One show. That’s all it takes to recognize that the Cape Verdean/American  artist known as iLLspokinn is not your average Emcee or DJ. As he explains, when it comes to motivating crowds and rocking a party, “It just takes one show for them to know…what I do.”

Since relocating from Taunton, Massachusetts  to New York City a little over a decade ago, iLLspokinn has moved crowds from Brooklyn to Budapest, compiling the type of resume and audience most artists dream about.

With a focus on staying true to Hip Hop’s roots while also propelling it toward the future, iLLspokinn has garnered a worldwide following, both through the two albums (60 Minute Spin Cycle and Spokinn Movement) he released as leader of the band Spokinn Movement, who was named one of the “Rawkus 50 (next important Hip Hop artists)”, and maintaining an extensive international touring schedule.

An unofficial ambassador of Hip Hop, iLLspokinn’s talents have literally taken him across the world, with a particularly strong following in Europe. To date, he has performed in China, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Greece, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Dubai, Morocco and Cabo Verde.
 
iLLspokinn most recently performed at Super Bowl LI for the Official NFL Pre-Party in Houston, TX.  He is also the DJ for NBA (London) and Jameson (NYC) events.  In 2016 iLLspokinn performed at the Atlantic Music Expo in Praia, Cabo Verde in April, 2016 and in the Timitar Festival  in Morocco  for a crowd of
80,000.   His DJ sets, filled with live traditional  remixes  and high energy  dance  music,  sparked  a series  of Festival  bookings  for the upcoming  year and 2018.

In Barcelona, his single, “Last Call,” remained at number one on the FlaixFm dance charts for fourteen weeks. When in Budapest, his live shows reliably sell out. In France, he has an equally enthusiastic following. Indeed, he is so well established in the global Hip Hop community that the NBA organization flies him to London to Emcee and DJ their events.

Closer to home, iLLspokinn wears many hats.  He's an educator/mentor  holding Hip Hop workshops and a Vinyl DJ instructor.  He is the Co-founder of Urban Art Beat, a platform for creative expression, partnering talented artists and dedicated volunteers with under served schools and organizations.   In 2014, NBC used his song “Here We Go Again” for their Winter Olympics promotion. This song was also featured on a few Prime Time television shows in 2014 and 2015 including The Mindy Project, Rob Dyrdeck’s Fantasy Factory, and Alpha House.

iLLspokinn is the producer, host and co-founder of the raucous and wildly creative “Freestyle Mondays”, one of the longest running Hip Hop events in New York City. The popularity of the series extends well beyond U.S. borders, as iLLspokinn has  launched satellite versions in the Czech Republic and France.

Although he is well known for his own stellar “freestyles,” iLLspokinn is an equally talented writer, crafting short stories in poetry form as early as his middle school years. He describes his style as ‘clever and confessional’.

To that end, when he’s not rocking a mic, he’s an in-demand DJ, rocking the decks of some of the world’s hottest venues and festivals, including Toshi’s Living Room & Penthouse (NYC), B.B. King’s (NYC), Webster Hall (NYC), Le Poisson Rouge (NYC), A90 Festival (Belfort, FR), Otkert (Budapest, HU), Instant (Budapest, HU), Fat Black Pussy Cat (Strasbourg, FR),  Jamboree (Barcelona, SP)  and more!

