About Me
Its not a new concept in music; it is a soulful fusion in turntablism binding house and hip hop. Its a journey into sound complete with scratching, samplings and seventies nostalgia with hip hop backbones. And it has a name. Its name is DJ Soden. Sometimes fronted by a regional wordsmith or versus a similar minded DJ, DJ Soden is well versed in composition and delivery. The first five minutes of this mans set, it becomes quite apparent that every inch of crate digging was not a waste of energy (studying basslines, drenching vocal hooks, measuring body & soul). Sharing stages with legends (Run DMC, Korn, DJ Dan, Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Sugar Hill Gang, KRS-One,Black Moon & more) gives him quite a vast performance repertoire. After getting his first big start with dearly departed, Ed Lebrun (RIP) in 1995 he became a resident at "Babylon’s First Friday". After shortly after gaining a NC buzz, he joined up with Faust & Shortee (Spacekadets Collective) in 1996, did regional Lollapalooza appearances and Mardi Gras (1997), played all over the US and has tagged with the likes of Hipp-E, Brownie and Donald Glaude (with whom he did numerous mixtapes). DJ Soden has also yielded releases on Citrus Records/Electric Mayhem 97(alongside Roby Dail and Roach) and Beats vol.1 for Higher Clouds (98). He also appears in the DVD video called Riffage Movie Madness with his track Chillin tip time, which was distributed in SPINS magazine (October 2001). He has DJed for a heavy metal band and won the best dj in a band @ battle of the bands(Gruv Union in 2002)backed a hip-hop group (Tha Notz, alongside bilingual companion Bolivar, with whom he still works with)2003/2004.DJ Soden works with artists Lowkey,Viceraw, and the Cartel. He also does engineering/remixing for a hip-hop label (www.MafiosoRecords.com). DJ Soden is in a perpetual state of capturing his musical rapport and sites his influences as Bob James, the Ohio Players, Johnny Guitar Watson, James Brown, Afrika Bambaatta, Kraftwerk, Bob Marley, the Meters, the JBs & many more. DJ Soden is influenced most by DJs Terry Mullan, Q-Bert, DJ Dan, Derrick Carter, Rectangle, Hipp-E, Magic Mike and First Klass (to name a few). Hours spent in the studio per day (with both hip hop and house) and interest in scores, leave DJ Soden with little or no place to go but UP! He is back in the saddle with four times his original force and is just following up on his flight for perseverance. The music will stop unless you press play...
