Member Since: 7/18/2006
Influences:
Kraftwerk, Zulu Nation, Fela, James Brown, Octavia Butler, Langston Hughes, Lamumba, FUTBOL, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, ESG, Liquid Liquid, Leroy Burgess, Norman Whitfield, The Mizell Brothers, Arthur Russell, Low End Theory, Tom Tom Club, Talking Heads, Chicago, Brooklyn, Led Zepellin, Frank Zappa, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Pharaoh Sanders, Cream, The Beatles, Bjork, Cyrkle, Ron Hardy, Chicago House, Detroit Beatdown Sound, Kuniyuki Takahashi, 4Hero, George Duke, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Betty Carter, Tito Puente, Walter Gibbons, Steve Arrington, Sharon Jones, SEun Kuti, The Police, Barrington Levy, Black Star, Brand Nubians, Rakim, KRS-1, PE, Divine Styler, Creedance Clearwater Revival, The Doobie Brothers, Bob James, Bobby Caldwell, Shalamar, Galaxy 21, Paradise Garage, Lower Links, U2, Cold Play, Larry Levan, Gwen Guthrie, Patrice Rushen, George Benson, Ableton, Midi, Ron Trent, Theo Parrish, Joe Claussell, Dj Spinna ....I can go on and on hereMany Influences, but one man, you gotta find your own space and sound.
Sounds Like: Ron Trent, Pete Rock, DJ Premiere, Osunlade, Joe Claussell, DJ Spinna, Ron Hardy, Theo Parrish.....now take some old 45 records and disco and house records and merge it ....That is what im looking for....vintage sample sounding house and breakbeat...that's my soundI like djing house, disco and soulkitchen more than I like to dj hip hop....I love hip hop, and Im a lyrics head, but i just get a greater rush from djing house and disco ..making that ish beat....I'm more into the instrumentation of hip hop,like flipping old 45s and making breakbeats ..that vintage nod your head steez.
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