                      In the Kingston community of Waterhouse Cecile and Janet were proud parents of Ricardo A. Mills, musically christened LeJahni. One of eight siblings according to Miss Janet, LeJahni was singing before he could speak. She recalls him following her around the house humming and making sounds long before he could form words. Like many before them his parents migrated in 1987 to Brooklyn New York leaving LeJahni and his siblings to become what is commonly known in Jamaica as barrel children. LeJahni would eventually reunite with his parents in 1989 allowing New York to become his new reality
Though the lights, sounds and pace of Brooklyn were exciting and in many ways alluring, memories of Jamaica were a constant theme for LeJahni. He recalls among his fondest being in his father’s shop where musicians would frequent and his wanting to be like them. The musical connection was never really made though until he heard the enchanting sounds of Garnet Silk. His words and melodies so impacted LeJahni that he was then convinced that the world of music is where he should be. After moving to Brooklyn, NY, LeJahni found the promise of living in the United States was not what he anticipated. Life was hard, and the pursuit of the American dream seemed unattainable. To him as a young teen the temptation to ease the strain in ways that were'nt legal were ever present. And eventually he succumbed to the streets complete with its trappings of the fast cars, faster girls and the overall high speed life style. This was not without its risks and challenges and at age 19 it all came crashing with a 12 year sentence that would not only rob him of his youth but disappoint the people who loved him.
The chapter of realization: Despite its obvious drawbacks being away brought about the necessary self improvement tools useful not only for survival in the hostile prison environment but also for life beyond the prison walls. The Bible and a spiritual awakening along with completing his education kept him focus and the promise of making well on life gave him hope. It is in this context that music called once again and the realization that LeJahni could be a useful vessel for the delivery of uplifting and prevention messages for the next generation of would be and wanna be bad boys and girls. Everyday brought opportunities and LeJahni took every moment to hone his craft. The spirit of Garnet once again came to life the message of Marley took hold and the energy of all those who made a mark in the upward mobility of the downtrodden all played their roll. LeJahni was now not just a statistic but a man with a mission and a plan.
In May of 2008, after 12 years of incarceration LeJahni was released and returned to Jamaica. Being away for 20 years from his home land, he felt like a foreigner in a strange land. The world had changed a lot and the harsh realities of life brought constant memories of his time behind bars. He refused however to allow that to be an obstacle in his life. Instead he focused and builds on to the vision he had so carefully crafted. He then took stock by acting upon it. He would then joined with other artistes and took his experiences to mentor youngsters caught in the vicious cycle of crime encouraging them to take advantage of the school system and all it has to offer. His commitment to this project brought him to Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre, and several group homes and schools across Jamaica. With this mission and music he is now able to give back to society while realizing his dreams. The New Beginning:
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Footfull stands for monster Electro House freshly produced in Germany.
He is taking over the scene with his gritty baselines and incredible melodies, which are heavily inspired by dubstep tunes.
After releasing his debut EP on Moshbit Records he was ready to unleash his remix for Dynomyt on Ehtraxx which got featured on the Beatport B-Sides chart next to artists like AK9, FTampa, Insan3lik3 and more, plus it got included in the Rise Radio #011.
Next to these tunes he released some quality free tunes which include a massive collab with talented producer Fast Rise (changed name to Madistt) and a heavy remix for Dreist on Moshbit Records.
Footfull will never stop working on his sound and will bring out heavy tunes and remixes.
Footfull started 2014 with a heavy remix for Evo-K again on Ehtraxx after that release he was ready to drop his remix for Coldbeat's massive tune Shockwave which got first played at the Under The Influence radio show with Rubicon 7.
While he was producing these remixes he took part of the remix contest for ShiftAxis Record where his Glitch Hop remix for Another Monster was picked among the winners of the competition.
After that he and Ehtraxx are hosting a remix competition for his newest track "Power“.
With great remixes „Power“ got great feedback from artists like Monolythe, LeGamel and many more.
He never wanted to stick in one genre so he released an unexpected Melbourne Bounce remix of „Cycle Style“ by M-Hallers.
With his remix for Brooke Mitchells song „I’m no Aretha“ he got a spot on the „Must Hear EDM“ chart from Beatport next to artist like NEW_ID, Calvin Harris, R3hab, Kryder, Markus Schulz, labels like Anjunabeats, Ultra, Axtone, Spinnin and Fly Eye.

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https://soundcloud.com/monolythe
https://soundcloud.com/hotshit
https://soundcloud.com/drop2hell
https://soundcloud.com/legamel
https://soundcloud.com/madistt
& many more

