Following a session for “Oscilações”, the radio programme Van Der hosts as part of his monthly residency at East Side Rádio, we are now witnessing, in person, his musical exchange with usof for a Monday night.
Based in Lisbon, Vanderley Neves, also known as Van Der, first came into contact with electronic music through Kuduro, House and Techno, subsequently broadening his interest to include the various offshoots of the latter. As a creative artist, Van Der has increasingly adopted an interdisciplinary approach, collaborating on exhibition projects and sound installations as well as music made for the dance floor. His releases can be found on the following labels: Subsist Records, Diffuse Reality, Kepler Live, Obra, Osler Records and Glow Papers. Van Der was also part of Patch Point, a modular synthesiser shop, where he worked in the showroom. As a DJ, he has performed at venues such as Planeta Manas, Vago, Music Box, Arroz Estúdios, Lux Frágil, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Sala Lisa, Casa Capitão, Outra Cena and Passos Manuel, as well as at Gare; he also appeared at the 2024 edition of the Semibreve Festival, Zigurfest and Vale Perdido in 2025. Van Der is also a co-founder of the Escuro collective and curator of Subséries, a platform focused on promoting local electronic music in Lisbon. Recently, Van Der began his residency at East Side Rádio with the monthly programme “Oscilações”.
usof is an artist pushing the definition of “ambient” music into more complex territory. His discography includes “stay longer” on the Australian label Theory Therapy and “Wish You Were Nicer” on the American labels enmossed and Psychic Liberation, preceded by the “Selections 0, 1 and 2” series on Rotten \ Fresh and the EP “refresh” on surf, his own netlabel. He has performed at various European venues and festivals such as Cafe OTO, Waking Life, Les Siestes Électroniques, Outfest, LOM Space and Punctum, amongst many others. He has released remixes, live recordings, mixtapes and singles on various labels. In addition to his work as a visual artist and sound engineer, he organises events with the collectives Living Room and Tundra. Finally, he presents the programme “for 0” on Rádio Quântica and holds a residency on Kiosk Radio.
