Rob Bliss

For the last ten years, Rob Bliss has maintained a solid reputation in the California underground. When he steps behind the decks, crowds can be sure to get a smashing selection of drum & bass laced with soul, hip hop and ragga flavors. Since 2005 when he joined the Relentless Audio group in Los Angeles, he’s broken ground on the production front with remix work for award winning SF band Beatropolis, and collaborations with Devoe and Direct Feed.
It was in San Luis Obispo where he attended Cal Poly that Rob first produced his own mix show on the university radio station, KCPR. The year was 1996. He also spent a year studying recording engineering and synthesis under Dr. Antonio Barata in the Cal Poly music department. After a few years of doing the radio show each week and selling mix tapes, he garnered the attention of the local event promoters with his blend of jungle and hip hop turntablism. He became a local favorite at underground parties and frequently headlined events from San Luis Obispo all the way down to Ventura. Along with his partner, DJ Step Correct, Rob became known as one of the pioneers of the jungle scene in the 805 region of California. By the time he graduated, he was a member of the now legendary Jungle Voodoo Collective which operated out of Los Angeles and had in its membership DJ’s Sharee, Dr. Mario, Dot-Com, Phear, Tofu and Slim (the founders of Sacramento’s Underground Movement Sounds).
Upon relocating up north after school, he dazzled crowds around the Bay Area and earned himself a residency with the KillaSubz crew, who ran a successful weekly at San Jose’s now defunct Cactus Club. In January of 2002, he competed in the 3rd Annual Asindee Jungle Battle in San Francisco against the cream of Northern California’s crop and took 2nd place. During this time he also played shows in Chicago, Phoenix, Miami and Orlando and shared bills with some of the biggest players in the drum & bass game, including DJ SS, Concord Dawn, Total Science and his heroes, DJ Abstract and R.A.W.
After relocating to Southern California in late 2004, he took on the role of co-host of the Relentless Radio internet broadcast on Destroyer.net with Fixation. The show regularly featured new dubplates by many of the freshest producers in the United States. In 2007, the Denver-based U.S. JUNGLE label released the aptly titled "Fuck the World," a collaboration with LA's Direct Feed.
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