Check the list of our hardworking, well respected DJ's. For more information on a DJ, click on the photo to link to their personal website.

 
James 'Trek-e' Smith
Vancouver, BC

Even if you haven't heard of him but still follow modern dance music culture than you have probably experienced music handled by James 'Trek-e' Smith. As president of the Richmond Records Pool for more than eight years he has helped to establish Canada as a major market in the electronic music scene. Originally from a Suburb of Toronto, Ontario, James now calls Vancouver, British Columbia home. His achievements range from scoring a Sundance Film Festival award winning documentary entitled Crack The CIA and landing music placements for Bombay Sapphire, Grey Goose, Heineken and much more. James has traveled the globe DJing along side Drum and Bass greats such as Kenny Ken, Congo Natty and Roni Size. James' Richmond Records imprint is not only home to Canada's most prominent dance music record pool, but it is also a conglomerate which includes; a music placement partnership, music publishing partnership, record label management and much more.


 
Paul Oakenfold
Los Angeles ,CA

The London born, L.A. based Oakenfold has emerged as one of the most in-demand artists both in the studio and on stage, as well as in soundtrack realms. He's the first electronic artist ever to be in the Guinness Book of Records - for playing to the largest number of people in one place, the only DJ to have a display case in the Hard Rock Cafˇ's Rock & Roll Museum, and also the first DJ ever to headline the Hollywood Bowl, where he performed before an audience of 15,000 plus. He has helmed chart topping remixes for, among the many, Madonna ("American Life") and Justin Timberlake ("Rock Your Body") and his smash 2002 album, Bunkka , featured guest vocal performances by the likes of Nelly Furtado, Tricky, Perry Farrell and the peripatetic Hunter S. Thompson. His music has graced such major feature films as Planet Of The Apes, Matrix: Reloaded , Swordfish and Austin Powers and, as a live attraction he was headlining DJ on Moby's massive Area:One North American tour as well as racking up gold sales for his prior mixed album, Another World.


 
Kevin Shiu
Vancouver, BC

Based in Vancouver, Canada's Kevin Shiu has been at the forefront of club culture for the last 16 years. His Magic touch, keen foresight and suave mannerisms have propelled him into headliner status at clubs around the world. His signature style ranges from deep tech house through driving progressive house and remains true to the underground sound that first inspired him: a deep, moody sound with pounding percussion and a mighty hypnotic groove. Kevin's career has recently started to spark on a global scale - both John Digweed and Tiesto have recently been quoted mentioning Kevin as one of their favorite DJ's, and in the last few years Kevin has played alongside almost every major DJ in the world. Kevin has been singled out as a trend and style leader in the worldwide dance music community. Kevin's residency at Focus in Vancouver has propelled the night to become one of the top club nights in Canada and has been called one of the top club nights in the world by a number of top DJs including Luke Fair, Desyn Masiello and Chris Fortier. Kevin's involvement guarantees that Focus remains on the cutting edge of what is underground and at the forefront of what is to come. His 5 hr Journey sets are legendary and eagerly anticipated by his fans. Kevin's talent for playing the right tracks at the right time is paying off as John Digweed and Tiesto both requested for Kevin to open for them this summer. Plus the man himself, Sasha has asked Kevin to tour Asia with him this fall (7 dates).

 
 
Jerome Robbins
Toronto, ON

Jerome Robins is, without question, a key figure in the Canadian dance scene. Jerome is primarily known for being an owner of Release Records, one of the world's finest record shops with an impeccable Global reputation for servicing the world's top DJ's. However, in 2001, Jerome progressed into studio production. From this, the pseudonym "Oxygen" was born. His co-written tracks entitled "Troubled Souls" & "Inside Me" have received loads of play within the progressive & house circuits with both being licensed to several compilations, namely Deep Dish's Global Underground ..25 - Toronto. In addition, Jerome has recently finished remixes of ..This Is Miami,.. a top 40 dance record on Sander Kleinenbergs Little Mountain imprint. Jerome has also done remix work for Release Records, Release Grooves, Stereo Recordings (Spain), Lost Language (London), BluFin (Germany), Pangea (San Diego), Curvve Records (New York City) as well as original tracks for his own X-Series imprint, O Recordings (Miami), Curvve Records, Hi-Bias (Toronto) & Baroque Records (UK). Despite this challenging work schedule between Release Records & studio time, Jerome now finds himself in demand as an internationl DJ with bookings coming from across the globe including gigs in Canada, the U.S. & Mexico, Central & South America & Europe.
 
