Steve Aoki, also known as his stage name DJ Steve Aoki Kid Millionaire, is one of Los Angeles' most well known DJs. His father Rocky is the founder of the famous Benihana Japanese restaurant chain, and sister Devon is a famous model and actress.
He founded his own record label, Dim Mak (which has signed such artists as Bloc Party, Whirlwind Heat, Whitey and Neon Blonde), in 1996 and has also launched a Dim Mak clothing line.
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra is a project by multi-instrumentalist Shawn Lee. Shawn grew up in a rural area on the outskirts of Wichita, Kansas. His mother is half Lebanese, half American Indian, his father Irish-American. While his peers got off on cheesy corporate rock and the kind of line-dancing tunes recently fashionable in Gap ads, Shawn was groovin to the blaxploitation funk Sly and the Isleys.
Dabrye (pronounced “DAB-ree”) is just one alias of Ghostly artist Tadd Mullinix, who explores hip-hop with head-nodding beats and saw-tooth bass lines, with a keen eye to forward-thinking production and rhythms. Dabrye has earned considerable praise from both the hip-hop underground (Jay Dee, Jurassic 5) and the electronic music press, earning him a Next 100 mention from URB in 2002 and praise from publications as diverse as Rolling Stone to The Wire.
Nick Zammuto is half of the band The Books. Zammuto is his solo project. He is currently working on a full length record to be released in early 2012. He is releasing working versions of the tracks as they are finished from zammutosound.com and his soundcloud page. The new tracks are titled: Yay, Groan Man Don't Cry, Idiom Wind, Too Late to Topologize, and FU-C3PO.
*The Books have released four LPs between 2002 and 2010: All are currently on the label Temporary Residence in NYC.
(mp3's and cd's available at http://www.rednetic.net?hl=releases;I;30)Sunosis's (Colin Welsh) musical career started at the tender age of 14, when he would engage in such anti-social behavior as re-programming his elder brother's ZX Spectrum into a primitive sequencer. Such wayward conduct would eventually lead to a degree in fine art and the onset of much more audio-visual mischief, including experiments involving 100 crickets and a 20k sound system, a film examining the effects of sub bass on talcum powder, and a quite frankly bizarre project involving 500 pairs of earphones.
It was around the age of 11 when making beats won out over video games to become Oh No
1) Low End Theory is a club night in LA. Residents include Daddy Kev, The Gaslamp Killer, NoBody, D-Styles, and Nocando.
A diverse selection of artists have performed live at the Low End Theory nights. These include The Glitch Mob, Flying Lotus, Samiyam, Ras G, Daedelus, Thavius Beck, Prefuse 73, Free the Robots, Blank Blue, School of Seven Bells, Th' Corn Gangg, Nosaj Thing, TRS-80, Bunny Rabbit, Jel, Odd Nosdam, Themselves, Restiform Bodies, GANGI, Crystal Antlers and many more. The club is named after the album by A Tribe Called Quest.
Read more about Low End Theory on Last.fm.
1) Alias of Paul Dickow. 2) Rapper from Manchester. Part of BROKE'N'
Handbook real name Jake Brown is an unsigned DJ and multi-instrumentalist from York, England. With influence spanning from Rock to Reggae, Classical to Dubstep, Hip-Hop to Soul he produces addictive and unique sounds and captivating, atmospheric songs.