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All Day All Night – The Kinks
All I Have To Do Is Dream- Everly Bothers
All Shook Up- Elvis Presley
Alright Now-Free
Amarillo By Morning-George Strait
American Pie-Don McClain
American Woman- The Guess Who
Amy-Pure Prairie League
Angie-The Rolling Stones
As Tears Go By-The Rolling Stones
Baby Please Don’t Go- Them
Back In The Saddle-Gene Autry
Back In Black-AC/DC
Bad Bad Leroy Brown-Jim Croce
Bad Moon Rising-CCR
Banana Pancakes-Jack Johnson
Battle Of New Orleans-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Behind Blue Eyes-The Who
Better Together-Jack Johnson
Blue Suede Shoees- Carl Perkins
Blowing In The Wind-Bob Dylan
Born On A Bayou-CCR
Born To Be Wild-Steppenwolf
Born To Run-Bruce Springsteen & The East Street Band
Breakdown-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 
Brown Eyed Girl-Van Morrison 
Brown Sugar-The Rolling Stones
Bye Bye Love-Everly Brothers
Call Me The Breeze-Lynyrd Synyrd
Can’t Get Enough-Bad Company
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking- The Rolling Stones
Can’t You See-Marshall Tucker Band 
Cheeseburger In Paradise-Jimmy Buffet
Cherry Cherry- Neil Diamond
Cinamon Girl-Neil Young
City Of New Orleans-Arlo Guthrie
Cocaine Blues-Johnny Cash-George Thorogood and the Destroyers
Comes A Time-Neil Young
Come Together=The Beatles
Cool Water-Johnny Cash
Cotton Fields-CCR
Country Roads-John Denver
Cowboy/Cowgirl Blues-Belinda Gail & Curly Musgrave
Cracklin’ Rose-Neil Diamond
Dancin In The Dark-Brice Springsteen & The East Street Band
Dark Side-John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Day Tripper-The Beatles 
Desperado-The Eagles
Dead Flowers-The Rolling Stones
Devil With The Blue Dress Medley-Mitch Ryder
Dock Of The Bay-Ottis Redding
Don’t Be Cruel-Elvis Presley
Don’t Fence Me In-Cole Porter & Robert Fletcher sung by Bing Crosby
Don’t Take Your Guns To Town-Johnny Cash
Don’t You Forget About Me-Simple Minds
Don’t Let It Bring You Down-Neil Young
Down By The River-Neil Young
Eight Days A Week-The Beatles
Far Away Eyes-The Rolling Stones
Feel Like Making Love-Bad Company
Fever-Elvis Presley
Field Of Opportunity-Neil Young
Fire-The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Fire On The Mountain-Charlie Daniels
Folsom Prison Blues-Johnny Cash
Four Strong Winds-Ian Tyson, Neil Young
Funk 49-The James Gang
Get Off My Cloud-The Rolling Stones
Ghost Riders In The Sky-Johnny Cash
Good Hearted Woman-Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Good Loving-The Rascal’s
Grapevine-CCR
Hair Of The Dog-Nazareth
Heartbreak Hotel-Elvis Presley
Heart Of Gold-Neil Young
Here Comes The Sun-The Beatles
Hey Good Looking-Hank Williams
Hey Hey My My-Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Hey Joe-The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Hit The Road Jack-Ray Charles
Honky Tonk Woman-The Rolling Stones
Hound Dog-Elvis Presley
Hotel California-The Eagles
Hurt So Good-John Cougar Mellencamp
I Am A Child-Neil Young
I Can’t Be Satisfied-Muddy Waters
I Feel Fine-The Beatles
I Hear You Knocking-
I’m Free-The Rolling Stones
Iris-The Goo Goo Dolls
I Shot The Sheriff-Eric Clapton
It Ain’t Me Babe-Bob Dylan & The Band
It’s All Over Now-The Rolling Stones
I Walk The Line-Johnny Cash
I Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll All Night-Kiss
I’ve Got Friends In Low Places-Garth Brooks
Jailhouse Rock-Elvis Presley
Jambalaya-Hank Williams
Jenny Jenny 867-5309-Rose Tattoo
Johnny B Good-Chuck Berry
Jumping Jack Flash-The Rolling Stones
Just Like A Woman- Bob Dylan & The Band
Just What I Needed-The Cars
King Of The Road-Roger Miller
Knocking On Heaven’s Door- Bob Dylan & The Ban 
Knock Three Times-Tony Orlando and Dawn
Kryptonite-Three Doors Down
Last Time-The Rolling Stones
Leaving On A Jet Plane-John Denver 
Let It Bleed-The Rolling Stones
Let My Love Open The Door-Pete Townsend
