Very Short Bio:
toady is a total doucheface. i saw him at the store the other day and he totally whacked me with the coldest of shoulders, all the while eyeballing my girlfriend head to toe and whispering salt n pepa lyrics.
plus, he is always going on about himself in the third person, which is tré irratationing and angrifying.
what a dick.
ok. how about a real bio, and in the first person...
my name is todd haggerty, and i can't seem to find the shift key on my keyboard. i'm from washington state, which is probably the second best state to be in (after the state of nirvana). i currently live in norway, and something (possibly the wife and daughter thing) tells me i will be here for a while.
i make music.  
i'm not a very good soundclouder, as i take a lot more than i give, and am not the best at following up and leaving comments on other people's tracks.  trust me, if i had more time then that would change.
i know my moniker sucks, but every time i come up with a name i like, i google them shits and discover that it's already been taken by some jackass and his or her terrible doof-doof music. sometimes i play with the idea of changing my name to "the ninja fireman," as those were the two professions i pictured myself pursuing as a child.
i'm a cook by profession, which is apparently what five years of uni amounts to. i do make a mean iceberg lettuce and mayonnaise salad. that was a joke. i make those too.
sometimes i get confused in the middle of the night and dig around frantically in the sheets in search of my daughter, who is sound asleep in the next room. or occasionally i will get up and take the sheets off the bed in an attempt to expose the spiders. i know they are there. other times, i will just mumble something to my wife about taking a door off its hinges.
i am afraid of the dark, and if i am home alone at bedtime i will turn on the tv in the other room for a little light and noise. also, the gypsy lady from "drag me to hell" scares me shitless, and when i am showering i often imagine that she is just on the other side of the shower curtain.
my favorite color is yellow, or blue (depending on who is asking).
i hope you like my music, as it reflects on me, and i like people who like me. maybe that isn't true in all cases, but i definitely don't like people who don't like me. i think that's a normal reaction, though.
let's see... what else.... i've recently started to pick my nose and eat it when no one is looking. our little secret. i think it is a good way for me to stay in touch with the child i once was. besides, it's just dirt and oil, which are two of the three main ingredients in greek gastronomy (the third is blind anger).
i like to flex in the bathroom mirror, and i leave the door open a crack in the hope that i will be caught. it gives me a good opportunity to practice being bashful.
I constantly make fart noises with my mouth. it doesn't serve any purpose. it doesn't even approach comedy so much as indicate my fear of silence, and the need i feel to fill any still moment with impressions of flatulence and other, sometimes senseless and wholly imagined onomatopoeia.the only thing stopping me from filling this bio with fart sounds is my lack of certainty as to how i might spell them."theeewwwp!" ""fffffrrrrrp!" my mouth gas seems always to end with a "p." i suppose such a burst of air could only be reenacted with the help of an un-voiced, bilabial plosive.... it lends the necessary pop, the perfect accent.
as of late, i've begun to speak english with a heavy russian accent: "in my country, i am cardiologist.here, i am worker in cafeteria. mother would cry if kremlin allowed."



DJ’s are similar to live music performers in a sense that they have to be extraordinary in their talents to be recognized. They have to possess the ability to identify, control and relate to the crowd that they're performing for. DJ Unscene is not only a DJ that has this quality, but he developed and perfected this quality over the years of being in the industry.

 DJ Unscene (formally DJ Exodus) has been mixing music for 20+ years since the age of 15 back in 1998 mixing in different venues from private parties, corporate events to different nightclubs both local and abroad. In 1999, DJ Unscene started his own mobile DJ business working with his brother and business partner Jarrod. Not knowing what he was getting himself into, this “hobby” soon became a passion. His passion for music led him to play a musical instrument and while playing a musical instrument, following music structure was fairly easy for him. Using his knowledge of music structure allowed him to apply this talent to his DJ skills thus him beginning to get people dancing and moving to his music mixes. DJ Unscene spins a huge variety of music genres depending on the places he performs from Hip-Hop to R&B, Mashups to Rock, Top 40 to Old School, Salsa and Meringue, down to EDM, Dubstep and everything in between. Not your typical DJ who only spins one genre of music all night, he can incorporate different styles to satisfy most music lovers. 
Today DJ Unscene continues to prove that his skills and knowledge throughout the years is what separates him from the rest. He prides himself in being able to read a crowd and keep the dance floors hot and sweaty to keep your patrons thirsty.  He continues to produce his own songs and remix’s to give that extra flair  to well known songs.
DJ Unscene can be seen lately traveling all over the U.S. with Havoc Promotions as well as performing at Robbie Fox’s Public House in Tempe, AZ and The Library Bar and Grill in Albuquerque, NM. 
With all of this talent, acquired skills and “know how”, it’s a safe bet that DJ Unscene will be seen rockin’ a dance floor near you for years to come.

