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Eric Donath

The next generation of Techno

About Me

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.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/6/2004
Band Website: djbeefburger.com
Band Members: Me.
Influences: Love, Alcohol

and Skinny Puppy, Armand van Helden, Eric Prydz, Einsturzende Neubauten, Mauro Picotto, Green Velvet, Danny Howells, Paul van Dyke, Richard Vission, Bad Boy Bill, Delta 9, Rotterdam Terror Corps, and DJ Muppetfucker
Sounds Like: Coarse Ground Salt
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

To Be Wrong (a poem)

To Be WrongHe slumped there for hoursKeeping the lonely overpass companyWaiting, paralysed like the cement he sat on,For the truth to come by.The dull arc lights hummed aboveTo pass the time into nigh...
Posted by Eric Donath on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:56:00 PST

Possibly Teenage Girls?

At the pool hall tonight two possibly teenage girls invited me and my friend over to their place.  We hadn't even talked to them much; they were just playing pool at the table aside ours and were...
Posted by Eric Donath on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:20:00 PST

January Winds

The wind came 'round again this January, full of Change, Hope, and Direction as it always does.  I paid little attention to it.  No sense in any real uproar this year.  I made good on s...
Posted by Eric Donath on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:33:00 PST

I love you, Publix, but...

Publix, I love you.  You have organized lanes of products just like most other grocery stores, but you've got more than that.  Your fried chicken from the deli is the most delicious fried ch...
Posted by Eric Donath on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:49:00 PST

New Mix To Download...

DJ Beefburger - Gonzo FreakpopMixed live while drinking on that Molson Ice. Dropp'n wax on Techs, some of them digital lasers from the CDJ1K, electronically fused inside a Numark mixer at Donnie and ...
Posted by Eric Donath on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:43:00 PST

I Win! Hoorraayyy!!!!

So I recently submitted some writing to a sort of short story contest and I won!  This is the first time I've ever really entered a contest of this sort, and I've extremely happy to say that my e...
Posted by Eric Donath on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:42:00 PST

WOW! GREAT NIGHT!

Thank You!Really.The CPRC fundraiser was a total success.I still don't have the total figures, but from what I can tell we made a big dent in the cost for the CPRC to send a busload of volunteers to t...
Posted by Eric Donath on Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:00:00 PST

Two New Songs

Please Listen to them and Enjoy them.Monsters Exist was inspired by Orbital's The Box and is something I made this week, debuting it at the Jeffee event.  I might re-master it as I have time, but...
Posted by Eric Donath on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:26:00 PST

My Top Freinds Today:

Here's a little glimpse of some of the people on my friends list.  I change these fairly frequently, so if I'm diligent, maybe I'll be able to offer a profile of a decent cross-section of the peo...
Posted by Eric Donath on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:12:00 PST

Einmal Ist Keinmal

You thought you knew so wellLike a ProphetThat it would be simpleAs though prediction was as easy as recollectionAs though the martyrs wear different badges than the dead.It was as easy as you thought...
Posted by Eric Donath on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:31:00 PST