My love for electronic music runs deep. It was conceived long ago, when Miami Bass had its local say on the airwaves and the roller-rink DJs would pound out Speed Racer for the fastest kids on wheels. It was borne unto and nurtured by two spirit-guides: father industrial and mother techno. With each guide I took separate journeys and had many unique experiences, but as I traveled I began to reconcile them into a single love. I grew and found my own path, and I am still embarked on it today.
My journeys have had amazing high-points. I found myself at a warehouse party in the winter of 1995 and the driving techno beat was unforgettable. Soon after that first party I began remixing and sampling - everything from Dieselboy to KMFDM to Brother Jim, an eccentric traveling evangelist. In 2000 I was a guest on the Dead Cow Show on WUSC radio and gave a live PA performance that was (looking at laptop-DJs/producers today) well ahead of its time. By then I had also started DJing on friends' turntables, and as my talents grew over the years, I fell in love with making people dance.
For quite a while my path was mostly DJing, and even with a most ridiculous name, "DJ Beefburger," I managed to play to a crowd as often as I wanted to. I had the pleasure of opening for national artists such as Cause 4 Concern, Paul Dailey, and Jeffee. I went on a multi-state tour as both an opener for and a member of the air band Love Pump, and I had a lot of love sharing music with my friends. (And no, that isn't a typo. We really were a touring Air Band, tour bus and all.)
For over a decade I filled myself with music - from house to dnb, from trance to hardcore. My early remixes rarely fit into my DJ sets, but in time the music I immersed myself in began to come out of me more clearly. I could finally DJ my own music alongside the tracks I loved. And when people danced to the music I remixed... or better yet produced... Well, that was a high I can't get enough of.
So now it seems my journey is coming full-circle; I've been focusing on making music more than ever. New music is around every corner. Taking inspiration from polar opposites like Einsturzende Neubauten and Paul van Dyke, I am trying to find my place in the next generation of electronic music.