FUNK, ART, ACTIVISM, MULTI-MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY.
  
Part Detroit, part Chicago and ALL PARTS FUNK, JaGoFF is the musical intersection of wherever waste dumps & abandoned factories meet the $5 lap dance and HAM radio. It is lo-fi. subversive, sweet soul polluted by lost weekends of sweaty booty, downtempo breakbeats and massive bass. Perversely honest, strangely beautiful and badass funky. Download it. Burn it. Share it.
  
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Label: Blü:Science
:Blu:Boy. aka (William Holzkopf)

2001-Present: DJ
2009-Present: Music Producer

Official :Blu:Boy. Soundcloud Profile

The Beginning
Born in Hinsdale, Illinois USA (on February 01, 1979) to a family of Artists, Musicians, and Carpenters. :Blu:Boy. found a liking for music starting at a young age of 7 with the Piano.
As his interest grew, :Blu:Boy. became a Rock music fan, anything and everything from early Rock, Swing, and Blues, to Modern Rock and Metal.
His tastes also were found in early, late, and post-modern Punk, as well as Industrial and the occasional Disco track.
Dance music, more specifically the Chicago House, Techno, and Trance movements of the '80's and 90's became an ever more present part of his daily life. And with access to Computers from the age of 7 on, :Blu:Boy. learned basic programming skills, and the wonders of Music and Graphic manipulation.
:Blu:Boy. had a passing interest in producing Mix-tapes through the early 1990's, but with the advent of better audio software and faster computers, his interest in digital music creation was born.

The Groove Years
Around 1999 :Blu:Boy. learned to DJ from his fellow peers of the time. The most influential in this arena being DJ RISC, Lars161, and Wezil21.
DJ RISC, was influential in coining the DJ Handle :Blu:Boy. and was instrumental in :Blu:Boy.'s advent into the world of Vinyl toting DJ's; with his all-night DJ multi-genre training Sessions.
:Blu:Boy. continued to DJ around Illinois, mostly at small or local events. Though having a great love for music he was still more focused during the Early 2000's on Event Production, for he didn't see a potential for a living with just DJ'ing alone. He worked with companies such as PGP: Positive Groove Productions, Catalytic Souls, and AP: Acomplis Productions.

The Present Future
By 2005, :Blu:Boy. began looking into music production again as another outlet for his talent. Though, (due to life's gambles), it was not until 2009 with Cerebro that he pushed out his first professional Single. 
2010 saw his 2nd Single and first EP come to light for it's 2011 release, and 2012 saw the release of his second EP.

Leisurely Thoughts
:Blu:Boy. Tells it straight on why he fell in love with the Electronic sound; saying,
“I found Dance music and the Electronic genre as a whole to be a most pertinent sound for my generation. I could hear all the Blues, Jazz and Tribal influences in the modern electronic sound and wondered what I could do myself to make this sound even better.”
:Blu:Boy. Considers artist like Naw-T-Boy Nardi of Chicago, Tiësto, Paul Oakenfold, Armin Van Helden,  Armin Van Buuren , and Brian 'Mix' Middleton, 2 Cool Chris, John '00' Flemming, Diesel Boy and Julian Jumpin' Perez as some of his mainstream Influences.
He let's us in on what really got him hooked, “I love Rock music, and am a huge fan of the Industrial sound. In fact it is Industrial Music and late '80's Dance that truly got me hooked for my later love of the Electronic.”
And yet :Blu:Boy.'s current style probably would not have seen the light of day, here he explains, “I originally came into the modern era of electronic sound via Progressive House, it wasn't until I had those late night sessions with DJ RISC that I started to see a whole Universe of sound that I was completely ignoring. And I originally absolutely hated Trance, I didn't understand it one bit; but now it is by far my most favorite sound. It is so moldable and undefinable... you can do so much with it and you're not stuck to one specific sound.”
Music is a fundamental part of his life, :Blu:Boy.  expresses this with definition, “I'd hate to sound corny, but music really saved my life. I consider it to be the breath for our Soul's and I can't see my life without.” He continues to say, “...This is my passion and I hope to continue doing better and greater things with it.”

