I’m a 26-year-old DJ, producer, and record label owner, originally from Kansas City, although I now live in Chicago.

I got started in electronic music pretty early–I began buying rave, jungle, and house 12″s in the early 1990s, and played my first DJ gig in 1995 (at the tender age of 13! it was adorable). Since then, I’ve played at over 400 events in 15 countries, alongside electronic music legends like Juan Atkins, 4Hero, Plaid, The Bug, Phil Hartnoll (Orbital), Ghislain Poirier, Aux88, Mark 1, Mungo’s Hi-Fi, DJ SS, Bong-Ra, Legowelt, Ssion, Remarc, Bizzy B, Nookie, Kid606, Pinch, Istari Lasterfahrer, R.A.W, Dev79, Michael Foreshaw, Parasite, Enduser, 0=0, and more.

As a producer, I first got attention through a lot of old-school-influenced neo-jungle tunes. My jungle stuff tends to be very heavy on drumwork and edits, with a lot of gangsta rap influence and a little bit of ragga influence (although I tend to shy away from full-on vocal tracks). After some successful jungle releases on Mashit, Clash, and some other labels, as well as a fair chunk of press exposure from XLR8R, Grooves, BBC Radio 1, Pitchfork Media, and loads of others, I founded my own label, Dead Homies, as an outlet for catchy, dancefloor-worthy, well-produced, forward-thinking jungle and dubstep.

In addition to jungle, however, I’m a huge nerd about a lot of other genres: classic rave, speed garage, chicago house, ghettotech / juke, dancehall, electro, bassline, new wave, post-punk, soca, dubstep, and most of all disco. In the past few years I have been taking the focus off of jungle, looking to broaden my discography, the type of people I work with, and ultimately my audience. I set up a second label, Sleazetone Records, to put out sleaze pop, hi-NRG, tech house, juke / ghettotech, rave revival type stuff, speed garage, and anything else that strikes me as really amazing but doesn’t fall under the rather strict mission statement of Dead Homies. Our first project, a CD and series of singles by Kansas City-based art collective Ssion (pronounced “shun”), has gotten a TON of positive press, and I hope to keep that momentum going with the next few things I have lined up–namely EPs by Monkey Steak, Bobby Braun, and myself.

For my DJ calendar and all that, check my myspace. If you’re interested in bringing me down to your neck of the woods, get in touch!