In Nashville, the joke is that it takes 10 years to build an overnight sensation. Only the joke is mostly true. Mostly. Just like every rule, there are exceptions. And there is fate. 

Enter Clark Manson, the handsome young country boy from Covington, Ohio. A baseball-cap hiding thick waves honeyed by the sun, a golden glow, also courtesy of the sun, a warm and slightly bashful smile, Clark is the picture of the Heartland - wholesome, All-American and...given the opportunity...you would imagine he can be a healthy dose of trouble. The kind of trouble that makes you shake your finger in disapproval, while simultaneously chuckling at his charm.

And he’s talented, too, but not like many of his peers who come from long lines of musicians or who are schooled at their grandpa's knee. After realizing their toddler had memorized all the words to “Achy Breaky Heart,” Clark's parents educated him in music appreciation, which they did by hauling their son to every music experience in the area, whether fair, festival or full-blown George Strait concert. “There's a really big music festival just north of where I grew up called Country Concert in Ft. Loramie, Ohio,” Clark remembers. “It's been going on for 30-something years and they'll have all these big stars. And since I was a little kid, every summer my parents would take me up there. But when I was 5-years-old, my parents surprised me and took me to see George Strait because I was in love with him. We didn't have a lot of money, so we were in the nosebleed section, but ever since then I wanted to be George Strait.”

First they gave him a love of music, then, at the age of nine, they gave him a guitar. But Clark admits, they may not have realized what they were really doing. “I think they thought I'd play for a while then put it down, but I didn't,” he laughs. “I taught myself to play and by the time I was 12-years-old, I could play 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door,' or whatever those first three-chord songs are people learn.” 

Clark reveals that being a singer wasn't on his agenda at first. Another kind of “gun” shared his passion and by the age of 14 he was traveling around the country as an expert marksman, eventually winning a national championship in skeet shooting. He smiles sheepishly and offers that although he considered that as a career, he wasn’t that good. But he also laughs when he confesses he wasn't a “guitar god” either. His omnipresent smile grows broader as he recalls, “I remember thinking, 'I'm really good at these three chords. I could probably write something.' So, I did and it was terrible.” But his passion for music and innate ability to turn a phrase inspired him to work on the craft, and while his parents encouraged college, they didn't discourage music either. So in addition to working for his dad, he spent two years at Wittenberg University and two more at Wright State University for Business Management while continuing to practice his music. Then fate stepped in.  

“We had a little party in our dorm room and we were a little too loud, and the R.A. came in and she was like, 'You've got to come to my office tomorrow.' And when I did, she told me, 'I could write you up, but instead, I'm the head of the activities department. You've got to play a free show at this bar to make up for it.'” Clark became a repeat performer at the campus hang-out, building a loyal fan following and leading him to form a full band, with his hometown pal Nick Christian. Before they could process it, Clark and his friend were scheduling 150 shows a year around Ohio. “We had a bar that would hire us every night, so Monday we would play here, Tuesday we would play here and so on,” he explains. “It would be $100 a night, free food and free drinks, then it got up to $250 and I thought I had it made.” The local success was just the gentle kick Clark needed to send him to Nashville where he came and recorded a project of tunes co-written with another hometown pal, Dustin Blythe. An independent radio station in Lima added some of their tunes from his debut album, Running With the Night, into their rotation and that led to a meeting with another Buckeye, Todd Bolton, a booking agent for Variety Attractions. As fate would have it, Todd put Clark and his band on the bill for Country Concert. 

He had come full circle. 

Clark opened for artists like Cole Swindell, Dustin Lynch and Chase Rice during the event, setting attendance records for the side stage. “We had 10,000 people,” he laughs in disbelief, then adds, “They've already booked us for this year.” 
 
But the visit to Nashville had whet his appetite for something else. He continued to keep one eye on the national country music scene, which pushed his songwriting to a new level. He speaks almost reverently as he remembers, “About three years ago, I was watching a segment of the CMA Songwriter's Series with Brett James, Craig Wiseman, Wendell Mobley, Matraca Berg and Kenny Chesney. I became a big fan of Brett’s because his voice is awesome and he wrote 'You Save Me,' which is one of my favorite songs. I had to find out every song he wrote. To this day, I'll Google a songwriter and end up spending hours watching their videos. I just did that with Craig’s.” 