 
Chris Sterio
Isle of Man, UK

Isle of Man's Chris Sterio has spent the last 8 years pursuing the goal of pushing his project Source of Gravity to all corner of the dance world. Critical acclaim has been forthcoming with DJ support of Chris Sterio & Source of Gravity material from Paul van Dyk, Digweed, Sasha, Oakenfold, Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo and Dave Seaman. Favourable reviews in the dance media have come in Muzik, M8 Magazine, DJ Magazine, IDJ plus many more magazines and websites worldwide. There also have been compilation licensingÕs in Belgium, Germany, Holland, the UK and the USA. The label side of the project has seen over 50 releases with the cream of the progressive artists featured. On the DJing front Chris has travelled to Greece, USA, Portugal, Switzerland, England, Scotland and Corfu as well as having mixes featured on radio stations in 15 countries including Germany, Argentina, Canada, Ireland and Denmark. Productions and collaborations under the Source of Gravity, Chris Sterio, Sterio & McGrath, Outlanders, 4th Orbit, Blast Furnace and Shanghai Corporation names have shaped Chris DJ sets and of course the labels.

 
DJ Dragon
Edmonton, AB

Dragan Jargic (DJ Dragon) has been behind the turntables since 1988 and is one of the founding DJ's/Producers/Promoters to start the spark for the electronica scene in the 1990's in the prairies. His gear review articles have been featured on Peavy.com and in the Peavy Monitor Magazine.

 
Adam Abouraya
Silver Spring, MD

Since 1999 Adam Abouraya has gone from scratch mixing to becoming an accomplished house DJ & Producer. He has opened for headliners such as Deep Dish, Luke Fair, Satoshi Tomiie, Keoki, Quivver, Saeed, Palash, Low End Specialists and Eli Wilkie. His tracks are being charted by some of the top DJs in the world and his productions have been charted on the 'Top Downloads' of many digital music sites. Currently Adam is focused on his productions and remixes for his label Noize! Recordings, founded in 2005 with partners George Horn & Ean Hundley. He spins regularly at DC's top venues - Five, Spank, & Indebleu, and travels monthly to Florida and NYC. Performing for crowds from Cairo to Miami Adam's energetic sets truly show his passion for the music and making people dance.
 
 
DJ Daymus
Montreal, PQ

His musical tastes appeared when he was 5. It all started when his mother would make him dance in front of all his family during the holidays to good ol Quebec folk and dance songs. But it was Disco music that excited him so he started to listen to all the songs that his brother would bring to the house on 45’s.... Year 2000, the year of the return. After having to give up the wheels of steel during 6 years, year 2000 is the year of the return of this talented artist with a radiophonic solid experiment is musical tendencies. Daymus is now producing and playing in private parties in night clubs in the Montreal area.
 
 
Rafa Verdial
San Pedro, Honduras

Rafa Verdial got involved in music early on at the age of 12. Learning to play electric organ and playing drums for his high school band. Always showing interest for music in general he was very much influenced by 80's New Wave Bands and 90's Grunge and Alternative Rock Bands. His interest in electronic music came by listening to bands like: Depeche Mode, New Order, Duran Duran, INXS, and some others. In the 1999 at the age of 20 years his interest for Electronic Dance Music awakens, listening to artists and djs to the likes of ATB, Stardust, Dirty Vegas, Royksopp and a few years later interested in more underground genres, like House, Progressive House and Techno listening to djs like Sasha, Ferry Corsten, Deep Dish, Steve Lawler, Danny Tenaglia , to name a few. As a DJ he gets started in 2005 playing at small clubs l in his home town, San Pedro Sula and in Tegucigalpa , shortly thereafter in other cities and clubs in Honduras and Central America. In 2006 he's invited to participate in events such as the Empire Music Festival 2nd Edition in Guatemala, Mask Party @ Club 1201, Midnight Mansion Venue in Tegucigalpa, Global Deejays World Tour and Luna y Sol, amongst others. In addition, he has been called upon this year (2008) for a second consecutive time to play at what is considered to be the most prestigious and important event in Central America; SUNJAM EDM Festival, which takes place annually in the beautiful island of Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras. Participating in these events has given him the chance to share decks with national and international DJs such as: Osman Gamez, Balto Pinto, Luis Maier, Francis D‡vila, Andrˇs Casta–o, DJ Chaser (Gil K), Rebekah Teasdale, Baby Anne, Christopher Lawrence, Tim Xavier, Xpansul, Lee Burridge, Jason Jollins, Global Deejays and some others. His sets are characterized by high energy, inviting crowds to the dance floor. His style covers genres like Tech-House, Techno and minimal.
 
