Name: DJ Burb
Origin of the name: growing up in the suburbs with skater kids, trading Nintendo game cartridges with friends, while shooting hoops in the driveway (Im taking my ball and going home). The suburbs are my greatest memory and is why I still live in the burbs.
Spinning Genres: Progressive/Underground Hip-hop, Club Hip-hop, Neo-Soul/Live Band Soul, R&B, Old School and Dance Hall.
Favorite artists: A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Little Brother, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth etc.
Favorite producers: 9th Wonder, Pete Rock, DJ Premier
Favorite part of music: Production, production, production.. without a good beat who cares what you are saying lyrically, your beat bores me.
Clubs and Events: random spots right now (check for flyers below)
Bio:
Born in Houston and growing up in the southwest suburbs of Houston (Missouri City), DJ Burb was always exposed to music. In jr. high and high school, DJ Burb played the baritone horn (which is looks like a small tuba, but sounds more like a mellow trombone), which enhanced his musical mathematics skills.
He would listen to music any chance he got, whether it was road trips with his family (old school soul), riding with his aunt in her Toyota (funk.. his aunt also bought him his first record ever.... Newcleus "Jam On It") or just playing his radio in the bed while trying to go to sleep for school the next morning (old school hip-hop experience). But what really pushed him over the edge in music, was when he was at his post high school graduation party, and the D.J. at the party played A Tribe Called Quest f/ L.O.N.S. Scenario, which turned him into a huge Native Tongues fan.
While in college studying Computer Science, he met different DJs that hipped him to different college radio and underground hip-hop shows. Then, after hearing Brown Sugar by D`Angelo, On and On by Erykah Badu and the Illadelph Halflife album by The Roots, he fell in love with the live band sound as well. At this time he had met DJs, such as Cipher and Chicken George, and was inspired to adventure more into the music scene. Just watching them spin, hinted to him that he had a lot more to learn on the underground scene than he already knew.
After frequenting mainstream clubs for a number of years, he noticed that Houston was in need of a twist. Instead of complaining about it, he decided to get some equipment and did it himself. His immediate vision was to introduce Houstons mainstream to the unfamiliar sides of urban music (which the radio stopped doing in the early 90s) while still bringing them the mainstream music they were so accustomed to. DJ Burb is known for beginning his sets with underground hip-hop and live band/smooth soul to warm up the crowd at local clubs and parties while they sip on their drinks. As the night progresses, he incorporates prevalent radio hits and old school joints to get the party going.
His quote: Houston is one of the largest cities in the U.S., why cant we be a New York or a Chicago or a D.C., in the music scene and we should be.
