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Plex

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About Me

PLEX - THE GRIND OUT NOW!!!

The History:
I originally became interested in Electronic Muisc back around 1997 when I head song like "Breathe" by the Prodigy and "Block Rocking Beats" by The Chemical Brothers getting played on the radio. From then on I searched for and devoured all Electronic Music I could get my hands on. The days of Napster greatly helped me to explore the music even further. I began to experiment with production and mixing with free software I came across, and finally invested in my first set of turntables around 2003 and began collecting records with all the spare money I could put together from any place I could find them.
This was the period where I finally began to develop my taste for House Music after hearing one of Frankie Knuckles' mixes. From there I dove head first into House, buying up all the CDs and records I could get my hands on. I started buying most of my records online where there was a much larger selection, with an even broader variety of sounds to choose from.
I quickly outgrew my pair of cheap, belt-driven turntables and upgraded to more professional equipment. Between my quickly growing mixing skills and my new found taste for turntablism they just weren't doing the job. I also started recording mixes to help myself improve, and occasionally passing them out to friends.
Then Came the Summer of 2005, when it all really began to happen. I happened across a flier for one of True Crew's parties - Star Search. This featured the 15 Minutes of Fame Contest, giving a first come first serve opportunity to new DJs to get to play in front of a crowd. Needless to say, I signed up immediately, and got my chance to get my foot in the door. I threw down everything I had and got the crowd jumping in seconds - an amazing feeling to say the least. I ended up winning the House portion of the contest and got my first full set a few months later at Freeze as my prize. By then I had a real demo to hand out to people, and a real opportunity to begin to make a name for myself.
Shortly after that I hooked up with Abstract Traxx, thanks to my demo Up Jump the Boogie. I began to get a few bookings, which I was incredibly excited about. Since then I've been working on networking and self-improvement. I'm still the new kid on the block when it comes to being a DJ, but that doesn't discourage me from doing anything I can to help the scene, help others, and rock the dancefloor... and I don't plan on stopping any time soon.
Past Appearances:
5/29/2005 - Star Search (Springfield, MA) - 15 MINUTES OF FAME WINNER - HOUSE
10/8/2005 - Freeze (Springfield, MA)
12/10/2005 - Happy Holidays 4 (Wallingford, CT)
3/11/2006 - Cityscape (Hartford, CT)
4/15/2006 - Cityscape (Vernon, CT)
5/17/2006 - Movement Of Sound (Springfield, MA)
5/28/2006 - BOOMBOX (Providence, RI)
6/2/2006 - Summer of Love (Milford, CT)
10/11/2006 - We Won't Stop Wednesdays (Farmington, CT)
10/14/2006 - Leprechaun In The Hood (Wallingford, CT)
11/11/2006 - Obsessional Rhythm (Willimantic, CT)
11/26/2006 - Soulful Sundays (Bridgeport, CT)
12/9/2006 - Movement Saturdays (Springfield, MA)
12/17/2006 - Soulful Sundays (Bridgeport, CT)
12/31/2006 - Rezolution 2007 (Holyoke, MA)
1/6/2007 - Distorted Views (Sanford, ME)
1/21/2007 - Soulful Sundays (Bridgeport, CT)
1/25/2007 - Inertia Thursdays (Middletown, CT)
2/8/2007 - Inertia Thursdays (Middletown, CT)
2/10/2007 - Movement Saturdays (Springfield, MA)
2/25/2007 - Soulful Sundays (Middletown, CT)
3/3/2007 - Street Fighter (Wallingford, CT)
3/10/2007 - Houze Nation (Nea Britain, CT) 3/25/2007 - Soulful Sundays (Middletown, CT)
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Member Since: 9/10/2004
Band Website: abstracttraxx.com
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Influences: 90's Rock and Electronic Music, Disco, Funk, little bits of HipHop...Specific Influences: Prodigy, Donald Glaude, Bad Boy Bill, Daft Punk, JJ Blades, Keoki, DJ Dan, George Clinton & The Parliment Funkadelic, Frankie Knuckles... the list goes on...
Sounds Like: Dirty, funky beatz
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Check out this event: 3rd Annual Return of the Boom Bap Festival

Hosted By: Abstract-Volume-iLLMagic-SpreadtheWord-BostonB-boyWhen: Saturday Sep 29, 2007 at 2:00 PMWhere: The Living Room25 Rathborne StreetProvidence, RI 02906United StatesDescription:Abstract-Volume...
Posted by Plex on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:57:00 PST

New promo mix on the way...

I've got a new promo mix in the works! More big room funky house is on the way so stay tuned!
Posted by Plex on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:03:00 PST

I have 1337 Friends

    Oh yes, my friends are totally 1337. What's sad is that I'm actually pondering keeping my friend total there just for comic value... thoughts?
Posted by Plex on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 12:25:00 PST

Funk Life - OUT NOW!!!

The new mix CD "Funk Life" now available for download!!! Over an hour of ass-shaking, first pumping, Funky House music mixed and blended LIVE by DJ Plex. Download Plex - "Funk Life" Tracklist: 0...
Posted by Plex on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:34:00 PST

Inspiration

    So more or less out of nowhere I wrote almost an entire track on one sitting. How? I have no idea. Where there was once writer's block there is now a 90% finished track that pretty ...
Posted by Plex on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:45:00 PST

Back once again!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to remind you all that I'm still alive. I've more or less taken this summer off from things, but I'm back! Comming up soon will be a new mix CD, as well as some (*gasp!*) pro...
Posted by Plex on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:02:00 PST

Every freakin time...

Why is it that every time i order records a plate I've been wanting for a long time jsut happens to come back into stock the next day!? ...
Posted by Plex on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:33:00 PST

Account Converted to MySpace Music - New personal account!

So I finally bit the bullet and made this a MySpace Music account. At the same time, I also made a new account for personal use. I've been using myspace for both personal use and music for a while, an...
Posted by Plex on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:36:00 PST

Up Jump The Boogie - NEW DEMO NOW AVAILABLE!!!

I just finished recording my new demo CD "Up Jump The Boogie"!!! CD's availalbe upon request! Download (Right-Click > Save As) Tracklist: 01 Bobby Blanco & M...
Posted by Plex on Sun, 09 Oct 2005 08:45:00 PST