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Gil Aguilar / Boise, Idaho
Treasured Grooves (Label Owner / A & R)

Calling Boise his home Gil Aguilar is originally from San Jose, California. Gil has been djing for over 20 years and has been playing out in Idaho since 2002. Having held numerous residencies in Boise nightclubs has allowed Gil to better connect with dance floors on a more personable and intimate level. This exposure has paved the way for house music to a local demographic outside of the local scene that has started to catch up. Through this exposure, Gil has created his take on house music which he likes to call "Bodo Soul." This take on house music fuses disco, deep house, tribal, mainstream pop, and jacking funk in a manner that pays tribute to those that have come before him. His west coast upbringings and influence can be heard in his sets that focus on long intricate blends which he likes to call “mixing from distances” with little use of effects.
 
Gil is the owner of Idaho's only label dedicated to underground house music Treasured Grooves. It is no surprise that the music with the smallest voice is making the most noise from the gem state. Treasured Grooves releases have artists from countries like Norway, France, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Canada, and Bulgaria to name a few.

Treasured Grooves has independently thrown underground house events that have seen Boise visited by world renown Dj’s and producers such as Doc Martin (Sublevel – Los Angeles), Hector Moralez (The Factory – Paris, France ), and Arturo Garces (Beat Bum Music – San Jose, Ca.). 

Switching his focus towards the production side of House Music he has created quite the discography where he has put out more music than the local demographic combined. These efforts have allowed Gil to reach a broader national and global audience that has opened doors to collaborate with international producers/labels. Gil's sound is unique in that he used to host weekly mix shows on KissFM, and was Boise State University's college radio (University Pulse) music director where he had a weekly mix show that showcased House Music called "Boise Deep".

He played mainstream and hip-hop music all across the Treasure Valley for about 5 years before deciding to pursue his love for the music and culture that had so much influence on his West Coast upbringing. His experience of playing out as a professional DJ before becoming a legitimate artist allows him to easily read any room and crowd where he performs without compromising his sound.

Gil has released tracks and remixes for Greenhouse (Stateside Unknowns), Plushouse, Flosshatt Digital, Cabbie Hat, Native Soul, Mas Profundo Muzika, Doin Work, Jack Locker, Sugar Shack Recordings, Mikita Skyy, Ginkgo Music, Blue Town Records, Summerhill Music, Impeccable Elements, Ficus Tree Music, UKNOWY, Midwest Hustle, Dope Records, Soulsupplement, Answegg Records, Funk Mansion, Seventy Four, Jack Locker, Rude Fish Records,  and numerous licensed releases found on House Music compilations.

Gil has started to release new music again and will be relaunching Treasured Grooves in March of 2023 with an album release party. 

Beatport releases:
https://www.beatport.com/search/releases?q=Gil+Aguilar

Traxsource:
https://www.traxsource.com/search/tracks?term=Gil+Aguilar

Juno:
https://www.junodownload.com/search/?q%5Ball%5D%5B%5D=gil+aguilar

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4cFqOCgdLREmlsZXRzP2vH

Gavin began his involvement with music DJing around Nottingham as part of Giddy Fruit,  a group of like minded friends who were frequenting the deep house nights of the town in the early 90's. Inspired by the sounds of local heroes DiY and Go Tropo the Giddy crew would commandeer their own and friends' houses , cover them in decor and fill them with speakers and invite a club full of strangers to enjoy their first forays into public performance.

Over the years the Giddy Fruit sound could be found in clubs, at their own "Giddy Up" nights or guesting for fellow house heads such as Quadrant and Smokescreen. Towards the end of the 90s Gavin began to get interested in "the studio" , where all these great tunes derived. Invited along by friends Steve Walker and Jay Cowley, of house outfit To-Ka Project, Gavin contributed to two tracks on the 1999 To-Ka EP on Viva "Don't Cry", his first vinyl release.

By now Gavin had been a regular at parties thrown by Smokescreen, originally a rig from Sheffield that had relocated to Nottingham. The Giddy crew, especially Gav, Al and Lucy, would always bring their tunes down and eventually pester their way onto the decks. It was here that Gav first met Steve Lee, who had been playing for Smokescreen since his early teens and was himself starting to make his first attempts at making music. Gav and Steve found they shared a drive to make music and Gav began trekking down to the Rubber Biscuit studio with Steve to see what they could do.

Meanwhile several of Gav's co-compositions with Jay from To-Ka had found their way onto releases on his side project, Lo-Motion. Together they put out well received tracks on Tilted, Myna, DiY and Drop Music before Jay withdrew from the music scene.

Gav and Steve had by now gelled and, calling themselves The Littlemen, had their first major relase with the "Tall Order EP" on Drop Music in 2001. They then went on a run of around 20 EPs in the next 7 years, including highly respected labels such as Amenti, Lowdown, Tango, Nightshift and Aroma. Steve also founded a label, Mobile Trax, which put out a string of excellent releases between 2003-2006.

By 2008 Gavin was also making solo material and put out his debut tracks on Guess Who? and Guesthouse. He has since then put out several releases on Mobile Trax as well as EP's and remixes for labels such as Aroma, Myna, and Odour.

In 2015 Gavin relocated with his family to New Zealand where he has been putting on events under the monicker "Love Bug" as well as releasing music on local label HuHu.

2018 sees Gavin putting out a two-part release on Replay Recordings, the UK label run by his old party associates Kinky Movement as well as continuing  to push quality house onwards with Love Bug and FFWD nights in Auckland and Whangarei. 

Contact at gavinbelton@hotmail.com...for further music try the soundcloud pages of The Littlemen and Mobile Trax as well as Smokescreen Sound System.

Solid Soul makes good ol' fashioned house shufflers! Designed to make you feel good, warm and get ya bumpin'!

Ghent (Belgium) based Dj/producer with a passion for underground house music from the funky sunset till the deep sunrise

Founder & Label Owner of Reason 2 Funk Records:
Jons Jackin / Tech House vibe combined with his cheeky attitude and non stop energy behind the decks is definitely infectious. 

For bookings & enquiries contact:
Jon Hart(UK/Europe): djjonhart@outlook.com
Erika Guzman(USA/Canada): lipluvrs@gmail.com
Artie Ward(NZ/Australia): iamartieward@gmail.com

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