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Come immerse yourself. Experience musical paradise with roots in a variety of styles and time periods, the tracks that make your brain tingle with synchronicity. Deep tribal rhythms, big sexy bass lines and the essence of organic sounds leaves no choice but to move. Be lifted up into pure bliss with exhilarating effects, then find yourself on the dance floor in euphoric reality. The flow of the crowd, the energy, the hypnosis, leave you craving more. This is not your typical deep house and techno.

Keirnyn started DJing in 2007, and is also the founder of the legendary Psybotik and tekno*feel*ya parties in New York City. The underground cultured events that catered to an exotic audience with fashion, fire and cutting edge electronic music producers from all around the globe.  Of which the most memorable include Giant Mechanical Spiders, Lumenaughty, the Dekalb Rooftop Renegades and their epic annual New Year’s Eve afterparty The Robot Revolution.  He also helped organize Phoenix Village and Camp Free Fall at Burning Man 2009 and 2011. Since 2011 he has been actively participating in PEX Summer Festival and other Philadelphia Experiment events.

He has performed up and down the East Coast and California in the US, as well as internationally in Japan and Costa Rica. A smattering of his venue and festival appearances include Alex Grey’s Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (CoSM), Burning Man, Gemini, PEX, Transformus, Coalesce, Equinox, Pulse, Pangea, Synchronize, Desiderata, Orb, Sullivan Room, Tavern on The Green, Exit, Public Assembly, C-Squat, San Sebastian in Puerto Rico, Rockwest in Tokyo and Republik in Costa Rica.

Music is one of his favorite things in the world, it is a truly incredible personal yet also communal experience.  It makes us laugh, it makes us cry, and most importantly it makes us dance. That feeling when you hear sounds that don’t exist in the natural world, the chord progressions that send waves of goosebumps throughout your body…the stuff that really makes your brain tingle and gives you no choice other then to dance your ass off.  This is the goal, to share that feeling with the world.

Metal Blade Records history by Dan Slessor:
Founded upon owner Brian Slagel's enduring drive to find great bands and get their music out to as many people as possible, since 1982 Metal Blade has brought wave after wave of powerful, innovative, and often genre-defining music to the ever-hungry metal masses. It is this ethos that has seen Metal Blade build up a stunning and diverse catalogue, weather the various storms facing any independent label, and in an age of declining record sales boast the most successful years of its existence as it strides into its fourth decade.

What perhaps makes this achievement all the more notable is the fact that Slagel never even intended to start a label. Working in an LA record store and writing for various publications, Slagel was acutely aware that many great bands in the local metal scene were being ignored, and he decided to release a compilation of tracks drawn from these ranks. "There were a lot of really good bands and I was just bummed out that nobody could hear them. It just seemed like I could help them out and have some fun at the same time, and that compilation was the first Metal Massacre," he states. Collating tracks from then unknown bands including Ratt, Bitch, Cirith Ungol, and Metallica amongst others, the compilation sold out immediately. "How important is Metal Blade to our career? They're only the reason we are enjoying the worldwide success we have today," states Metallica's James Hetfield. "Without Brian's openness to some raunchy teens with a crap sounding cassette tape we would be who knows where, and playing who knows what!" With the popularity of the tape spurring Slagel on, the first seeds of Metal Blade were sown. "After the success of those compilations I just started putting out records of bands that I was friends with, but without ever really intending it to be a label at all," he explains. "After I put out four or five releases I started to feel like something was happening, and I decided to quit the record store and quit college and see where it went."

Battling through the first few lean years, when the label consisted solely of Slagel working out of his mom's poorly ventilated garage in the San Fernando Valley, it gradually grew in both revenue and stature. Within a few years Metal Blade would go on to release the debuts of Slayer, Armored Saint, Trouble, and Corrosion Of Conformity amongst others, fanning the flames of the burgeoning metal scene and launching careers of bands that would go onto reap global success. "Without Metal Blade, there is a damn good chance we never would've made it out of L.A," says Slayer's Kerry King. "That was the one bit of luck we needed. You can be the most awesome band on the scene, and if no one notices you, you don't catch on. And Brian Slagel is still one of the biggest metalheads I know!" This genuine love and devotion to metal is central to the relationship many of the artists have with Metal Blade, and King Diamond credits much of its relevance and strength to this passion. "I refer to it as having 'boots on the ground'," the mighty Dane states. "It's not like a major label where some people might be into what you're doing but a lot of them just see it as a job – there's a genuine love for metal there. Through staying true to that and doing their own thing they've carved out a very specific niche that they control, and as an artist it's wonderful to be a part of that."over the years. Clearly without those people we couldn't do what we do, and to everyone out there who has helped us along by being a fan we are so very grateful to you."

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ZOE-X is a Brooklyn born and raised Hardcore Dj/ Producer. Which happens to be the birthplace of Industrial Strength Records.. Since the early 90’s when NYC was the Capital of the world started at LIMELIGHT as a clubkid and once he heard his first distorted 909 kick he knew he found his calling.. He started first by buying/ getting records from DJ RePete who at the time was one of the best DJs who also gave Hardcore a home..  

After a lengthy absence from ‘96-2010 he came back with a fire in his eye. Keep Hardcore Alive in our NYC Rave scene.. So he was the Hardcore Dj for a respected Rave Promotor (Star Party Promotions) and was bringing the new generation of ravers a sound they didn’t hear offer. (Hardstyle) was the sound they only heard. So ZOE-X devastated & controlled the crowd with his old school Hardcore tracks and slowly brought them into the Uptempo Hardcore rhythm￼ and has played together with many hardcore artist and strives to keep it going in 2016 I started @NYCHD NEW YORK CITY HARD DANCE, to keep the harder styles going. from 2010-2018 I threw many rave events, bringing over Un3xist,Erayzor,Sonico,. I blended all types of tekno to go along the night so it flowed as the night got heavier .. Certified being day since day1 with flyers , pics, and many ravers following my sound from then till now..#DontFakeTheFunkOnThisSlamminDunk..

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