ODG

Native Californian DJ OSCAR DA GROUCH touched his first set of decks in 1988 at the age of 15. Mixing, scratching and obsessively collecting vinyl records, he began his career djing weddings and backyard parties. It was during late nights and early mornings in early 1990 that he slept with headphones on, religiously taking notes on all the electronic music he liked and heard on a techno show playing on station KXLU. That same year, Oscar attended his first rave with performances by 808 State and Bjork. By 1991, Oscar was professionally dj'ing L.A.'s mega rave scene playing techno, breakbeat and jungle music. Early rave and weeklys he played at or was a resident of were: JUNGLE (LA's 1st jungle club in 1993), WHAT?, NoDoz, DARE, Angie's Blunt, Insomniac, Family, Opium and an endless list of 100s of one-off events. He was also part of a live techno performance group called Axis Worklabs, who played in front of crowds on analog synth and drum machines. Members of that group included DJ Fester and DJ SoulCat. He was one of three Los Angeles dj's to first spin jungle music and is one of the founding members of the original Los Angeles based dj crew “The Junglist Platoon. His djing has taken him to various states and locations across the US and he is currently a resident dj at Los Angeles' weekly club RESPECT. RESPECT is one of the longest running Drum 'n Bass clubs started and still run by Junglist Platoon Members: DJs Machete, Scooba, Clutch, NoFace, Sense, Justin and Drone.