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?What got you interested in electronic music?? is asked quite often, and there is always one very cogent and concise answer. ?Homework?, I reply. For if it were not for an unknown outfit from France named Daft Punk, and their ?new? album entitled ?Homework?, my musical future would never have been realized.
I have been DJing for almost a decade now, and over the years my sound has ventured out toward the techier side of the spectrum. While "techno" is still making its way over to the States, I have been trying to push some of the freshest, most innovative records available ? and the response has been extremely enthusiastic. My goal, when I started, was to evolve as a DJ that works creatively with respect to programming. Light-speed innovations in music technology have brought music to the masses, which has been a blessing as well as a challenge. I?m still a huge fan of digging through the crates for vinyl, and finding obscure records that nobody else is playing at the moment. You won?t find many ?new this week? tracklistings or mixes with only old obscure stuff on them. I love music, no matter when it was made, and I try to mix old and new as I enjoy the challenge it brings to programming sets. Throughout my career, I have been able to meld my love for deep house, techno, and real electro into a experience that has caught the eyes and ears of many contemporary DJ?s, clubgoers, and listeners worldwide.
Within the last few years, I have had the good fortune of traveling as an international DJ, and have met some amazing, like-minded people along the way. Through these travels, I?ve been both the opening DJ as well as the headliner, and appreciate the subtleties of both positions intensely.
Production work has taken a serious step into the forefront of my musical life. Over the past couple of years, I have secured record deals with some domestic as well as foreign labels such as Gourmet Recordings, Beatcode, Tic Tac Toe, Loco United, Proton Music and Nightlight Music.
I am also co-owner of Siteholder Records, the brainchild of Chicago natives Billy Dalesandro, Daniel Mnookin, and myself. Residing in the city that gave house music its name, Siteholder strives to combine the various elements of modern techno with the jackin? rhythms that put their hometown on the electronic music map. Siteholder has very quickly established itself as one of the most respected US techno labels in the world. As Sven Vath put it so eloquently, ?Siteholder is putting Chicago back on the map?. The label has garnered some serious exposure, getting continuous support from techno giants Adam Beyer and Sven Vath as well as many others.
Homme Lounge/ Upstairs Bar
Phoenix AZ
5 dollar cover doors open at 9pm
Local support by
Steve Edwards (Biohazard Digital, Bit Records Mexico, Queep Organic House)
Victor Gonzales(Biohazard Digital, Binge Records)
