days,riding the waves and bronze his body. Boca,like many Brazilian start in small local school parties,he remembers at the time the turn tables had no pitch control or direct drive so mixing was in the talent of the dj. His first mixer don’t even had a headphone entrance… Boca plays in the small clubs,to GO-GO bars,strip joints and to the big Funk clubs of the “baixada fluminense” suburs of Rio. Again he remember playing in a club with about 20.000 people in the attendance,“it was so full it look like a sea of heads…”Boca play in just 8 different places in almost 33 years,been a steady DJ, trustworthy and honest in his work. He spend 20 years in the USA,working in Clubs in NYC and Miami.When he work in the WBLS radio he have direct contact with great dj’s and artists from the 80’s & 90’s.?Do i consider myself a complete dj? No, i’m far from there. But, i respect a lot,guys like David Guetta,Bob sinclar,Tiesto, Gigi D’Agostino, Darude who really pay there dues. Brazil is full of raw talent who deserve a chance to shine more and more they are coming up to take their place. | read more



