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Dj Dan K

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About Me

My earliest interest in turntables came through techno. Drum and bass was my bag. Later hip hop, and bands like Portishead, 311, and KRS-One came into my focus. Of course my earliest MUSICAL influences were those poppy, slightly-urban early nintees recordings of Alanis Morissette (thanks for the tape dad), TLC, and eventually Green Day and the discovery of punk.Rage and Sage have shown me politics. Aesop the protoge Rapper. Music comes from all around. Style from hippies and hip hop. And I wanna change the world too... in a good way.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/23/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/oneupband
Band Members: I am a vinyl deejay, who performs professional dj services, spins funk, hip hop, classic rock, reggae on occasion, and some strains of techno.I also perform on the tables with "One Up -the acoustic dj-" a local rock, reggae, hip hop band, and play djembe with Julian of "Hear for Now."The music on my site is a collection of beats I produce on the various gear I have collected the past 21 years. Most beats are produced on the Roland Mc 303 groovebox, and when I'm in deep R.E.M. sleep, I use the mpc 2000xl and Thes One's record collection...To Hire Dj Dan K or -One Up/The Acoustic Dj- email [email protected] with the date of the event, time, and some reasonably-arranged dollar signs.Just something to think about... Dj Dan K is also an experienced drywall journeyman, and does side jobs, patches, entire houses, metal stud framing, and works for trade. Use the same email address with similar info. please.
Influences: Top 6 Full Albums: Rage Against the Machine "Evil Empire", James Brown "Handfulls of 45's and mid 90's hip hop", Portishead "Live in NYC", the Prodigy "Music for the Jilted Generation", Collective Soul "S.T.", The Roots "Do You Want More?" Rage and Collective Soul were the basis of music I loved early on. The boomy drums and funky rhythms form the basis of what I like in music. My mother and I listened to the oldies station alot in the car when I was younger, and I think I must have heard James Brown at this time. Ever since, I've searched to locate or recreate this idealized funk. I.e, the basis of my synthesis, and vinyl quest. Tom Morello of Rage opened my mind to the "Scratch." His creative rhythms, and unique staccato style, mixed with the scratches of Portishead's Andy Simon, and the Beastie Boys' Dj Hurricane, formed the basis of my studies in turntable manipulation. I have spent alot of time in my room, moving fader and turntable with my eyes closed, and waiting for the right sound. My later tutilidge came from scratching over jazz. Miles and Hancock have taken me a long way. In the summer of 2002 I met Julian, One Up, and Alex J. These musicians, and many others starting with JC, Ryan, Anthony and the Bens, have taken me from a bedroom dj, to a performing musician on the turntables. A few events have tempered my dj experience, namely; playing for a crowd of angry journey-loving wedding goers with no journey, house parties where drunk girls dance into my record collection, feeling unsafe because I don't own any 2 Pac yet, playing at a party with more young kids then adults, the shows where no-one shows, getting to scratch over Ginger Browne, and playing in Redding with four hardcore bands who hate you just cause your band is more rock-reggeaish. My beats have come from a love of live hip hop. I try to mix drum machine and synthesizer with live bass, guitar, piano, organ and percussion. Just mix the Prodigy with Roots, that's the sound I'm looking for.
Sounds Like: The relevance and energy of hip hop, mixed with skilled musicianship, brought together with the purpose of entertainment and inspiration. There is hope for music amongst the influence of money, greed, and over-generalization.
Record Label: ECM records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Dj’s Art up in Lost on Main

Some of my art work is currently on display at Lost on Main. There is one large scale spray paint piece, and 15 or so smaller pieces, all done with at least some trace of graffiti art.Check it out dis...
Posted by Dj Dan K on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:03:00 PST

You gotta catch P.AND.A.

Fresh-ass complex, soulful and well thought out hip hop being created in Chico. The best I've heard to date.Take my word and peep it,Deejay out
Posted by Dj Dan K on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:41:00 PST

New batch of tracks

Word up - produced by dj dan k, flow by dj dan k, sample of swami saassan.Lefty One Flow - deejaydankay beat, live synth, and Redding's own Lefty One the boy wizard, the late night killa, pure genius....
Posted by Dj Dan K on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:39:00 PST

Check out Dayone

    Yo, check out Dayone (in my top friend space) for some original local hip hop. I am currently working on a DJ style remix of his entire catolouge; Dayone - Reblown by Dj Dan K.Welco...
Posted by Dj Dan K on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:32:00 PST

Hear for Now Album is Here!!!

The first way-delayed Hear for Now album is out. If you can catch me in the next couple of weeks, I will be selling a portion of the 1000 cds pressed up. The cd is professionally designed, reproduced,...
Posted by Dj Dan K on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:29:00 PST

New Songs

The new songs on the myspace are instrumental jams. The first and Third are captured live jams from a party a few weeks back. Just us messing around. Shmitty, J Mumbles, The Light Lion, myself on drum...
Posted by Dj Dan K on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:18:00 PST

New One Up Shirts!!!

Yo check out the new One Up shirts. Created by I, Dee Jay Dan Kay, with the help of Sun Dog screen prints, these shirts are only $12.00! Get them while they last. Sizes S-XL, and subject to availabili...
Posted by Dj Dan K on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:09:00 PST

The State of Things

So this is how you blog... Okay, glad I figured it out. Im chillen (quite literally) in Montana reflecting on the way my life is going. I have so much to be stoked about. Band 1 - Hear for Now is almo...
Posted by Dj Dan K on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:24:00 PST