Ash-A-Tack Ash-A-Tack began his career at the early age of 15 original playing Raregrooves and Lovers. His career as a Drum & Bass DJ began when he became resident at local boat and house parties. Ash became more recognised when he secured residencies for the infamous thunder & Joy,Telepathy and Rat Packs, The Monday Club. Blackmarket was the next big push for his career and becoming part of their collective allowed him to become more accessible to club promoters and clubbers. Soon Ash-A-Tack became a household name appearing on nearly every flyer and events taking place. Events to follow included Roast, Perception, and many more and has now played at most of the biggest drum & bass promotions such as Innovation, Raindance, Slammin Vinyl, Best Of British, United Dance, Pure Science & Trouble on Vinyl. His international career was obvious to follow his success in the UK and he has featured in some of the largest music magazines and TV appearances across the world. Ash has played in most international territories such as Germany, France, Belgium, Ibiza, Canada, Italy, Brussels and he completed a four-week tour of South Africa covering Capetown, Durban and Johannesburg. In December 2004 was when he hooked up with www.drumnbasstv.com (a USA based Radio & TV website,) after tuning in and guesting for friend 'Silver Hero's' show. Shortly after guesting for him, he was asked to join the station and began his resident Wednesday night showcase 'Just on track'. The show didn't take long to become the stations NO1 reaching full capacity in the chatroom, audiences and listeners. He presented it himself and introduces guest UK artists to the USA. In October 2005 Ash-A-Tack joined forces with www.bassdrive.com and is happy to be playing to a bigger audience with the show listening peak of 945!!! He is excited about the future with bassdrive and all its many many artists, he hopes to also be successful with them. Internet radio has been great, introducing him to a different audience and has enables ash to meet great new talent and good friends. His label Life Records is now currently deep undercover planning its next cataloge of releases with fellow partner Alibi. The label is now recognised worldwide and has received extensive PR coverage and acknowledgements for tracks such as 'First Limitations', 'You dont try' & 'Dont'. Ash-A-Tack's main focus is to now introduce new artists to Life, continue his DJing live in the UK and worldwide and on Bassdrive and to continue doing what he loves the most peforming and making music..... BuzBlaze After snagging turntables in 2001 and emerging into the Drum and Bass scene in January 2005, DJ Buz Blaze immediately made himself known to tha DnB masses by dropping fly beats and rocking the crowds at each and every one of his bookings. Hailing from tha 204 crew in Central Canada, Buz Blaze has raised the bar for other Canadian DnB DJs. He can be found smashing the dancefloor with all of the top tracks from every genre of drum and bass music as well as unreleased and dubplate bizness. Representing the WinnipegJungle.com crew and 101.5UMFM radio, this DJ has a big future ahead of him. Watch out for the 2006 USA tour. For more info or bookings, email BuzBlaze@hotmail.com Rinseout Radio hosted by Buz Blaze every Saturday from 7-??? CST on Bassdrive (FM Radio coming soon). Dr. Dillow Ryan Dillow, 27 - hails from the northern suburbs of chicago. Ryan has been proclaimed a doctor because of his surgical like mixing, not to mention his Dr. jekyll and Mr.hyde track selection. His record bag usually consists of half tech-step from Concord Dawn, Raiden, Counterstrike, Skynet, Dsci4 etc., and half dark-step like Evol intent, Tech itch, Submerged, T3MUL3NT, c4c, etc. That makes the perfect formula for an aggresive nerve implant performed by Dr. Dillow. Jade Coming Soon Lamebrane John Lamos, 25 - Raised by a family of pygmys in the lower regions of the Adirondacks, John was introduced to the drum & bass sound at an early age. Being shepards, his parents would bang on drums and play the bass believing that the soothing sounds would increase fertility in the sheep. At the tender age of seven, John finally decided to leave the simple life of a shepard and go on an amazing trek across the world. This Voyage led him to Chicago, where he had decided to "set up camp" as they say. Through the teachings of Basho the zen philosopher, John had seeked out and found the electronic music scene in his new home...and when he heard "super sharp shooter" at a local rave, he instantly was brought back the the sounds that his parents would make with their