The time was right. “I still remember the conversation, going into my dad's office and saying, 'I think I'm ready to try music full time,'” he says. Dad encouraged him to go for it. And four months after landing in Nashville, Clark had secured publishing, management and was building on an already established fan base with an ever-expanding tour schedule. Not exactly overnight, but about as close as it comes.

Young and enthusiastic, he believes his sound and writing is still evolving. “I'm still learning. I think I just now got to the point I know what I want to be and who I am,” he says. But he also says his music is based on real events. He grins as he describes it, “Everything that I try to talk about, I want to make sure it's something that I've done before or appeals to a lot of people. I'm not a downer, I'm a really happy person, so it's going to be hard to get me to cut a ballad. I'm sure I'll record a nice love song though, but he stuff we're about to put out, the newer stuff we're working on is that summertime, feel good, arena kind of sound that when you hear it, you're ready to party, you're ready to do something fun.”

The kind of fun that translates to his sold-out concerts. “Our live show, I think, is unparalleled in a lot of ways,” he says with a hint of pride. “ A lot of people leave our shows and they're like, 'What just happened?' Not just because of me. My band and I have such great chemistry and everything that is happening on stage is real. Me and my guys really love what we do. Our show is never the same because we feed off of the crowd. Every time I go into write, I have that in the back of my mind.” 

Relatively speaking, he's still fresh to Nashville, but his resume' speaks to that of someone with years of experience, like his idol, George Strait. So, how does Clark think he is measuring up to the one who set the standard for country music?

Clark thoughtfully answers, “I think the way that he was so simple. There was nothing fancy or glittery about George Strait, he was just George Strait. Just the way he kept his family close. We grew up team-roping, too, so I could always relate to what he does and I feel like sometimes you can't always do that with artists. So, I try to be like him in that way. His music always had a lyric that had a significance. It always made you feel an emotion. No one can come out and just stand there and sing a George Strait song, but the things I can take away from him are more as a person than as an artist.”

Maybe having a career like George Strait's is a lofty goal, but for Clark, whose goals seemed to be achieved before he could even set them, it also seems completely possible.

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OUT NOW! **REACHED NO 1 On Juno Dec '13** DUST to DUST EP with Professor Angel Sound on Maxi Discs feat remixes from Dicky Trisco+Pete Herbert 
DJ Play: Dimitri From Paris, Tensnake, A Love From Outer Space, Horse Meat Disco, Jacques Renault, Crazy P, Drop Out Orchestra, Fingerman, DJ Harri, Yam Who?, Futuredisco, Beaten Space Probe, Marius, Sleazy McQueen, DJ BRKA and many more.

DJ Feedback:

‘Love the original of Dust To Dust. Balearic Ghetto Disco vibes!’
Dimitri From Paris

‘Always nice disco stuff on Maxi Discs. Big love.’
Tensnake

‘Very cool.’
Sean Johnston (A Love From Outer Space)

‘PH is always the man!’
Severino (Horse Meat Disco)

‘Dust To Dust is a jam.’
Jacques Renault

'Loving this.'
Drop Out Orchestra

'All versions rocking it on this one!'
Crazy P

‘Liking these.
DJ Harri

‘Awesome EP. Love the Dicky Trisco mix especially.’
Fingerman

‘Yet another Maxi killer. All very playable mixes.’
Yam who?

‘Dangerous Dicky Trisco or Pete Herbert version for me. Like it. Will play it on the show.’
Sean Brosnan (Futuredisco)

‘Dicky Trisco version is ace!’
Beaten Space Probe

‘This has to be one of the best releases on Maxi Discs…to find a spankin new artist like this and both DT and PH in such great form is just wonderful. Will support and play loud!’
Marius

‘Yeah fire!’
Sleazy McQueen

‘Love the vibe all over Dust To Dust. Top remix action by Dicky Trisco. Top shelf!’
DJ BRKA

MORE PRESS *general*

"Bloody Brilliant!..Love this!...Beautiful Music..." Joe Muggs (Mixmag,Slugrave,Guardian,Artsdesk,talking about some of the 13t tunes)

'KIlla KIlla Killa..some serious shit being developed here..' DJ UMB Generation Bass

"Fantastic Music!" Future Pilot AKA (Domino Records,BBC)

"This music is Fresh,great to hear at last man" Dema (LuckyMe,Freak Moves) 

¨Amazing Transnational Music/Moombahton tunes¨Alberto Caballo (TropcalBass.com, Mad Decent Blog,Latin Resiste,Rebel Sounds)

