Dancin' below 100 bpm (Part 11)

MEDIA BLACKOUT & 238W INC
CO_OWNER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR
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DJ/PRODUCER
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DIGITAL CREATIVE. 
AUDIO, VISUAL, PROGRAMMING

Booking, Management & Contact: grey@media-blackout.com

If you want to be part of the family send your demo to: demo@media-blackout.com

DJ/Producer/Label owner at Look Ahead Music.
Born and raised in California. It was around 7th grade when I saw a few movies that planted the seeds of artistic expression in my blood.
Those two movies were "Breakin" and "Beat Street". The dancing, the graffiti and most of all the music I heard changed my life. At 13 years old, all I wanted was 2 turntables and a mixer to rock the party like they did in the Bronx. 
I went from listening to my older brother and sisters hand me down records and tapes of The Cure, English Beat , Depeche Mode on one spectrum and KISS, Van Halen and Ozzy on the other .  Once I found my own niche I discovered Africa Baambata , Egytption Lover and Nucleus which in turn sculpted and paved the way to my roots for djing and now producing.
At 14 I met a dj named Kenny who worked at a "pro-sound" shop I heard about thorugh another friend and he told me he can get me a pair of 1200's new in the box for $500 bucks.
I knew not to ask how.
  How was I gonna get $500 dollars at 14? You tell mom and dad you love them a whole lot and explain this deal will never come again and I want to be a DJ....
Kenny came through and so did my awesome parents. By age 15 I had a crate of records along with my set up to mix on.
I would practice every day and night and save every penny I could to buy 12" records from Music Plus, the local record store. I got a job spinning records at the Roller Skating rink where i spent a lot of time skating and making friends. 
As years passed and music evolved , so did I. Fast forward to 1990, I started hearing HOUSE music, and that was it for me. I had to get me some good house music to mix with and the shops in town didnt have much of that. I heard there were like 5 record shops in L.A. that specialized in HOUSE and TECHNO and thats where I saw these fliers with DJs like Frankie Bones , Steve Loria and Doc Martin, these were the guys that were out in the "Underground" and they had the Goods. HOUSE and TECHNO, the music that has been a part of me ever since.
Through the years I met some new friends who were sound techs for a company called HEARTBEAT SOUND, They provided sound for these "undergrounds". Needless to say I joined the team. Through this outlet I had the opportunity to play on a proper soundsystem and really sharpen my mixing techniques. When we went to do sound at these warehouses or outdoor festivals I was introduced to promoters and other like minded djs who had some established gigs going on. I had some "demo" mix tapes I always carried around with me to put in the hands of someone who new the"promoters" Eventually my tape ended up in the hands of someone who liked what they heard and in 1996 was asked by Eli Star to open for Doc Martin at Magic wednesdays in L.A. 
Over the pandemic of 2019/20 I met Christian Kestar who has become my friend ,mentor and label partner at Look Ahead Music. 
 Here on SOUNCLOUD I posted some of my sets from the early 2000's to more current. Please feel free to comment or send tracks to the e-mail address below. I will continue to be a part of this thing called... Underground House Music til I die!!
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lookaheadmusic.bandcamp.com
To book Steve Massa send e-mail to
<a href="mailto:heartbeat.steve@gmail.com">heartbeat.steve@gmail.com</a>




Head of Play Pal Music since 2012
Dj since late 90's
Music published on Ombra Intl, Relish, Roam, Tici Taci, Playground Rec, Play Pal Music 
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Bookings: playpal@playpalmusic.com

Dancin' below 100 bpm (Part 11)

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