DJ GEO-D

Nisus

Alex Sibley

BT

Given his enviable resume and illustrious fifteen+ year career, it is difficult to imagine that platinum-selling artist, visionary producer, film composer and technologist BT may only now be beginning to create the best work of his career. An internationally-renowned recording artist himself, he is trusted by superstars such as Sting, Britney Spears, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Madonna, Seal and Peter Gabriel to produce modernist and memorable hits, with a bleeding-edge electronic flair. He has composed unforgettable scores for films The Fast and the Furious, Go, Stealth and Oscar-award winning Monster. With his latest two-hour, double-disk opus, These Hopeful Machines, BT definitively weaves both the technical prowess and compositional mastery that reminds us all why he’s the composer that all other composers and producers study.

On his last full-length LP, This Binary Universe, he created an entirely new genre of evocative electro-acoustic music. As Keyboard Magazine wrote in their review of the album, “In a hundred years, it could well be studied as the first major work of the new millennium. It’s that good.” Throughout his illustrious career, BT has been able to seamlessly weave together complex, groundbreaking musical elements into compositions that resonate with listeners of all types without seeming academic and incomprehensible.

DJ Solomon

Bay Area-based DJ Solomon has been the resident DJ for the Golden State Warriors for over a decade and one of three in-stadium DJs for the World Champion San Francisco Giants. Solomon’s specialty is something he always called “Pop Turntablism.” It’s a niche of music that fuses scratching, beat juggling, word play, and live remixing with an eclectic mix of funk, soul, hip hop, house and rock tracks. It’s a genre now popularly known as the mashup, and within this community, Solomon shines. He’s known to mix musical styles not only within their relative tempos, but also within their relative keys, allowing songs and genres to flow seamlessly from one to the next.

His musical stylings and live performances have captured the imagination of some of today’s brightest music stars, and he’s performed with Stevie Wonder, The Black Eyed Peas, De La Soul, Jam Master Jay, Jurassic 5, Ozomotli, Groove Collective, Lyrics Born, Patti Labelle, Kool & the Gang and Z-Trip. And before his tragic passing, DJ AM invited Solomon to join his Deckstar Management company along with the likes of Jazzy Jeff, Steve Aoki and Grand Master Flash. After a year and a half Solomon parted ways with Deckstar, but keeps his calendar jam-packed solid with key club residencies all over the States, as well as the occasional overseas tour.

DJ Dani Deahl

Few in electronic music do as much as Chicago’s Dani Deahl. Counting credits as a DJ, producer, journalist and blogger, Dani’s reach within electro is all encompassing. She’s produced a Billboard charted track, interviewed heavyweights like David Guetta and Tiga for national publications, headlined Lollapalooza 2011 and currently runs a successful blog, garnering between 60,000-80,000 visitors a month. And that’s just a sampling.

Born and raised in the city that invented house music, Dani was drawn to the genre at an early age, becoming a DJ and landing her first residencies while still in high school. Since then, she’s expanded into production and quickly made her mark. She’s worked with vocal artists from Sue Cho to Oh Snap! and Whiskey Pete, who lent vocals to the Billboard featured “Poppin Bottles”, her songs have been praised by artists like Diplo, Hot Pink Delorean and Donald Glaude and signed to prestigious labels Red Stick (a Strictly Rhythm label), Royal One, Dirty Fabric and more.

Dani hasn’t just made her mark with music, but is an established writer as well in publications including URB Magazine, Chinashop (Red Bull’s magazine), TimeOut, Mateo, BPM and more, interviewing the top artists in the world, reviewing albums and singles and writing feature articles. Dani also began her own blog, dsquared, in 2009.

Dani’s high profile has made her a commodity in recent years and she’s not only headlined cities for capacity crowds throughout the Americas and Asia, but was a top billed act at this year’s Lollapalooza. With a host of new productions forthcoming along with slated touring, live performance additions and continued nurturing for her journalism and blog, the future looks incredibly bright for this rising Electro star.

DJ Ean Golden

Ean is a DJ of 15 years and creator of DjTechTools.com who lives and works out of San Francisco, California. He travels around the world playing shows, creating ground breaking dj technology, and writing about the dj industry. Ean is widely considered one of the pioneers of digital djing and a founder of the up and coming controllerism movement.

From 2005- 2008 Ean wrote the influential “digital dj” column in Remix Magazine, which popularized the style and concepts long before they ever became mainstream. He now runs the leading dj technology blog, Dj TechTools, which is considered to be the definitive voice on the subject of digital djing. Dj TechTool’s videos and articles get upwards of 3 million views per year. A dj since 1996, Ean switched from turntables to midi controllers in 2003 and never looked back, forging the path which many top artists are now taking today. Today, in addition to heading up a growing company that is globally recognized, Ean consults with many of the top manufacturers in the field and has completely designed several notable products

DJ GEO-D

In today’s scene of plug n’ play Djing, some clubs have the luxury of being able to lock down Djs that go beyond what’s in their laptop. However in most cases, artistry itself is lost because it’s So. Damn. Easy. Everyone is a DJ. Enter DJ Geo-D.