"Great Music! Listen and Learn!" Tony @ Burnt Progress,CDR,Attica Blues (Mo Wax)

"This is Music that soars like an Eagle and is smoother than a well chilled Red Stripe" Calvin Bush (Staff Ed of Muzik Mag,Melody Maker etc)

"Scotland's Best Kept Secret" Gill Mills NME radio.
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DJ/LIVE SHOWS with ;

Gil Scott Heron (RiP)
Run DMC 
Kemsitry (RIP) & Storm (Metalheadz)
Gilles Peterson (Worldwide,Talkin Loud,Brownswood)
Jah Wobble (PiL/Johnny Rotten's Bass player)
The James Taylor Quartet (Acid Jazz)
Snowboy
Harri (Subcluture)
dj Nick Peacock
Twitch (Optimo)
Johnny Wilkes (Optimo)
Mungos Hi Fi (Scotch Bonnet)
Teenage FanClub
Belle and Sebastian
Goldie Lookin Chain (Scottish leg of their last UK Tour)
Groove Armada
Carleen Anderson (The Young Disciples,Paul Weller), 
Peter Parker/Fingathing (DMC Champ/Grand Central)
Harry Love (Scratch Perverts)
Mark B + Blade (Ninja Tune)
Phoebe One
Krashslaughta (Kev had a residency @The Sub Club with Krash)
Dema (Lucky Me,again shared a residency with Dema) 
Eastborn (Mud Fam,Drop Zone Records,Kev is Resident producer 4 DROPZONE+ Eastborn's Dj) 
Steg G  & The Freestyle Master (PowerCut Productios) 4 RUN DMC Jason Nevins tour Afterparty
Loki (Volition Glasgow,en absenta)
AJ-Blackanised/Yush2k (PLayed in a Live band with AJ)
Mish Mash (Djd & wrote tracks for their debut Album)
Silicone Soul (Soma) 
Richard Brown (Soma)
Dot Allison (One Dove)
Kev McKay (Glasgow Underground/Mylo etc-13t gave Kevin McKay his first big break @ The Sub Club alongside Dj Harri) 
The Propellerheads and,almost the entire roster of Wall of Sound and Talkin Loud.
Martyn 'djMash' Henderson-Capital Fm
Spanish Crew;
Dj Cosy-O
JP Chronic (Ibiza)
3mv Disco Unit
Groovelives
Oscar
Dj Kanzer
Sociedad No Limit 
(Carlitos Wey,Safa,Tawas)
Mc Keishal (Foreign Beggars)
VOCA
DNOE

*Even shared the billing with The Fall,Bad Manners,Njoi & The Bassheads,Primal Scream,Oasis,Blur,The Manic Street Preachers,Bjork,Cypress Hill,Rage Against the Machine.....


RESIDENCIES - Sub Club (With dj Harri,Krashslughta + Kemal (Konflict) ,Volcano,Glasgow (Immortalised in the film Trainspotting),Spin-Valencia (co Owner+Dj),Latex/Freestyle/GrooveLives/Education,Beluga (Valencia) Blazing Fire,Bar Aisha (Madrid) + Henrys Cellar Bar (Edinburgh) plus too many Bar Residencies in Glasgow to list from Ashton Lane to City Centre eg Nice n Sleazies,Bar Ten etc Played out all over UK,Spain and Portugal from Barcelona To Barrio Alto in Lisbon and Valencia to Vigo.

FESTIVALS-T In The Park,Edinburgh Festival,Glasgow Mela,West End Festival (Glasgow) Glasgow Jazz Festival ,Villamarxante and various underground raves dotted around The Iberian Penninsula.


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More PRESS

'Khev de Leon’s Transnational Music 2.0 Productions remind us that Moombahton forms part of the Global Bass scene – and that Moombahton is about waaaaay more than a dirty Dutch plus dembow template. Heady.' Neil Queen-Jones for walmerconvenience.wordpress.com

'The 13th Tribë... expertly pulls of the global  moombahton sound. His tracks have tons of tropical influence, and neither vocals nor melodies sound like a second-thought addition to his tracks- no house-esque random lyrics here.... When Heartbreak was talking about good moombahsoul that’s meant for the home, not the club, he had tracks like these in mind. Check this guy out on SoundCloud, I really can’t recommend him enough.¨ Ziad Ramley (110bpm.wordpress.com)

"The 13th Tribe and their new single Negro are about as inspired as it gets. Negro is a tidal wave of musical and cultural influences, as they draw from their collective backgrounds, taking you from Africa to the UK to South America, to create one lethal cocktail." review by Hazard @PlanetUrban.com/au

