Nicholas “Pumpkin” Alvarado is your new favorite music producer/DJ. His spot-on song selections, special remixes and original productions have made for unforgettable live sets that seamlessly span every genre and eschew the latest trends in favor of timeless melodies that will leave a ginormous smile plastered across your face.

Whether starting the party or closing it down, Pumpkin’s inspired mixes are always lovingly sequenced and aim to set the perfect mood. He’s played alongside fellow acclaimed house music mainstays like Lee Burridge, Justin Martin, Nick Warren and KCRW’s Jeremy Sole as well as progressive electronic music pioneers like Bluetech, Blockhead, EOTO and The Glitch Mob. Pumpkin has become an in-demand, fan-favorite at major music festivals like Coachella, Lightning in a Bottle and Sea of Dreams, where he closed the event after his musical hero, Trentemoller. Pumpkin’s acclaimed debut EP, “Love Letters,” featured collaborations with singer Katie Mowgli of the breakout band, The Mowglis and lyricist, EVeryman along with his sought after remixes from the likes of Florence + The Machine and Lila Rose.

He’s been part of the esteemed Pocket Underground family since 2006, when after playing in rock bands all his life, he found a new passion in the hypnotic rhythms of deep house music. Pumpkin honed his now signature sound by daring to incorporate the singer-songwriter, punk rock ethos and childhood nostalgia of his past, with the futuristic sounds of the present.

In everything he touches, Pumpkin’s colorful personality shines through and he loves nothing more than to have fun with his audience as his remixes for the likes Peter Gabriel, David Bowie and The Muppets will attest to. But whether you catch Pumpkin playing at a massive festival, packed club, underground warehouse party or a special sunrise set, you’ll never have more fun on a danceloor. Simply put, this is music to fall in love to.

Artist and Producer for Late Night Sneaky and Steamy Windows.
B. Smiley: Resident DJ @ Supperclub San Francisco for 9 years & Head Honcho of Late Night Sneakin Records.

I have Produced/Engineered tracks for:
Bedrock, Distinctive, Baroque, Electrofly, Buddha Bar, TRAX Records, Journeys By Dj, Green Gorilla, Sunburn, Terraform, Sleevin, Kinkysweet, Watermusic, LowPro Lounge, Avatar, Nascente, Rock It Science, 1320 Records, White Swan Music, Cyberset, Blue Pie, and Supperclub.

I have performed at these events: Glastonbury, Coachella, Sea of Dreams, Earthdance, Harmony Festival, WMC, Burning Man, Decompression, How Weird Street Faire, Treasure Island Music Festival, Silent Frisco, 2nd Sunday,
Breakfast of Champions, Cal. Academy of Sciences, Sunset Boat Parties &, SF Love Fest/LovEvolution. 

Former SF Dj residencies @ POW!, Anu, Bambuddha Lounge, Levende, & WISH.

As the first waves of techno and electronica crashed on the shores of America, Dutch was plugging his headphones in. Dutch Star learned to DJ from California disco legend Mark Fahey in 1989. With inspiration from DJ Dan in 1990, Dutch Star broke completely away from the mainstream and began throwing parties in San Francisco with members of the legendary Rave Called Sharon. His first events were under the name BREAK INC., completely underground warehouse events in San Francisco. Over the course of the next decade, Dutch Star was one of the most influential Djs of early San Francisco Rave culture. He was influenced by both acid house music and the harder industrial & techno sounds coming from Detroit and Europe. The combination of his love for various styles of music and smooth mixing skills, quickly propelled is bookings across America.

In 1993, Dutch created the AREA 51 events in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Attendance at his rave events topped over 15,000. It was these events that allowed him the freedom to be more creative with not only his music, but also the entire dance floor environment. Creating each event theme and also performing the parties allowed Dutch to create the perfect environment for the music he truly wanted his audience to hear and an experience to match. The new sounds of the underground were breaking around the world and Dutch became the lens that focused this new sound on San Francisco bringing in performers like Josh Wink, Joey Beltram, Laidback Luke among others.

Around 1996-97 the psy-trance sound was being discovered around the world, exported from the trance parties on the beach in Goa India. Interested in the new trance sound, Dutch began to seed this sound into each set. In 1999 while championing this new sound, Dutch joined with Mason Rothert, Jim Seagel, Brian McDonald and Brian Dobson in creating Thump Radio and the infamous (((THUMP))) parties. It wasn't long before his (((Thump))) Parties were legend. Artists like Infected Mushroom, Hallucinogen, GMS, Atmos, Vibrasphere, Ticon, Sun Project and Astral Projection, who had never performed in America, were welcomed on the (((Thump))) dance floor. (((THUMP))) soon became an important journey to North America for many trance artists and eventually paved the way for this new trance sound across the Americas.

Since 2005 until recently, Dutch was instrumental in the creation of the Opulent Temple Burning Man camp. He is now full swing into the development of the newest Burning Man Sound Camp called White Ocean. While trance remains close to his heart, his music has transformed toward a more minimal techno feel. His dance floor DJ sets average 124-132 BPM and are comprised of exceptional forms of techno & tech house. Melodic undertones coupled with hypnotic bass lines quickly distort time and space until the next thing you know, his set is over. Enjoy!


Musical Flavors:
Future Bass, Bass Music, Techno, Electro, Tech Funk, Breaks, Drumstep, Drum n' Bass, Dubstep/ Grime, Midtempo, Downtempo, Hyphy, Hip Hop & even Industrial music

Cosmic Selector's style encompasses all aspects of EDM, his sets are diverse incorporating a broad range of styles from the dirtiest of break's to the heaviest dance floor rollers.
Cosmic Selector co-founded Space Children production's 95' to 2000' producing many raves, massives, festivals, warehouse & free day parties bringing world class talent to the Bay Area.
Currently working on solo music projects and with many others including Electro House phenomena TekFreaks and has performed at premium indoor, outdoor events in the US.
He has supported a number of the world's top music artists including Diplo, Skrillex, Major Lazer, Benny Benassi, Moby, Feddi Le Grand, Infected Mushroom, The Crystal Method, Rabbit in the Moon, Digital Underground, Derrick May, DJ Aphrodite, Elite Force, Lee Coombs, Meat Katie, Edit (Glitch Mob), A.T.U. & many others.
Cosmic Selector co-owns Teknical Funk music, residences w/ Opulent Temple, California Dubstep Republic/ Bass Headz, Dose & Tech Support productions.
Currently he is focused on production at Next Sector, Secret Studios & CounterW8 studio. for tour info, bookings in the US & abroad stay tuned to http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cosmic-Selector/322217764506624?ref=hl

For bookings contact cosmicselector@gmail.com

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