DJ Geo-D, reigning from San Francisco, CA has collaborated and played with different acts in the hip hop industry and also the electronica scene. Roots in turntablism and representing the hard hitting pregressive/dutch house genre in his sets, Geo-D is a whole different animal that brings “old guard” techniques that obliterates the usual “press play” acts of todays scene. Brining in flavors that echo Laidback Luke’s fierce crowd presence to DJ Vice’s tenacity on the decks, DJ Geo-D commands respect from the start of his sets. Starting at age 13, Geo-D would immerse himself in the world of hip hop turntablism with the direction of DMC finalist DJ PONE in addition to the fearless mixing skills of the infamous DJ Guzie of the Rock-It Scientists.

“Every set, every song, and each reaction by the crowd is part of it all. You bring it strong to the people and then musical artistry is born”

Nisus

Nisus moves dance floors like a class five rapid, flowing seamlessly through electro bangers to womping dubstep explosions with tech-funk tweaks, leaving crowds in an inspired mess of sweat and revelation. His productions are whipped up electronic analog bass frenzies that have been supported by Kissy Sell-out on BBC Radio one. His productions initially gained momentum through his winning of the Outside Lands remix contest. The win earned him a coveted slot performing at the 2 day San Francisco festival. His set at Outside Lands was well received and led to the heading up of a side stage at 2010′s Treasure Island Music Festival. Nisus is a consistent performer at SF’s yearly Lovefest, a party with an estimated 80000 people attending.

In 2009 Nisus popped up spontaneously on a stage at Coachella, dropped a set and was asked to return again the next year. (yeah his sets are like that) While holding down a three year residency for powerhouse promoter Blasthaus, Nisus has supported acts such as Fake Blood, Vitalic, The Bloody Beetroots, SebastiAn, Boys Noize and Crookers at some of the best clubs in the world including Mighty, Mezzanine, and The Independent. There’s no doubt that something special goes on when Nisus plays. He makes big rooms move, and not a stagnant soul is spared from the crushing weight of every kick drum!

Alex Sibley

Alex Sibley is rapidly climbing up the ranks of California’s vibrant house/techno scene. From having his tracks get played out in clubs around the world to djing shows around the bay area at some of the biggest venues/parties (Lovevolution at Oakland coliseum, Ruby Skye in SF, Supperclub, etc.) his sets have always impressed, bringing a unique twist to tech house and techno. Alex has had the privilege to play alongside Alex Kenji, Moby, Pendulum, The Glitch Mob, Markus Schultz, DJ Reza, Gareth Emery, Darude, Serge Devant, Kill the Noise, Treasure fingers.

The Bastard Prince of The Rondo Brothers

The rondo brothers are the bastard prince and diamond jim, two bay area based multiinstrumentalists, DJs, and producers. they became the rondo brothers in 2004 after living in New Orleans for several months working with Galactic  on the ruckus album, and getting into a hotel hot tub with all of their clothes on.

Having already contributed to various projects through friend Dan The Automator such as Deltron 3030, Dr Octagon, and Lovage, the rondo brothers made their own breakthrough album “No Time Left On Earth” which was a clever take on hawaiian music mixed with beats and electronics and earned them a spot opening for the Handsome Boy Modeling School White People tour in 2005.

Subsequently, the Rondos were invited to join Head Automatica, a side project for Glassjaw frontman Daryl Palumbo, and this crew went on multiple national tours opening for The Cure, Interpol, Thursday, the Rapture, and more.

Mark Hunter “The Cobrasnake”

In the glittering vortex that is the global 21st century nightlife “scene,” you’re nobody until you’ve been shot by Mark “The Cobrasnake” Hunter.

Over the past five years, “The Cobrasnake” has become the definitive photographer of global hipster culture, shooting everything from Indie Rock bands playing basement parties to DJ’s spinning the latest remixes in exclusive clubs. His much imitated website, the first nightlife photo blog, gets over 500,000 unique hits a month. In the past year alone Mark has traveled to over 75 cities in 15 countries shooting parties and events, constantly searching for the latest trends and hottest fashions.

Mark and his team have brought this unique eye and ultra-contemporary style not only to his own “The Cobra Shop” e-commerce site but also to successful campaigns for Sony PlayStation, T-Mobile, Lacoste LIVE!, Secret, Yahoo!, Virgin Mobile, Harrah’s, BlackBerry, Nike, and many others. Party goers, voyeurs, advertisers and dreamers alike are beginning to realize that if they want to know what’s hip, there is only one site that provides a pure feed of the latest and greatest urban and nightlife culture in the world, updated nightly: www.thecobrasnake.com.

Jonny Makeup

Jonny Makeup has done it all. A one-time fashion school student, member of the band V.I.P. Party Boys, writer for Missbehave magazine and socialite, Jonny has carved out his own path in La-La land. Having worked at American Apparel in their creative and fashion media department while guest-starring on hit reality series like The Girls Next Door, The Rachel Zoe Project and Kendra, Jonny and his million-dollar personality eventually went on to work alongside every major fashion magazine and stylist in the States and even helped outfit some major artists’ music tours, including Madonna, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga. Now working alongside best friend Mark Hunter for his brand The Cobrasnake, Jonny shops online for their vintage store, styles campaign shoots, does editorials for magazines and even makes fun videos for the site. Oh, and he’s writing a novel. Like Jonny says, ‘There’s no business like show business.’