DJ BIS

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P eople are born every second of everyday, most of them carrying amazing traits which make them not only unique, but sometimes geniuses in their own personal way. A huge majority of these people go on to lead average lives as they are taught by their family, the street, their society and their surroundings, many of them rarely giving any serious thought to their skills, their dreams and their true personal desires.
As a child, Bismarck's dream was not to be an astronaut or a firefighter, in fact, since childhood he hoped for something much simpler than that: to make people smile. Somewhere between his mom's worn stack of LP&'s and his front-row drum line sets as a tiny 7 year old band mascot, a musical seed began to grow inside of him. "In school I was always the first one to arrive to the dances in the gym... I was crazy about dancing with my friends and checking out the DJ's rig, even when the place was still empty, I was a party starter of sorts..." With dancing and art as part of the cultural fabric that makes up Costa Rica (and all of Latin America for that matter), Bis grew up to embrace all the musical variety that surrounded him before he came to the United States.
Then at the age of 14, during a period of struggle in his home and followed by his mother's death Bis was brought to the US by relatives and friends. A transition as abrupt as that could only be relieved by the guidance of his new family in the US and his newfound interest for the music he encountered here. It was not long before Bis went from recording choppy cassette tape compilations of the music he heard on the Costa Rican radio to actually working his first set of turntables during his years of High School in Newark, Delaware. "When I laid hands on the first few pieces of *real* DJ equipment I was hooked... immediately it clicked and ideas of mixing and playing at parties would not let me sleep!" And so the eloquent boy, now 18, feverishly learned to work a mix faster than he learned the English language.

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Fast forward to 2007, almost 10 years later and DJ BIS is more enthused about his relationship with music than ever before. A quick peak at his calendar reveals a growing amount of bookings soaring past the 200+ nights in 2006 and billings featured from NYC to just about every venue in Delaware, Philadelphia, Atlantic City and the surrounding Tri-State, sure proof that Bis' has certainly attained his dream of making people smile, for a living.

His musical talent has been featured in wide ranging events from sold out Electronic music events to massive Urban and Latin music festivals and full-on concerts featuring some of the biggest names in the national music charts and international club circuit. Bis&' Electronic music sets are primarily driven by House music; usually including Old School remix tracks, Tribal and Electro flavors mixed with rare white label exclusives and when the mood is right Hard Trance, Techno and even Hardstyle can break the monotony of a big dance floor under Bis's watch. For those nightclubs leaning more towards the mainstream side of things, Bis dishes out a heck of a Mashup set including music from the 60&'s on up and delivering innovative sets of new and classic Hip-Hop, Rock, R&B & Dancehall along with Top 40 choices and other popular requests. For those who truly enjoy the heat of Latin music, The International Party King delivers only the best of today's Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, favorite Latin old school jams from the Freestyle era and much more. Chances are you will find a variety of Party rockin' mixes already on DJBIS.com or on his Myspace.com profile, so if you would like to indulge right now, you need not look any further.
On any given week you can catch Bis at one of his beloved residencies making bodies sweat to the rhythm of House, Hip-Hop, Rock, Merengue, Salsa, Reggaeton and his live Mashup sets or at exclusive late-night affairs rockin' the wheels with mainstays of the industry such as Louie Devito, Nigel Richards, Infected Mushroom, Michael Myers and Junior Vasquez to mention a few.
When asked about his music of choice BIS summarizes: "The musical spectrum is too large and beautiful to get stuck with only one thing..."
With the influence of the Caribbean, Europe and North America all over the airwaves in Costa Rica during his youth it is easier to understand why Bis prefers to work across formats the way he does today - "There were no 'genres' when I was 12; it was very natural to see all sorts of music being played and enjoyed by my friends and I ..." DJ BIS has nonetheless found the rhythms and the tempos that make the world tick today, beats and melodies that served alone or mixed together make for a fascinating dance floor experience. His true talent is attributed to his unique ability to please the crowd respectively depending on the type of venue, the client and the energy of the night.
For the remainder of 2007 and through the coming year DJ BIS promises his ever growing following nothing less than his best in regards to his shows and his upcoming productions. Should you find him in (or out) of the DJ booth sometime, just smile and enjoy the music, he will thank you for it!
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