"I watched the video a few times, Amazing arrangement, very eclectic. You can definitely tell your influences range from reggae/rock/dancehall/hip-hop. I’d love to hear more anytime :), Your releases would be well-received by our eclectic audience.' --Wax Poetics Magazine Brooklyn described as “The best and most exquisitely laid-out music bimonthly in America.”&nbsp; by The New York Times Style Magazine

" ...Thanks a million to Suchil K Dade (future Pilot AKA) for pointing me in the direction of The 13th Tribe,a marker of how vibrantly diverse the music world is here in Scotland I just loved that."
Mary Ann Kennedy on playing Negro on Global Gathering BBC Radio Scotland.

"Negro is Dooooooooooooooooope!!! Yeahhhhhh!! " - Señor Lobo (CEO of Lovemonk Records Madrid)

"I really like that Video (of Negro) That was DOPE!"
-Buddy Peace 

"Negro is great - really infectious. The video reminds me of the early days of the Hac groovin with The Jazz Defektors when the Hac screens showed vids like that with b+w movie clips-
Geoff Ellis (Founder Of T In The Park,DF Concerts)

"I love Negro and think it's a HIT, that youtube clip with the film you've used is a def winner. The whole vibe reminds me a lot of Belleville Rendez-vous - very cool style." -
dj Hobbes (Trouble,getintotrouble.com Voted "one of the Top 100 Clubs Worldwide" by DJ magazine,&amp; Voted Club of The Yr by Gilles Peterson of Worldwide Radio One .Talkin Loud &amp; Brownswood

"Love it! This is D&gt;O&gt;P&gt;E" ...thanks for taking such a big lead on our Electro Afrique project as well...loving and appreciate all your creative energy and organization." The Apple Juice Kid Drummer an Co Producer with The JUngle Brothers,Little Brother,Foriegn Exchange,Timbaland,Fatman Scoop,Camp Lo etc 

"YEAH! Well funky!"-Gilles Peterson.

'One of the best Club nites of the year - Brian Murnin Clash Magazine

'Negro sums up our club night in just 205 perfect seconds! AND I love the track (Zaza B) BIG TIME... how do you keep pumping these out? you're a machine!!.. thats pure Prefuse at times. Massive respect.Vocals are dope as too man!...Insanely prolific..." Huskiii FFTang @93 Feet East

'Superb! Like a vocal booth full of Hospitalised Kool Kieths! Fans of Dr Octagon,The Pharcyde &amp; Jurrassic 5 Will Love this' - Steve (Sony Records,Peoplesound)

'Fucking Ace!!!..Always Loved the Woody Bass and Strings sound.Dr Octagon compliment * Dr Octagon's Ghost is in the air* -seconded- " The Implosion Quartet

needless as it is to include facts in a biography, Peter Samuel provides the close investigator with many puzzling facts worth drumming up. of course it is worth mentioning that Peter Samuel's first appearance was beside DJ WOOLLY MAMMAL. back then he was a twerp with a swerve.


two-steps away from the decks at all times, Pete/Sam spent most of his time meditating and burning incense. the funky dance steps that awaited him in his destiny swirled as arabic characters along the windowsill of his mind. shanti shanti shanti


two years later Pete Sam erupted from a deep bout of veda-like stillness into a funky rhythm outside his body's control. he hopped on the decks and duck-taped some lasers and blacklights to the wall. two days later the entire block was still shaking their virgin booties on the new and endless dancefloor erected by the holy DJ. scholars insist that that party still rages. geometric bursts of light in the foggy dance-den illuminate waving arms and clickin steppin feet.


absconding from his oath of austerity, Pete/Sam made tight beats and soaring synths into drugs for the meak, mild, hungry, thirsty, and himself. from one beat he summoned 2,000 metal melting summer jams. the bug shook him and he shook the bug back, scratching wicka/wicka into a slappin' mix-down mash-up compliments of the socal sun.


on the floor under his decks lame business men and account representatives slapped day-glo warpaint on their cheeks amidst the hurling honey tornado of sweaty young bodies. middle-aged religious women flocked to watch their progeny get hip-boogie on sunday nights. one business man was heard saying,

“my accounts! I must return to my accounts!” his partner, a young Armenian square, replied, “to hell with ze accounts.”


and all of this from a man with no beginning. no homeland. no history. the splitting mixes and smooth delivery resist understanding, but force one, like a fine malted beverage and a smooth blunted afternoon, to shake that ass, show me what you got. shake that ass, show me what you got.  



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