Life’s Been Good-Joe Walsh
Life In The Fast Lane-The Eagles
Light My Fire-The Doors
Like A Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan & The Band
Living On Tulsa Time-Eric Clapton
Lodi-CCR
Lola-The Kinks
Lonely People-America
Lonesome Onry And Mean-Waylon Jennings
Long Haired Country Boy-Charlie Daniels Band
Look Out For My Love- Neil Young
Louie Louie-Kingsman
Luchenbach Texas-Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Lyin Eyes-The Eagles
Mama Don’t Let Your Babies-Waylon Jennings
Mama Tried-Merle Haggard
Margaritaville-Jimmy Buffet
Mary Jane’s Last Dance-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Melt With You-Modern English
Message In A Bottle- The Police
Midnight Rider-The Allman Brothers
Mississippi Queen-Mountain
Motor Cycle Mama-Neil Young
Move It On Over-George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Mr. Bojangles-Jerry Jeff Walker- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Mr. Soul-Neil Young
My Girl-The Temptations
Needle And The Damage Done-Neil Young
No Expectations-The Rolling Stones
Norwegian Wood-The Beatles
Nowhere Man-The Beatles
Ohio-Neil Young
Oh Lonesome Me-Don Gibson, Johnny Cash
Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll-Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
On The Road Again-Willie Nelson
Over The Hills And Far Away-Led Zeppelin
Pink Cadillac-Bruce Springsteen & The East Street Band
Pink Houses-John Cougar Mellencamp
Positively Fourth Street-Bob Dylan & The Band
Pretty Woman-Roy Orbison
Proud Mary-CCR
Purple Haze-The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Rambin Man-The Allman Brothers
Ramblin Man-Waylon Jennings
Rebel Rebel-David Bowie
Redneck Mother-Jerry Jeff Walker
Redneck Woman-Gretchen Wilson
Revolution-The Beatles
Rip This Joint- The Rolling Stones
Ring Of Fire-Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three
Rocking Me Baby-The Steve Miller Band
Rocky Top- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Running Down A Dream-Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne
Satisfaction-The Rolling Stones
Shake Rattle And Roll-Jerry Lee Lewis 
Shanty-Jonathan Edwards
Sharp Dressed Man-ZZ Top
Should I Stay Or Should I Go-The Clash
Shout-Otis from Animal House
Silver Wings-Merle Haggard
Six Days On The Road-Steve Earle
Sixth Avenue Heartach-The Wallflowers
Small Town-John Cougar Mellencamp
Smooth-Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas
Spooky-Atlanta Rhythmn Section
Squeeze Box-The Who
Subterranean Homesick Blues- Bob Dylan & The Band
Sunshine-Jonathan Edwards
Sunshine Of Your Love-Cream
Sunshiny Day-Charlie Pride
Suspicious Minds-Elvis Presley
Suzie Q-CCR
Sweet Home Alabama-Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sympathy For The Devil- The Rolling Stones
Take It Easy-The Eagles
Take The Money And Run-The Steve Miller Band
Taking Care Of Business-BTO
Tell Me Why-Neil Young
Tennessee Stud-The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Tequila Sunrise-The Eagles
That’s Alright Mama-Elvis Presley
The Joker-The Steve Miller Band
The Vacquero Song-Dave Stamey 
Ticket To Ride-The Beatles
Times They Are A Changing-Bob Dylan
Trucking- The Grateful Dead
Two More Bottles Of Wine-Emmy Lou Harris
Tumbling Dice- The Rolling Stones
Turn The Page-Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Twist and Shout-The Beatles
Under The Milkyway-Church
Venilator Blues- The Rolling Stones
Walk Thus Way-Aerosmith
Wanted Dead Or Alive-Bon Jovi
Who Do You Love-George Thorogood and the Destroyers
        Medley with Not Fade Away-Buddy Holly
Whole Lotta Love-Led Zeppelin
Wild Horses- The Rolling Stones
Wildwood Flower-Instrumental
Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd
Wonderwall-Oasis
You Can’t Always Get What You Want-The Rolling Stones
You Don’t Know How It Feels-Tom Petty
You Really Got Me-The Kinks


