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Gaskins (Spark Arrester)

Pickpockets don't wear mittens.

About Me


I grew up as the son of two multi-instrument bluegrass musicians on a lake. I loved throwing parties in the mid-90's and I'd never met or even seen another DJ when I started buying records. I'm still throwing parties now, but stepped it up a bit after 2000 with a close group of DJ friends. We are the Boogieburg Soundsystem and we love showing people a good time. Recent guest DJ's at our parties include Nickodemus, DJ DRM of Bastard Jazz, Fort Knox Five, and DJ Sabo. I've played a lot of parties on the east coast with the likes of Tittsworth, Sound Advice, Nickodemus, DJ Meistro and Charles Feelgood. I write tunes with DJ Eclectic as Spark Arrester and we've got a new release on South City Recordings titled "Booted EP" featuring 2 of our tracks plus tunes by Kid Gusto and South City Allstars. You can also check out some of our music on a forward-thinking record label out of Athens, Greece called Cast-a-Blast. We've finished a lot more music that you can hear when we DJ in clubs and on the radio. Check the website I started, www.boogieburg.com , for loads of free funky music. It's all about enjoying yourself and I hope you dig it.
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Member Since: 4/17/2005
Band Website: Boogieburg.com
Band Members:
Influences: party rockin' funky breakbeats and quirky downtempo... funk 45's, brazilian flavours, underground hip hop, soul, nujazz, traditional bluegrass, deep house, funky house, turntablism, ragga jungle, roots reggae, bigbeat, afrobeat, drum 'n bass & children's music. Labels like Cookshop , Raw Fusion , Pulver, HiTop , Bigfoot, Tru Thoughts, Compost, Wonderwheel, Breakin' Bread, Shed Music, Jugglin', Warp, Magnetic Fields, Tummy Touch, Rhythm & Culture , Bastard Jazz , Grand Central, Ubiquity, GAMM, Catskills, Freestyle, Ninja Tune, and Daptone consistantly knock my socks off.

also influenced by PBR and BBQ =)

Nickodemus video...

Quantic video...

Bastard Jazz label...

Record Label: South City Recordings (Atl), Cast-a-Blast (Greece)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SCR 003 BOOTED EP (Exclusive Digital Release)

South City Recordings is back again with another burner! The BOOTED EP is the first in a series dedicated to the party rockin dj. The South City Allstars (Atlanta, GA) start the release off with a tri...
Posted by Gaskins (Spark Arrester) on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:05:00 PST

Radio Show Tracklisting 11/16/07

LAUNDRY ROOM SESSIONS Radio Show w/Gaskins of Spark Arrester - Broadcasted live on WUVT 90.7FM Blacksburg (www.wuvt.vt.edu)01. Kid Gusto - About That Jazz (True Grooves) *KG Originals CD*02. Aldo Vanu...
Posted by Gaskins (Spark Arrester) on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:18:00 PST

RADIO SHOW: July 13th Tracklist

RADIO SHOW: July 13th Tracklist GASKINS & SUBKLUE (Spark Arrester / Boogieburg Soundsystem) on WUVT 90.7 FM Blacksbu...
Posted by Gaskins (Spark Arrester) on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:04:00 PST

RADIO SHOW: June 8th Tracklist

GASKINS & SUBKLUE (Spark Arrester / Boogieburg Soundsystem) on WUVT 90.7 FM Blacksburg & www.wuvt.vt.edu *Every Friday night 6-9pm EST (unless we're DJing out of town)*01. Pimps of Joytime - ...
Posted by Gaskins (Spark Arrester) on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:15:00 PST

New music for Cast-a-Blast (Athens, Greece)

You can find two new Spark Arrester tracks in the music player which will be released in April on the Cast-a-Blast label based out of Athens, Greece. Blend - "Colonial Mule" (Spark Arrester Remix) Sp...
Posted by Gaskins (Spark Arrester) on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:34:00 PST

G.A.M.M. producers Palov & Mishkin (aka Blend) get remixed by Spark Arrester

UPCOMING RELEASE:We are currently working on a Spark Arrester remix of a track by Blend titled "Colonial Mule" for the Cast-a-Blast record label out of Athens, Greece. Blend is responsible for the rec...
Posted by Gaskins (Spark Arrester) on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:04:00 PST

Boogieholic Mix featured on www.cherry-funk.co.uk

Portsmouth, UK based DJ/music-lover Josh Love features some tasty mixes on his www.cherry-funk.co.uk website including ones from Brooklyn's Captain Planet, Brazil's Lucio K, Beatonic's D.E.K., an...
Posted by Gaskins (Spark Arrester) on Wed, 10 May 2006 11:23:00 PST