That Blutronic Sound 
Currently producing  sounds such as House, Trance, (Dark)Ambient-​Minimal, and Industrial music.

What started off as a hardcore Funk/Thrash/Reggae band in 1981-82 Oakland, Ca. simply phased out due to growing pains (all members were in the 10th grade). Anthony Bryant a.k.a. Dave Id K-OS pushed on and took
his Funk, Rock, Reggae and Hardcore influences to the turntables. After getting hired at a local record store in 1984, K-OS unleashed his style of mixes and scratches with hip-hop beats cut over his musical influences, which
included: Parliament/Funkadelic, Jimi Hendrix, Sly & the Family Stone, Black Flag, Flipper, and Killing Joke.

The year was 1985, Hip-Hop was in it's infant stage and samplers weren't even popular, George Clinton discovers K-OS mixing P-Funk records at his job. In the Spring of 1986, K-OS was featured on Clinton's
"R&B Skeletons In The Closet" LP which also featured Vanessa L. Williams' vocal performance on "Hey, Good Lookin'". Always the pioneer, Clinton foreseen what was to become the next big thing in music, Scratchin' and Samplin'. As part of the Mix-Master project, Clinton released a series of 12 inch singles labeled as Scratch Pads in order for DJ'S to do their "Thang" with.

By 1987, sampling became dominant, drum machines were putting drummers in the unenjoyment line, Punk Rock became 'Alternative music'. K-OS was introduced to DJ Ricky Vincent (History of Funk's Uhuru
Maggot), and DJ Illenstein. Joining Rick's DJ squad giving P-Funk parties around town in addition to spinning at the Berkeley Square as opening acts for headliners such as Primus, Limbomaniacs, Smoking Section and
Fungo Mungo.

Hip-Hop was bubbling on the West Coast and DavId K-OS along with EmCee Quick (Naru Kwina) were starting to make some noise. Digital Underground was starting to make some noise too, Then Rickey introduced Quick & K-OS to Shock G. D U wasn't afraid to sample the 'P-Funk' and K-OS had plenty of it and started work with their pre-production crew for the Humpty Dance. The song became a rap anthem, the group blew up very rapidly and the rest is history.

After this explosion of Hip-Hop and Funk fused together, the Original K-OS went back to George Clinton & P-Funk in the fall of 1989 merging the Funk with Hip-Hop in various ways. Uncle Jam (Clinton) then arms General K-OS with an arsenal of FUNK from then, on to this day.

1991: K-OS becomes an underground legend in his own right, occasionally resurfacing to work with longtime P-Funk percussionist Muruga Booker, James Gurley (Big Brother and The Holding Company),
and Buzzy Linhart .

May of 2001: K-OS performes with Buzzy Linhart and The Big Few with Leon Hendrix (Jimi's brother) on guitar at Eric Burdon's 60th Birthday Party
at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, Ca.

2002: saw the merger of Spoken Word/Hip-Hop and Funk with a 5 song E.P. by his short lived duo, Isolated Compound.

2003 - 2005: K-OS joined forces with Bay Area Funk band ZootZilla. Playing rhythm guitar, live sampler, drums and turntables. Landing an opening act spot for George Clinton and The P-Funk All-Stars at Studio Z in San
Francisco May 11th, 2004.

2005-2012: K-OS is the DJ for P-Funk All-Star RonKat Spearman in his band, RonKat Spearman's Katdelic.

2006 to present: K-OS starts a residency at John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room, opening for an endless amount of bands such as, The Monophonics, Wil Blades Trio, Benny D and SpyBoy, Con Brio and Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds to name a few.

2012: the Original K-OS can be seen and heard around the Bay Area, Funkin' around with various Muggz at various clubs & studios. Joins forces again with PTFI and Bay Area Funk phenom ZootZilla for a spot at the 2012 Long Beach Funk Festival.

2013: Who knows. You may just get a long awaited CD/album from this guy.


Planet Ju'bal is the origin of music.  I am from that planet and was sent to Earth to spread the sounds of love and peace throughout your Plan-It so please enjoy yourselves in this speck of vapor we call life.  Peace, blessings and thank you all for taking the time to listen.  May you live to see the next afternoon!

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