New music placements by Rob in collaboration with Michael McGregor and Matt Ender are now airing on Warner TV programs TMZ, EXTRA, The Tyra Banks Show, The Bonnie Hunt Show, and the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Rob also recently completed scoring an corporate video for Elli Lilly for ad agency GSW Worldwide.

Robert Alpert's music is expressive, innovative, and while filled with surprises there is an underlying logic and sense of inevitablity to his style. His work runs the gamut from lyrically passionate, to richly textured and rhythmically explosive, but is always exciting, always moving.  His company, Robert Alpert Productions, is a resource that delivers unique musical scores on time and within budget.

His music is naturally suited to the mediums of film and television. " The word we hear over and over again from everyone, industry professionals and amateurs alike, is that our music is evocative," says Alpert, "this quality to evoke an emotional response naturally enhances our partnership with film. It is a magical aspect of music that it is able to make the leap from the flat screen into the human heart."  Recent scores include: "Crazy Love," a romantic comedy directed by Marc Posner aired on the Canadian Moviola Channel and; "A Momentary Loss," directed by Michael Voyer starring David Zayas from HBO's "OZ," a dramatic short recently premiered to a packed house at HBO's private screening room in NY.

Alpert is also known for his controversial film shorts, which he wrote and directed while completing his studies at Pratt Institute.  Two of these shorts, "Nocturnally Emitted" and "Propylene Glycol Alginate," were hailed at the time for both their subject matter and cinematic skill.  The latter was shown in Europe where it received critical acclaim.  His scores for these two films were equally lauded.  After Pratt he went on to study classical theory, including counterpoint and harmony at The Juilliard School of Music and then did post-graduate work in classical composition and orchestration at the Mannes College of Music in New York City. 

Today Alpert composes in every genre. New works include his jazzy, rock, world music concept album "The Holy Fool,"  that includes an accompanying scenario that makes it ideal as a work for stage or dance performance as well as just listening.  His growing catalog of works represented by his publishing company Holy Fool Music includes orchestrations of compositions by early 20th century Russian composers, as well as original classical compositions.  Among them: an arrangement for full orchestra from Shostakovich's piano piece "Three Fantastic Dances;" an Art song cycle "Four Love Songs" with poems by 17th Century Poet, John Donne; "String Quartet No. 1 -  In Memoriam & Resurrexit" which was recently premiered by the Avalon String Quartet; and a commissioned arrangement of Prokofiev's "Overture on Hebrew Themes" for woodwind sextet.  Other current projects in-house include an orchestration of a Prokofiev violin sonata for solo violin and orchestra. 

This year with the closing of the Amato Opera he is creating, along with other veterans of the Amato Opera a new opera company, named the Amore Opera.

www.robertalpert.com www.holyfoolmusic.com
 

Holy Fool Music (ASCAP) is the exclusive USA publisher for the music of Robert Alpert.

Steve began his musical career busking on the cathedral streets of Durham and ended up recording an album with legendary music biz raconteur Kim Fowley.
 
Along the way he sang and wrote songs for English rock band SUGARWOOD*, toured in Britain and abroad, wrote songs with Ian McCallum (Stiff Little Fingers), played an Illinois Town Fair, recorded at the legendary Northern Recording Studios, received airplay in 12 european countries and the US, played in the US with Lowell Gentry & The Naked Apes, recorded a special for Danish student radio in Copenhagen, made the bill at Sound City (Newcastle) and the international In The City music conference (Liverpool) and helped record an album with young Zulu people from the Kwa Mashu Township of South Africa. He has released several cds of original music and made appearances on regional/international tv/radio.
 
Other musical outings have included The Country Irregulars* (with members of The Coyote Men) and playing bass with Barking Billy & the Scrapyard Dogs*. 

In 2011 Steve won the 'Song for the Sea' songwriting competition, held as part of The Tall Ships Festival. He was also a finalist in the 'The UK Songwriting Contest 2011' Acoustic Category, and received a merit in the 2012 Contest.
 
Steve was asked to write a song for the UK charity Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), and this was released on an ep to mark CRY's 2011 annual raising awareness week. For more details see www.c-r-y.org.uk

In 2013 Steve was commissioned to compose a song for 'Low Tide Day' in 2013. 'We all go back to the Sea' became a song cycle that celebrates the Durham Heritage Coast and shore. Musicians and singers from across the area came together to record the piece and perform it at the Low Tide Day festival on 25th May 2013 on the East Durham coast. Steve also travelled to Finand to collaborate and record with folk musicians. The final performance included a 45-strong Durham choir, a drummer that played for U2, a folk flute (in commo use in Lapland for over 2000 years) and a youth choir made up of young people from the East Durham UK coastal villages and towns.

