AFRO /HOUSE /TECH /DEEP FROM SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
My name is Célio Varela Fernandes and my stage name 'DJ Célio'. I was born in 1997, in São Tomé and Príncipe, and I am the son of Rionildo Fernandes and Maria Varela.
I'm a DJ and music producer. I became very interested in music when I was a child, as my father had sound equipment that we used to liven up family parties. And whenever he left the house, my older brothers and I would turn on the devices without him knowing it. I stayed at home, listening to each song with great satisfaction.
I often sneaked out to neighborhood parties in São Tomé. In most of them the one who played was someone I loved a lot as a DJ, Alione Carvalho. Whenever there was a party where he played, I would stay there near the column to better hear the beats and melodies of each song.
After completing my 12th year, I traveled to Portugal to do my degree, at the polytechnic where I studied, I was part of the African Students Association in Bragança - Núcleo de Mirandela. As members of the association, we organized parties to relax some of the academic life.
In one of these parties, the association had no possibility of hiring a DJ. I made myself available to animate the party that day. Fortunately my college colleagues liked it a lot. After that I decided to start my DJ career.
After so much music from others, I decided to venture into my own composition projects, starting to produce my songs in 2019. Some themes have already started to bear fruit… “ Stlela ” and “ Ubaga ” are some of the examples.
