First, a note about my show “Beat Seeker”:
This show is something I have to do for electronic music addicts. I am your electronic music advocate. I am your dance music seeker and preserver. In the US, it desperately needs to be more recognized. For those who haven’t been exposed to the quality stuff out there, maybe you will be inspired to seek it out. For those who don’t understand it, maybe you will want to. For those who really “get it,” I am doing this show especially for you, because you need it and it’s time.
For right now, it’s just me researching producers I respect and asking them for interviews. So far that includes artists such as Paul Van Dyk, The Scumfrog, Lee Coombs, Freq Nasty, Rennie Pilgrim, Elite Force, and Ursula 1000, and more. As a fellow DJ, I try to ask questions that a hired host or interviewer would not know to ask. I do all of the editing, and rent extra equipment as it’s needed. I am working to develop this into a fully backed production, and travel the world covering events, and film talented DJs and producers…
Current TV, Google’s television station, has so far picked up the Ursula 1000 and Freq Nasty videos, giving international TV exposure to both artists. For more videos, please see the video section of this site.
So who am I, and what am I trying to do here? I’m not gunna have someone write this for me in third person. I’ll try to tell you about what I do as simply and directly as I can; and if anyone has any questions or wants to know more, contact me.
I am a performance DJ, and I mostly perform in a duo with DJ Vitamindevo,
called 3-L-3-TRONIC. Over the past 3 years, we’ve been working hard at developing our own sound and original material, and are beginning to release our tracks under a few different labels. We are currently shopping around for a label that we can work with consistently and really get behind what we do.
For recent singles, please visit:http://myspace.com/3l3tronic
Both of us are out of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Devo and I started working together in 2005. After many practice sessions, we realized we had a special dynamic, and even though our styles were a bit different, they somehow complimented each other, making our sets fuller and more exciting. Working together has allowed us to develop live performance elements to our sets. It not only gives us a greater range of music to combine, but for our “live” shows, we perform more like a band, mixing in more of our own original music, and adding vocals, live synths, drums, and original visuals.
We have a strong affiliation with the Burning Man Festival, and have had incredible experiences playing a number of camps over the last 4 years, including Disorient, Pink Mammoth, Root Society, PEX, and Robot Heart, just to name a few. We have also played many Burning Man events in NYC and now in SF. While we have played a number of clubs in NY and New England, a few spots across the country, and in SF since we have relocated, we try to play as many private and warehouse events as possible, keeping with the underground atmosphere and artistic vibe. Some NY spots include: Sullivan Room, Club Exit, Grand Space, Element, Brooklyn Sugar Factory, Rebel, 3rd Ward, Galapagos, and 14th Street Loft. Some SF spots include 1015 Folsom, Shine, Vessel, The Radiance Factory, and Cocomo. We have also put on a few events of our own called Excursion: http://excursioncollective.com
Currently, we are working on a full-length original album, and practicing to make our “live” show tour-ready. It’s difficult to some up our sound and style into a few terms, especially because I don’t like to stay in the boundaries when it comes to genres. If it sounds good and flows well, I will play it. For the most part, I like to describe our sets as bassy, dubby-breaks and progressive tech-house, blended with a unique collection of psy-breaks, electro, and chuggy-progressive finds, creating a low-end journey full of build-ups, break-downs, and break-throughs. Devo likes to describe it as a battle between robots from the future and tribal warriors…Right now our DJ sets include at least 50% original music, live vocals, and synths. 3-L-3-Tronic live includes live drums, vocals, original visuals, and more.
We have such a huge amount of creative ideas and artistic energy to burn that it’s virtually endless. There’s no doubt that our music will keep an underground and cutting edge feel, but we are open to all possibilities. The music tends to evoke a lot of visual ideas for us, and we desperately want to be able to express that with some innovative music videos.
My background is in dance, which explains my love of dance music. I moved to New York the moment I graduated high school to study acting. I started DJing while I was auditioning because I couldn’t stand not doing something creative. I didn’t get much work as an actor, and I was tired of waiting for someone to tell me I was good enough to perform. Learning how to DJ allowed me to express myself, and I fell in love with the music and all of it’s possibilities.
I started playing out in 2003 and began a female duo with DJ Mysti Dean called “The Moxie Dolls.” We played a number of clubs all over the city such as Club Black, Spirit, NV, Suite 16, as well as Miami’s Winter Music Conference. It was a great learning experience, and toughened me up for the future as a female DJ in a male-dominated industry. During that period of time, some guys didn’t want to believe that we were actually mixing records, and thought we were “pretending.” Still today, because I am in male/female duo, many assume that I am just a go-go dancer next to Devo, or that he is the one doing all the “real” mixing…
I am now working to combine all of my skills: production and on-camera work with my show, and vocals, dance, and visuals with mixing music. There is no reason why DJs and Producers shouldn’t fully perform, adding a whole new recognized skill set.
