winjer

In addition to work and DJing I am the stream administrator for Breaksfm.com. The #1 Breaks Internet station, voted best station five years in a row by Breakspoll!!!
04-25-08
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Winjer has been into electronic music since the early 80s when he first heard Kraftwerk in 1981. Growing up in Houston TX he was really into the music, frequenting clubs such as N-R-Gs, ..'s, and Mecca. Dance music in its current form was born from club music he grew up dancing to. During this time his vinyl collection was born. In between going to clubs and collecting music winjer was into what has now become extreme sports. He was the team captain of a BMX Freestyle team that toured through Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, & Oklahoma. While doing a show in 1988 at Shreveport, LA. he had a severe fall and suffered a spinal cord injury and has been in a wheelchair ever since.
The accident curbed his DJing for a bit but he continually grew his music collection and kept close ties with the underground music scene. The growth of the UK scene in the 90s fueled many of his still influential groups such as Underworld, Orbital, & 808 State. The 90s also saw the growth of his interest in computers, with a strong focus on 3D graphics. winjer has been working as a character animation specialist on Discreet's world leading 3D software 3ds max for the past 6 and a half years. With the urge to mix and create music growing winjer has now returned to the forefront of electronic music. With a full production and recording studio he is now back to playing and producing music. After only one week of releasing mixes winjer's personal style of Breaks & Progressive music caught the ear of a DJ on the local college radio station and they have been playing his mixes on their 'Infinity Trance' show on Saturday nights. The response from listener's has been very positive and winjer continues to do mixes for the show. The show also was heard by a local DJ booking agent and winjer along with DJ Neo will be playing their style of music for the local scene. winjer was also recently accepted to play at AfterHoursDJs.org after having submitted some of his mixes for approval. AfterHoursDJs.org is one of the leading streaming stations for Live DJs with an average of over 400 listeners at any given time.
One of winjer's biggest concerns with getting back into performing has been the fact that he "spins" his shows using DJ software over actual tables due to his injury. Many DJ and scene followers often look down on this as some feel its not a true skill. After trying many various DJ software it was apparent why many people have a negative view, most of it really does not sound good and truly lacks the feel and learned techniques of real decks, especially playing live. However this all changed when winjer came across his current software of choice, MixVibes. This software has jog dials that represent actual decks. With the jog dial he can digitally slow down, speed up, 'break' and other real-world DJ techniques as if he was on a set of 1200s, not just pressing a few buttons. winjer hopes to overcome the stereo-types associated with software DJs by letting his music and DJ style speak for itself, after all its all about the music not how it was created.
winjer and DJ Neo play live on their site on any Friday or Saturday night on their "K & E Radio" show exclusively on WhatUpBitch.com