Sugarwood 
'5 piece rock band from Durham, North East England. Started out as an acoustic duo acquiring members as they went. Frequently with more than 150 live dates a year between 1997 and 2001, and several cd releases, they could be considered one of the hardest working bands to have come out of the North East. Winning over a massive audience and wooing the music industry at Sound City and In The City 2000. Split in 2001 after a (never released) album project with Producer Kim Fowley.' 
Lifted from www.discogs.com
 

The Country Irregulars
Country punk rock outfit from Newcastle, UK, made up from members of The Coyote Men. Recorded only once at Polestar Studios produced by Rob from 70's North East punk band Penetration. The Country Irregulars went on to support Penetration at their reunion gig, Steve Wynn at The Cluny, Newcastle, and later supported Sweden's seminal garage band, The Nomads, in London.

Barking Billy & the Scrapyard Dogs 
Now well past their 25th anniversary, Barking Billy & the Scrapyard Dogs continue to ply their unique brand of rock n roll around the region with harmonica player Bruce McDonald (The Alligators), Barkin' Billy Lee on vox and a range of North East players,  

Links: 
www.soundcloud.com/stevepercival
www.reverbnation.com/stevepercival
www.myspace.com/stevepercivalmusic
http://www.kimfowley.com/victories/outsidetheusa.htm

Michael Poe began forming his musical interests at an early age. He was fascinated by the use of electronic instruments in modern music and began listening to progressive rock groups such as Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Rick Wakeman in the 70's. It was his mother who introduced him to the experimental electronic tones of Brian Eno and Kraftwerk. His appreciation for these creative styles carried on through high school and followed him into college.

During his time at Ohio University, Mike began to create electronic compositions to accompany modern dance pieces and also began to develop his styles as a DJ. His style concentrated heavily on the dark industrial sounds of Front 242 and Skinny Puppy. He added many styles to his DJ repertoire and began to introduce ambient tones and atmospheres to his DJ sets. The Orb was a major influence, which gradually led him to spin more ambient dub styled tracks.

In 1993 he moved from Athens, Ohio to Columbus where he introduced his unique style and catalog of recordings to the Columbus scene. He began working with Rob Engel to create atmospheric dark ambient music that became the Midislut project with Mike spinning under the Midislut name. In 1994, he released “Ambiento”, a mix tape of selected ambient tracks, which created a buzz among the underground scene. Shortly after the release of “Ambiento,” Mike was spinning in chill out rooms at many of the now legendary ele_mental parties.
Mike followed his release of “Ambiento” with “Project Blossom” in 1995. Mike  provided his own compositions at the ele_mental sponsored “Boron” in August 1996. Mike was also involved in electronic music composition in the Columbus area. Contributions include the 21/22 Corp. compilation "Fusion No.5" and "Trace Ele_ments4 EP", a collaboration with Bone Tribe Productions, and an appearance on Black Music's "Adventures in Modern Recording" CD with an industrial jungle track titled "Cycle_7.1".

During July of 1996, Mike began to work at the groundbreaking downtown club, Mekka. He immersed himself in the club tracks he heard from such DJ’s as Mike G, Kevy Kev, and Rob Engel along with many of the guest DJ’s who graced the decks. It wasn’t long before Mike teamed up with Doughboy, and spun “Twilight Sundaze,” where he played Chicago house and techno. Mike made Mekka his home for over four years, and attributes much of his appreciation and love for the music to his stay there.

Beginning in 1998, Mike made guest appearances at Red Zone and played at many of the “Clockwork Sundaze” events that have made Doughboy famous. He opened for many of the DJ world superstars, such as Josh Wink, Marco Carolla, Charles Feelgood, and Terry Lee Brown Jr. Mike also held simultaneous residencies at both FM and Clique through the Millennium.
In December of 2000, Mike traveled to Germany and played two New Years dates in Jena and Altenburg. Upon returning to the states, Mike teamed up with Kate Hazelbaker to start “Barcelona DJs@11,” which blended the eclectic tastes of a tapas restaurant with deep house and lounge style tracks.

Mike is a member of the Quality! crew often sharing the decks with his mates Jason Lyman, Jeff Pongonis, and Steve Keck.

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