Member Since: 9/30/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/mestizosix9
Band Members:
Facts Not Fiction:
MESTIZOSIX9 (aka MEZZI) Formally Mestizo.....2 Technics 12OO's.....1 AKG Cordless Microphone.....1 Rane TTM 56 Mixer.....Apple Macbook Pro.....1 SP808 Groovesampler EX.....LP Congas,Bongos,Maraca's & Timbales-Tito Puente Edition/Vintage.....10,000 + Vinyl Lp's.....A Few Thousand CD's.....Some DVD's.....VHS.....Audio Cassette Tapes.....8-Tracks.....Oh and Serato Scratch Live,When He doesn't Need To Lug His Beloved Wax To A Gig That He Spent Decades Of Hard Earned Diggin' For
DJ / Remix Artist - 17+ years
Vocalist / Songwriter / Performance Artist / MC / Host - 23 + years
Born under the Sign of Cancer,Mestizosix9 aka Mezzi (formally Mestizo) is the half Puerto Rican,one quarter Scandinavian & one quarter French son of
Latin Jazz legend Tony Matos..a Mambo King,band
leader,session jazz player,symphonic orchestra score composer and
recording artist..Tony was from the very 1st alumni of Berklee College
Of Music (Boston,Ma)..From New York,Boston to DC,he played the same
club circuit as such legends, John Coltrane and friend Tito
Puente..His touring and recording band featured various recruits from
Xavier Cugat, Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader and Santana (a young
Armando Peraza on percussion)..Tony also played backup horns live for
James Brown and Cab Calloway
Mezzi was the lead vocalist for 2 historical,pioneering
Metal/Punk bands Wehrmacht & Spazztic Blurr..who had toured Europe,the
US,released 3 albums and was featured on 4 compilation lp's by the age
of 18
Wehrmacht & Spazztic Blurr were at one time the fastest ever Speed
Metal/Hardcore Punk bands in the world..Wehrmacht coined the term
'Speedcore'
They've influenced numerous successful bands and artists in Hard
Rock,Metal,Alternative & Punk today..for example,platinum selling
bands like My Chemical Romance
Slayer had voted Wehrmacht to be their favorite support act on the
entire South Of Heaven tour in '88
Spazztic Blurr was the 5th band signed to the trendsetting Earache
Records (UK)..a label that lauched such notables as Pitch
Shifter,Godflesh,Napalm Death,Carcass & Morbid Angel to name a few
Oscar nominated director Gus Van Sant discovered and filmed
Mezzi at the young age of 16 with Wehrmacht during their 1st
ever live performance supporting a national headlining act (Corrosion
of Conformity and local legend friends,Poison Idea-Pine St
Theatre-1/31/86)
Following years later,Gus Van Sant casted and hired Mezzi for
the entire shoot of the now cult classic Drugstore Cowboy (Matt
Dillon,Heather Graham,James Remar,William Burroughs) as well as My Own
Private Idaho (River Phoenix,Keanu Reeves,Flea) and Even Cowgirls Get
The Blues (Uma Thurman)
At the young age of 8,a recording credited under the name of
'Tito',Mezzi's spoken word voice was discovered,sampled and used
years later in 1991 by Acid House pioneer and legend Genesis P.
Orridge (Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV) on the Wax Trax records lp
Ultrahouse The L.A. Connection
Mezzi is the nephew of Hollywood veteran actor James Remar
(Ajax-The Warriors...Ganz-48 hours...Richard Wright-Sex In The City)
Mezzi co-founded Xotica Go Go ('97 to present).....a
groundbreaking weekly in Portland Oregon that was the first ever in
the Seattle & PDX area to take DJ''s mixing live (Breaks/Big
Beat/House/DnB/Electro/Mashups/Trip Hop/Downtempo),accompanied by Go
Go dancers on platforms & catwalks as well as making it a central
focal point for a Club theme night..It had inspired many promoters,was
copied often but never imitated
Xotica Go Go had also earned a 4 star review in Playboy online and
numerous magazine articles around the Great Northwest
Mezzi was the first DJ in Portland Oregon to support and play
Breaks & Big Beat in regular rotation in a 21 & Over Nightclub..He
paved the way for Breaks in the Portland Adult Club scene
Mestizosix9 was voted one of four of the best club DJ's in Portland
Oregon by City Search
Since 1993,Mezzi has intermittently promoted for such record
labels and subsidaries as Sony,Epic,Columbia,Work,Ruff House,Def
Jam,RCA,Jive,BMG,Bad Boy,Geffen,Mammoth,Astralwerks,Tommy
Boy,Delicious Vinyl,Wall Of Sound,Freskanova,Giant
Step,Chrysalis,EMI,Atlantic,Capital,Geffen,Virgin,Death
Row,Interscope,Warner Bros and Maverick
In 1994,Mezzi was the first in Oregon and Washington State to
befriend and book legend Turntablists DJ Q-Bert and Mixmaster
Mike,prior to Invizibl Skratch Picklz..at the time they were simply
known as The Rocksteady DJ's
"The first thing i said when i got off the plane in Portland was
where's Mestizosix9?" - DJ Q-Bert
"I dug his set, it was really good" - Dennis Rodman
"I've watched him grow from a lil' Latino tike to a Casanova Crowd
Rocker..This kid's got rhythm..Enjoy..Oh,and wimps & haters?..Get
lost!!" - James Remar
"I am honored to be included in something this dope,i need to play
this loud on the freeway" - Mystic
"Hello Vegas!!, love your tunez,the Rap/Wrath mix works really well"-
I Monster (commenting on Mestizosix9's Mash/Remix of their track 'The
Blue Wrath'..the theme song from 'Shaun Of The Dead' vs The Notorious
B.I.G. & DJ Excel)
"Wow, pretty cool!", !Q! - Uberzone (commenting on Msix9's
Mash-Transit Remix of Astrolab vs Uberzone - 'Living On A Rhythm
Device 2003'
"I got a Blonde,a Brunette and a Red Head waiting to have sex
with me,but i figured instead you should keep on listening to Mestizo cause he's a real
cool guy" - Ron Jeremy
"Did he get that CD done yet?" - D.J.P (Close friend and Mashup Innovator)
Sounds Like:
BREAKS*HOUSE*FUNK*ELECTRO*HIPHOP/DOWNTEMPO*DISCO*DRUM & BASS/JUNGLE*ROCK*SOUL*NEW WAVE*
INDIE*PUNK*METAL*
SKA*SURF*INDUSTRIAL*GOTH*DANCEHALL*REGGAE*2STEP*GRIME*TRIPHO
P*LATIN*MAMBO*CHA CHA*CALYPSO*BMORE*BHANGRA*SOCA*AFRO*COUNTRY*CLASSICAL*ALTERN
ATIVE*SCREAMO*PROGRESSIVE*DEEP*
NU SKOOL*
OLD SCHOOL*
UNDERGROUND*ABOVEGROUND*HAPPY*SAD*DARK*SINISTER*MYSTIQUE*SEX
Y*SENSUAL*MASHUP*BASTARD POP*PSYCHE*GLITCH*BLEND*MIX*SCRATCH*PARTY ROCK...
Record Label: MATIRI/UTOPIAN VENTURES/N9NE GROUP/HELLBOYZ/DRUMZ
Type of Label: Indie