instruments and the amazing likeness his father's voice had to Method Man's. Instantly he was brought to tears knowing that he could never find his parents again, but a strange rush of joy came over him when he realized his parents could live on through the art of DJ. Since then, John has become a part of the bassdrive family, has won 2 consecutive drum & bass dj battles, has become 1/4 of Chicago's Rotation cru - the fine folks who bring you the only weekly thursday night drum and bass session, and has also taken residency at Congo along with the furthersound cru. When asked "Are you a professional drum & bass dj?", John responded "No, I am a male exotic dancer, born only to treat the world to a cunning striptease, whether they like it or not. The only reason i dj is to keep my friends close, and my enemies closer." Payload Michael Hudson, 20 - Started dj'ing at 15 due to a friend that lived around the block who had decks for as long as I could remember. Started played dnb right off the start because of an interest in Photek and Source Direct. Eventually started working at the record store here in town, and learning how to mix, and getting to know everyone in the scene. Eventually got enough money to have my own decks. Started off playing dark anthem type tunes, then eventually evolving into playing liquid funk. Went through a bit of a soul searching thing for that, so I've been doing that for a long time now. Inbetween that, I got involved in http://www.dnbmassive.com with Brian Peace aka Pigz. That eventually switched over to http://www.dogsonacid.com. So now I have my hand in that. As for the future goes, loads of mix cds, and tracks coming out soon. CHEERZ. Phix Phix, a 10+ year veteran of Jungle/Drum n Bass, can be found hitting on your girlfriend and drinking copious amounts of bourbon at a club near you. RONIN SELECTA Aaren A - Ann Arbor, MI (Rewind Records) - Proprietor of MichiganDnB.com and long-renowned dj, Aaren has been lighting up crowds with his fluid mixing and flawless selection since 1995. One of the original drum and bass dj's from the Detroit area, Ronin brings it heavy and rough in a way that's all his own, bringing a seamless blend of styles, eras, artsists and pure energy. Alongside Temulent, Ronin can be found cooking pancakes every Saturday for the SociopathDNBRadio show on Bassdrive. T3MUL3NT Judson Snell - Detroit, MI. (Ohm Resistance / Obliterati) - After years in the Chicago D+B scene Judson Snell (aka Temulent) makes his home in the land of carjackings, firebombings and relatively decent crack cocaine. Whereas most artists and producers implement current trends and movements within the d+b spectrum, Temulent steadfastedly remains committed to the brash, unapologetic dark dancefloor stylings he's been producing and spinning out since 1996. With the reemergence of label partner Submerged and the Ohm Resistance and Obliterati imprints and two new 12"s already on the racks for 2005, the darkfloor evolution continues. More info: www.ohmresistance.com XO DJ XO started spinning aged 16 and has been industrious in the London and internet drum&bass scenes ever since. Starting his DJ career on London's infamous Rude FM, he has radio shows on Origin 95.2 and Bassdrive.com, as well as being resident at club night Locus Bristol for the last 3 years. He is also the webmaster for popular site www.dubplates.org Zew Paul Ostaszewski, 28 - Originally from the suburbs, but a city go’er for 5+ years now, Paul is new to the Drum and Bass Scene. Five years ago, when he was presented with the opportunity of hosting Live BassDrive shows from his house, he jumped on it! Borrowing two turntables and a mixer from friend, he started off his first couple of shows hosting the likes of DJ Lauren Flax and DJ Phix. Phix went on to do more shows with Paul, brought in his tables and mixer as the permanent setup (at the time), and soon became what everyone knows as the "CHiTOWN Underground". Today, CHiTOWN Underground hosts as many local DJ's as possible, always giving the opportunity for someone to be heard! After two years worth of shows, and minimal toying with the decks, Paul decided he would take a stab at the DJ world. In the past year Paul has taken the initiative to spin on his own show, CHiTOWN Underground and in a few clubs within the city of Chicago. Paul's tune selection ranges from the liquid funk style of Mathematics, Marcus Intalex, Calibre, High Contrast NU:Tone as well as the hard driven sounds of Pendulum, Tech Itch, T3MUL3NT, Evol Intent, Concord Dawn and Dom and Roland. Paul is also one of the three owners of www.bassdrive.com.