DJ Spotlight
Mar 2010 CRiSiS
Real Name: Joe Anderson Alias: CRiSiS Hometown: Raised in Reno, lived all over and currently reside in Phoenix Age: 26 Profession: Network Engineer Hobbies: Music Production, Sound Design, Song Writing, Computers, Networks… Technology in general really, but more so enterprise networks. Affiliations: Future Logic, Corporal Punishment, Starry Eyed Q: When did you get into electronic music and what made you decide to become a Dj? I first heard about EDM from my very good friend Jetson. At the time we both were high school dropouts with no hobbies except playing video games and smoking pot. I had nothing …
Feb 2010 The Bing Bong Twins
Real Name:Ryan and RobertAlias:loopdigga and simple aka doperah spinfre and al kadaHometown:renoAge:24Profession:lion tamer, orgy promoterHobbies: snowboarding, spittin hot fyahAffiliations: LunchBoxRadio.com, Viral Vibes Q: What genres do you play and what others do you have an interest in?dubstep, bassline, breakbeats, you can usually find a huge mixture in our live sets, genre bending madness. Q: For those not familiar with your style, how best could you describe it?A bunch of farts getting into a West Side Story knife fight in your colon . Q: What are your latest accomplishments as a DJ?The last few years being asked to play countless shows and …
Jan 2010 AFS
Real Name: Andrew Snow Alias: DJ AFS Hometown: Las Vegas, NV Age: 27 Profession: DJ Hobbies: Finding, listening to, and Djing music. Affiliations: HUSTLE, Opal Nightclub Q: When did you get into electronic music and what made you decide to become a Dj? I'd say '98 was the year I really got into EDM. I was always a fan of the occasional crossover hit growing up, but it wasn't until '98 that I started buying mix CDs and discovering different artists. This was also around the time I started going to raves. Seeing locals such as Speedy and Ira consistently …
Dec 2009 D6
Real Name: darren barnes Alias: 'd6' Hometown: reno/n.shore since 1979 / born in ventura,ca Age: 38 Profession: NNIC /visuals/bots/ basic grunt laboring Hobbies: staring / dogs / generally being alive Affiliations: Q: When did you get into electronic music and what made you decide to become a Dj? I started to collect records when i was given "sgt peppers" for my 6th b-day - lots of looping sounds on that one that freaked me out as much as the "good vibrations" sound did. I'd just sit in my room playing it over and over trying to figure out what those …
Nov 2009 Chi-Gu Kom
Real Name: Jeremy Cupp Alias: Chi-Gu Kom Hometown: Carson City but Reno is pretty much my Hometown haha. Age: 23 Profession: DJ / Producer Hobbies: Music music music Affiliations: Andy and Friends www.aafevents.com Q: When did you get into electronic music and what made you decide to become a Dj? I got into EDM probably around 2002. I had been listening to remixes of Mario and Tetris and wanted more LOL. I decided to become a DJ after a year or so of watching them in action at events. I wanted to learn it the moment I saw it. Q: …
Oct 2009 Tommy Two Tone
Thank You Chris and everyone at NV Raves for giving me this DJ Spotlight of the Month!!! Real Name: Tommy Schriber Alias: Tommy2Tone Hometown: Reno , NV Age: 22 Profession: Field Inspector/Tester (Civil Engineering) Hobbies: Love riding motorcycles with my Dad, riding dirtbikes, snowboarding, and hanging out with friends at the beach. Affiliations: Sonance Society – Reno , Green Lantern Events – Reno. Q: When did you get into electronic music and what made you decide to become a Dj? I first became interested in electronic music when I first heard Prodigy. I first saw them on MTV with …