Matheus Zerbini Massa (born 25 December 1997), known professionally as Zerb, is a Brazilian DJ and record producer.
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| Birth name | Matheus Zerbini Massa |
| Born | 26 December 1997 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
Early life edit
Matheus Zerbini Massa was born and raised in São Paulo. During his childhood, he learned to play various instruments such as guitar, drums and piano.
Career edit
In 2012, at the age of 14, Zerb became interested in electronic music. Inspired by DJs like Skrillex and Deadmau5, he began producing his own songs and releasing them on his YouTube channel and SoundCloud. Initially, his productions contained elements of progressive house and big room.[1]
In 2015, he began posting various remixes online, mixing elements of deep house and tropical house, attracting the attention of various artists in the scene. He caught the attention of Vintage Culture[2] through a Facebook message and together they released a remix of ZHU's Faded. With the success of the track, Zerb became part of the management Entourage and began performing throughout Brazil. That same year, Zerb was confirmed as one of the attractions for the 2016 edition of the Lollapalooza festival.[3]
In 2016, while traveling around Brazil and performing at various parties and festivals, Zerb studied marketing at the University of São Paulo, graduating in 2019.[4] In 2017, Zerb was confirmed as an artist for the Rock in Rio festival.[5] In the second half of 2018 he released the song With You in collaboration with the Giulia Be.[6] With elements of pop and tropical house, the song reached number 9 on the Spotify viral charts. In 2019, he released the song Wherever U Wanna Go in collaboration with singer and socialite Júlia Gomes and DJs Sandeville and Duncan.[7] In the same year he released an acoustic version of the song together with singer Fiuk.[8]
In mid-2020, in collaboration with the Italian DJ Noto and the Belgian Marc Benjamin, Zerb released the song Like 2 Party, which reached number 1 and became amongst the best-selling electro house songs on the Beatport website. He is currently part of the event agency and production company Plus Network.[9] Zerb achieved his big international breakthrough in 2023 with the song Mwaki together with the Kenyan singer Sofiya Nzau, in which the lyrics are written in Kikuyu. Nzau had some vocal tracks and packages available for download on various websites and Zerb used their material for the track. The track went viral across various websites, including TikTok, and reached the charts.[10][11] The song, whose title means "fire" in English, has been remixed by artists such as Major Lazer and Tiësto.[12] In January 2024, the video for the song was shot in Kenya's Hell's Gate National Park.[12]
Discography edit
EPs edit
- 2021: Lonely Nights
- 2021: Still Unknown
- 2023: Surrender
Singles edit
- 2012: Up
- 2015: Reasons
- 2015: Somebody Else (with Thomaz Krauze)
- 2016: Acid Booty
- 2016: Tell Me (with Dubdogz)
- 2017: Paradise
- 2018: Slow Motion (with Pontifexx)
- 2018: With You (with Giulia Be)
- 2019: Wherever U Wanna Go (with Sandeville, Duncan & Júlia Gomes)
- 2019: Wherever U Wanna Go (Acústico) (with Sandeville, Duncan, Júlia Gomes & Fiuk)
- 2019: Belong (with Sophia Stedile)
- 2020: Sunlight (with Ralk & Vitório)
- 2020: Like 2 Party (with Noto & Marc Benjamin)
- 2020: Stay With Me
- 2020: Waste Your Time (with Nonô)
- 2021: Trouble’s Gonna Find Me
- 2021: Alive (with Mevil & Calvin Duo)
- 2022: DNACID
- 2022: Shake for Me
- 2022: Round N Round (with Dubdogz)
- 2022: Winding Road (with Kidd Thorn)
- 2023: I Don’t Know (with 2Strange)
- 2023: I’ll Be Yours (with Georgi Kay)
- 2023: Surrender (with Santti & Lia Rose)
- 2023: Use Somebody (with Sophia Stedile)
- 2024: Addicted (with The Chainsmokers and Ink)
Remixes edit
- 2015: Zhu – Faded (Vintage Culture & Zerb Remix)
- 2016: Joy Corporation – Do You Remember (Zerb Remix)
- 2016: Vintage Culture & Woo2Tech – Sometimes (Zerb Remix)
- 2017: Ookay – Thief (Zerb Remix)
- 2017: Gnash & Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U (Zerb Remix)
- 2017: Lemaitre – Higher (Zerb Remix)
- 2018: Musikk – Summer Lovin' (feat. John Rock) [Zerb & Hi-Cut Remix]
- 2018: Sam Feldt & Alex Schulz – Be My Lover (Zerb Remix)
- 2024: Diplo & Hugl – Stay High (feat. Julia Church) (Zerb Remix)
References edit
- ^ Redação Bem Paraná (25 September 2017). "Público lota último dia do Rock in Rio desde a abertura dos portões" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ Anderson Santiago (28 February 2019). "Conheça DJs e produtores com menos de 20 anos que estão conquistando as pistas do país - 05/04/2016". House Mag. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Conheça as bandas brasileiras que se apresentam no festival Lollapalooza - 11/03/2016 - sãopaulo - Folha de S.Paulo". Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Fuvest divulga a lista de aprovados do vestibular 2016; confira" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Fuvest divulga a lista de aprovados do vestibular 2016; confira" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Zerb lança a inédita "With You", em parceria com a cantora Giulia Be". Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Julia Gomes lança faixa eletrônica ao lado de Zerb, Sandeville e Düncan - Arteview". 16 September 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ Mayumi Yamasaki (9 August 2019). "Românticos, Julia Gomes e Fiuk lançam versão acústica de "Wherever U Wanna Go"" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Zerb – Plusnetwork". Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ WDR (1 December 2023). "Zerb & Sofiya Nzau - "Mwaki"" (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ WDR (7 January 2024). "1LIVE DJ Session mit Moguai, Zerb & Topic" (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ a b Katie Bain (29 January 2024). "Zerb & Sofiya Nzau Star in Dazzling 'Mwaki' Video Shot in Kenya's Hells Gate National Park: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
External links edit
- Zerb discography at Discogs
- Zerb on SoundCloud
