I began a 3x3 procession with Amy Unland at Innjoy on Division in Chicago to open for Derek Specs & Aaron Chase on May the fourth, 2023.

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Mike "Natural Selection" Bledsoe is a transitioning guru who is always in tune with the universe while blending in-house scenes worldwide.

Beginning her career in St. Louis, Amy Unland's unique fusion of dark beats & dirty, techy baselines quickly earned her gigs and residencies at clubs & lounges throughout the United States. Her reputation for igniting a dance floor has given her the opportunity to play at events with artists such as Breach, Psycho Bitch, Anthony Attalla, Gene Farris, Borris, Crystal Method, Justin James, Oliver Huntemann, Uner, Oliver Giacomotto, Amine Edge and many more amazing artists. She has also played at many festivals including Ultra Music Festival, Mamby on the Beach, Riverwest Festival & more

In 2007 she relocated to Los Angeles, California where she played at venues throughout the West Coast area and began producing her own original tracks. Amy relocated to Chicago in 2010. She currently plays at some of Chicago’s top venues.

In 2014 she teamed up with DJs Romasoul and LeSprite to form the three female DJ collective, "Dirty Dish". She is also a member of the SSS Crew.

When she is not in the booth you can find her in the studio, focusing on production. She is currently signed to several labels, including Tulipa, Bottomless, Evoked Records, Worldwide Exclusive Records and Krunch Audio, which have released her original tracks and remixes.  Her original track, Climbing Mountains, released on Chicago label, Bottomless, was the number one Minimal / Deep Tech releases on Beatport for ten days. 

In addition to her music production work, Amy hosts a podcast called Reboot. Reboot features live sets recorded in Chicago and beyond. Each Reboot features a live set mixed by Amy and also a live set mixed by a guest DJ. Stay tuned for more delicious sounds coming soon!

Mike Bledsoe aka IAM1 set himself apart as an entrepreneur in the electronic music industry at the early age of 18 by producing raves in Indianapolis in 1996 under the alias of New Realm Productions. In 2003, he showed himself to be a visionary by relocating to Miami, FL to not only produce trance and breakbeat events, but also to create a new artist management company dubbed UpliftAM. With notable clients such as the inventor of Miami Bass, Amos Larkins III, as well as 2LiveCrew, Nucleus, Devine&EmilyPLAY, Eclipse and many others, for several years, UpliftAM was able to uplift the careers of DJs and producers across the United States.

In 2013, Mike moved to Chicago and at first was co-creator of a trifecta group named Skygarden before breaking off to create his own house and breakbeat inspired brand which led him to stay in the home of house music, Housebroken. Since 2014, the Housebroken Events brand has made a visible dent in the scenes of Chicago and the San Francisco Bay area at beaches, bars, clubs and after-hours spaces. Mike Bledsoe has brought the Housebroken name to residencies at EXIT (Chicago), The Foundation Room at the House of Blues (Chicago), The EndUP (San Francisco), Xippo/Revolver, Lokal, Innjoy, Never Have I Ever, Barbarella/700 Larkin (San Francisco), BRIX (Oakland), and he has served as a manager/agent for the late Paul Johnson as well as for Gene Hunt and many other Housebroken affiliates throughout the past decade. 

As a teenager, Mike Bledsoe studied the cello, guitar and percussion instruments, but it wasn't until he was introduced to event production and raves that he gravitated to the turntables and began learning how to skillfully mix music together. Mike created his own rave production company early on, but did not take his own deejaying as seriously as he did uplifting others. He chose to instead observe the professionals he would hire in order to learn to hone his own craft. As a promoter and artist manager in the trance and breakbeat communities, Mike Bledsoe had the opportunity to play records in 12 states before ever moving to Chicago, but once he had found a place in the home of house music, Gene Hunt and Danny Digable convinced the Natural Selection that he should take his skills seriously and become a professional house artist and dj. Since that day, Mike has added appearances in 14 more states, multiple gigs in South Africa and Mexico, a 25 major city tour in 2021 and played alongside some of the greatest names in house music history including Paul Johnson, Mark Farina, Doc Martin, Gettoblaster, Wally Callerio, Franky Boissy, Garth, a B2B with Mr. Gene Hunt himself, and even once performed a blindfolded tag team of sensory deprivation with Chicago underground maestro Mathis Mega M Rousseau!

Mike is currently residing in Chicago and has recently founded The Daydream Project. He holds a DJ residency with DTLA First Sundays in Los Angeles, is in the process of starting his first imprint which is based out of San Francisco with a Midwestern homegrown sound: HOLY SYNCK RECORDS, has produced two tracks with Danny Digable on Fresh & Paid Records (Denver) and Subwoofer Laboratories (Berlin), AND is currently the talent agent for Chicago's dj & producer extraordinaire from the imprint Killer Mushrooms, I AM ME [formally known as Twitchin Skratch].

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