About Me
A TRULY HOUSE MUSIC LOVER AND FULL TIME DJ my style: SOULFUL,GOSPEL,CLASSIC HOUSE.
STARTED IN LATE 1989 PLAYING HOUSE PARTY'S, IN HIS HOMETOWN OAXACA, LEARNING BY WATCHING HIS OLDER BROTHER JOSUE VELASCO WHO AT THAT TIME WAS PLAYING ALREADY MEDIUM CROWDS.LATER IN 1993 MOVES TO QUERETARO AND JOIN THE TEAM AT "MIURAS DISCOTHEQUE" IN TEQUISQUIAPAN QRO. ALONG WITH RAUL MARTINEZ AND SOME GUEST APEARENCES OF JORGE MELGAR "NASTY RECORDS" AND "AMADEUS DISCOTEQUE" FROM SAN JUAN DEL RIO QRO.IN 1997 AFTER BEEN SPINNING AROUND TX AND WITH SOME LOCAL MOVIL DJ SOUND SYSTEMS J. CARLOS TAKE PART IN A SEVERAL DJ SCHOOL "SPIN OFFS" IN MEXICO CITY WHERE HE REACH HIS PEAK AS A TUNRTABILIST IN 1997,98 AND 99
LATER ON DECEMBER 1999 J. CARLOS MOVE TO NORTH AMERICA TO THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. AFTER SPINNING FOR 4 YEARS AROUND SOME PUBS IN OLD CITY AREA AND WORKING AS A COOK IN RESTAURANTS CARLOS MOVE TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO (SEARCHING THE VERY OWN ROOTS OF HOUSE MUSIC)WHERE AFTER BEEN PLAYING SOME GIGS FOR FREE AS PROMOTION, HE GETS THE FRIDAYS RESIDENCY AT "THE RED LOUNGE" PLAYING EXCLUSIVELY "SOULFUL HOUSE MUSIC" TO AN ANGLO CROWD AFTER THE MOVE TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO CARLOS MOVE TO MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA WHERE HE METS A VERY RICH HOUSE DJ SCENE WITH PEOPLE LIKE: JEVNE MILLER,DJ E-TONES,MONTE HILLEMAN,JASON HENRICHS,BRIAN GERRARD,DAVID DRONE AND CHUCK LOVE AS A NEW INFLUENCES.AFTER SPIN IN LEGENDARY MINNEAPOLIS,OLD CITY IN PHILADELPHIA,"RED LOUNGE" CHICAGO,AND A LOT OF TRAVELING TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK, CARLOS MOVES BACK TO MEXICO IN ORDER TO HEAL FROM A CAR ACCIDENT. BACK IN QUERETARO MEXICO J. CARLOS GETS THE RESIDENCY AT "FOREPLAY" SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE GUANAJUATO. (THANKS TO VINCENT HERBERT) BEEN THIS A SHORT VERY CRAZY AND STRONG MUSIC EXPERIENCE.LATER IN 06 CARLOS ACT SEVERAL OCCASIONS AS A GUEST DJ WITH HIS BROTHER IN "PURGATORIO" PLAYING "MAINSTREAM POP AND HOUSE MUSIC" WHERE JOSUE VELASCO WAS A RESIDENT FOR 3 YEARS ALREADY. IN 07 J. CARLOS RETURNS TO THE PLACE WHERE HE GROW HIS DJ SKILLS,TEQUISQUIAPAN... THIS TIME TO THE LEGENDARY "CONFETTI" IN DOWNTOWN TX WHERE A LOT OF DJ'S AND JOSUE USED TO PLAY.IN SEPTEMBER 14&15 07 CARLOS IS THE DJ OF THE NOSTALGIC "CLOSING PARTY" OF "CONFETTI" CARLOS IS ACTUALLY WORKING IN TRACKS OF HIS OWN INSPIRATION.
MY INFLUENCES: LARRY LEVAN,FRANKIE KNUCKLES,ANDRES MIJANGOS,DAVID MORALES,JELLY BEAN BENITEZ,LOUIE VEGA,JOHNNY FIASCO,EDDIE AMADOR AND MOST RECENTLY: CHUCK LOVE,MIGUEL MIGS,DJ E-TONES
