About Me
EDDIE STATS* Best known as the resident selector of HEAVYWE1GHT Sessions, New York's longest-running / most visible dancehall event. Along with partner MAX GLAZER made Thursday night synonymous with reggae music over a 5-year run from 2001-2006 at a range of venues including PARLAY, MISSION, MANNAHATTA and HIRO lounge.* Has earned special recognition for breaking international sounds like Bhangra, Bollywood Afrobeat, Baile Funk, Reggaeton, Kwaito etc in the urban domain. A resident at Basement Bhangra and Bollywood Disco. DJed New York's official Indian Independence Day after-party alongside DJ REKHA and BALLY SAGOO. Invited abroad by the U.S. State Dept. to headline embassy-sponsored tours of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Armenia as a representative of American DJ culture.*In addition to his activities as a DJ, he currently works as a contributing editor for FADER magazine. Has contributed to the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, MTV TEMPO, TRACE, DAZED & CONFUSED, TOKION, XLR8R and Seattle's Experience Music Project museum as an expert on DJ-driven music. Dancehall has been a particular area of expertise and interviews with artists like SEAN PAUL, BEENIE MAN, and BABY CHAM, have been instrumental in introducing the genre and it's stars to the mainstream press.DJed for/shared the stage with: MIA, Nina Sky, Beenie Man, Panjabi MC, Tego Calderon, I Wayne, Bally Sagoo, TOK, Barrington Levy.
