* Red Bull 3 Style World Champion
* 99.7NOW! (SF)

At a very young age, when most were just learning about the birds and the bees, Brian was, already, learning how to build and keep dance floors.  At the age of 12, his older sister, Maryann, taught him how to spin vinyl since her boyfriend, at the time, was in a mobile DJ group, Unique Musique, and they used their parent’s garage as storage for all the DJ equipment, crates of vinyl, speakers, lighting, cords, truss bars, etc.  Although Brian started off playing freestyle, very soon after, he became the newest member of the mobile DJ group, at the age of 14, and started handling the old school hip hop sets at weddings, school dances, hall parties, house parties, and even a few small clubs/bars (he was only allowed to stay behind the decks and in the backroom since he was under age).

After, truly & thoroughly, experiencing the West Coast rave scene, in the 90s, and immersing himself in the music & culture through dance, he fell deep in love with house music and, quickly, worked his way up the local dj circuit through hours & hours of record shopping, strategic networking, event planning, and rigorous self promotion.  Because of this, Brian was one of the first, and one of the few, local djs to become a resident for the legendary weekly party, Remedy, which propelled him, exponentially, to his next level. 

In the most opportune environment, Brian Salazar has taken from the depths of the dance floor to cavernous record crates and created a sound all his own. More groovy, moveable, and undeniable than most, it is in his capacity to interact and control the sound setting that keeps fans crawling back at 5am and beyond.  In the past decade and a half, Brian Salazar has advanced from his first major underground event to getting signed by Devotion Records, getting signed by Meow Ent., getting signed by Undefeated, going on his first International tour in Asia, going on tour with Kaskade, playing at the Winter Music Conference in Miami multiple seasons, playing the Love Parade back to back years, playing on live radio stations such as WILD 94.9, KZSU 90.1, VAULT RADIO 104.9, MAGIC 89.9 (Phillipines), WHIV 102.3 (New Orleans), 89.9 (Punta Cana, Dominican Republic), 94.1 (Santiago, Chili), playing on internet shows such as centricmusic.com, pressureradio.com, ssradiouk.com, dive radio, undefeated sessions, and d3ep radio network, open bar radio, club sabroso radio, baltic radio, & m4g radio, starting his own house collective called the HOUSEMEN, starting his own female house collective called the HOUSEWIVES, and becoming a resident at the legendary Endup where he has thrown several monthly events, consistently, for the past 18+ years straight. To add to his movement, currently, he is the main man behind ELEMENTS OF HOUSE After Hours and co-founder of the annual campout, Soul Camp.

Years of commitment to soul searching, ear tuning, collecting vinyl, and downloading gives him the ideal collection to cater and command crowds at any hour, at any event, venue, city, or country. This incredible rise derives from the flirtatious vocals, intellectual instrument solos, and groovy bass lines he brings together, flawlessly, during any and every set.

Dedicated to music as a whole from jazz, disco, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, old school, rap, classical, and salsa, Brian Salazar has fine-tuned his ear to introduce a sound that is refreshing, intellectual, and catchy.  Additionally, the background of being a dancer has elevated his perspective on music selection and solidified his reputation as a crowd pleaser. "A dancer-turned-dj knows what to play to make people dance."

With over 30 years under his belt, Brian has proven that he has a keen sense of diversified soul and a deep understanding that track selection, skills, programming, promotion, and solid people & communication skills, while being honest & humble, are essential.  Considered a sleeping giant, he introduces himself to the world as the next prolific movement to change a culture and uplift a generation.

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I developed my musical tastes in San Francisco - listening to house music on the radio, living in one of the country's most primordial breeding grounds for house. I started out spinning at small bars around the cities in California like City Nights SF , Players Club in Vacaville, Paradise Beach and The Rage in Sacramento. Most of these places we had to spin a set format witch was ok. I liked to experiment with my own deeper style and feel by dropping De La Soul, disco classics, The Doors & Jimmy Hendrix, classic rock, and other stuff that I loved that wasn't being played in the main rooms. “I find that people will listen to whatever tickles there fancy, so I made it a point to play my sets with an open genre format by creating the mood with my music. 

I  feel that there's noway I'm gonna please everybody so I figure I'd just play what stimulates me and the rest will follow. While the predominant musical force in SF was still dark, dubby House and Wicked-style Breaks, I started to embraced the downtempo movement with a healthy bunch of live bands and DJ s generating the tunes. I've always been a musician by nature playing instruments like the Saxophone, Guitar and just recently synth-keyboards.

Since 2001, I've been traveling and performing at different shows a year, sometimes DJing all of my preferred styles in two different rooms at the same party. At other events, I've been known to play extended sets that lasted over 6 hours. I've also played with some of my very own favorite D J's doing opening and closing sets in Detroit Mi, Denver CO and Miami. Cats like Dj Icey, Mark Farina, Derrick Carter, Paul Johnson, Digweed, Polliwog, Babe Ann, DJ RAP, Danny Tenaglia, David Harness, Ben Doren, Kenneth Thomas,Paul Oakenfold, Ritchie Hawkins, Norman Stradley, Jay-J, Ellen Ferrato, DJ Dan, and even George Clinton at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival 2002. I loved and cherished all these moments with all these guys and gals and got nothing but good energy from them but most of all a scenes of pride for the love of music and what it brings to people.

DJ MEL biography,

“Music is the Key to Spiritual Guidance & Harmony.”


I'm an open format DJ who has been making people dance for over 23yrs, my love for music is what keeps me going! Hacer la gente bailar es mi proposito principal, con mas de 23 años de experiencia es mi amor por la musica lo que me inspira!
Amor y paz a toda la gente de este mundo!

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