 
Dave Stone
Edmonton, AB

Dave currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta and has begun producing what could be loosely called "choons". He hosts a weekly Saturday night radio show called BPM on CJSR-FM 88.5, holds down a weekend residency at Fever Nightclub's rather swank house room, and would like to know if anyone would be willing to pay for his therapy, or at least a new mixer. He can also read.
 
 
DJ Briden
Victoria, BC

Briden has been on the decks for about 7 years now, playing clubs, raves, underground venues, and outdoor events. Over the last 5 years, he's fostered the Stereoshift Collective in Kamloops BC and thrown many events, bringing the sound of psytrance to the interior of BC and beyond. No longer satisfied with the small slice of audience that appreciated psychedelic music, Briden is moving to the coast area to be closer to the people that live and breathe psy. His sets are energy packed, ranging from progressive, to dark and funky, to full on psychedelic madness. The last 6 months on the island have seen Briden take crowds by storm and become a local underground favorite, by playing a diverse array of sets suited to the particular night.
 
 
Cary Chang
Calgary, AB

Cary Chang has been perhaps the most influential dj on the Calgary scene since its small beginnings. Over the last 12 years, he's transformed what had been a fragmented, very new community into a thriving, united scene. Part of this large reputation weighs in on the fact that Cary founded the most successful record shop in Calgary, Feroshus. The store brought together djs, artists, promoters and anyone else with a remote interest in the culture of electronic music.
 
 
Rich Watt
Vancouver, BC

Since 1990 Rich Watt has pushed the boundaries of dj'ing mixing everything from early Electro, Techno to todays progressive sounds. Leaving his homeland of Scotland in 93, he moved over to Vancouver and decided that he wanted to continue his passion for dj'ing. Having played at such venues as Progression Multi Media Galleries & Gore Street Studios in Vancouver, he decided it was time to start his own one-off nights under the name Fixation. Today Rich still does the odd gig in and around Vancouver but has recently turned his attention to producing and also has a production company in the works under his Fixation moniker.
 
 
DJ Bolivia
Sackville, NB

DJ Bolivia (aka Jonathan Clark) is based in Atlantic Canada. His career has been diverse and varied. He spends his summers on Canada's West Coast, but during the fall and winter, he runs the Club at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. When time permits, he produces both audio and video projects in his recording studio. His website can be seen at www.djbolivia.ca.
 
 
Mahogany Speed
Toronto, ON

Mahogany Speed aka Charles Yearwood is one of Toronto's hot new talents. Yearwood maintains his day job, working in the brand marketing department for Nike Canada while DJing at various nightclubs and boat parties in and around Toronto. Working closely with Mark Farina and Jason Hodges, Yearwood can be heard regularly at 99 Sudbury Street in downtown Toronto.
 
 
Jeff Galaxy
Regina, SK

Jeff Galaxy runs the mid-west's largest and most successful outdoor, electronic event every August called Connect. Jeff Galaxy is also a robot. This explains his un-human (yes that's a word) ability to mix records. He is a prototype Roland device that can flawlessly spin, gone renegade. Upon his escape from the top secret Roland laboratory, he realized his ethylene battery was running low and could only fuel himself by consuming mass amounts of alcohol. Connect is a brainwashing experiment used to assemble an army of ravers driven by pounding techno music. He also, as I'm told, has built in TB-303 emulators, just listen to him carefully and you can pick up the unmistakable "wah wooah" sounds. You can tell he is getting stronger as his side burns are engulfing the planet.
 
 
Rob Curtis
Calgary, AB

Rob's unconventional start in the electronic music community as a producer and remix contest winner has expanded over the years to include a slew of releases and remixes. In addition, Rob's technical expertise has seen him appear as a mastering engineer on many up and coming artist projects both in the electronic music community as well as more conventional genres. Rob has been running a monthly podcast, "Textures", for well over a year now and has recently revised it's look and feel while maintaining the same quality of musical talent. A resident at Pure.Prog in Calgary for over a year now, Rob has been expanding the boundaries of sound available to the small but dedicated dance music community there.
 
 
DJ Rod
Vancouver, BC

Homegrown on the West Coast, DJ Rod is infamous for taking his listeners on a journey far beyond the mystic's reach. Rod enjoys playing deep progressive house fused with tribal beats, mashed together with some funky breaks in between. Rod's spirit behind the decks emanates pure sound and joy for his listeners. He has played at parties and lounge venues throughout the city of Vancouver since he started playing in 2002. DJ Rod likes to share his passion with his listeners and always creates a magnetic energy. His love for his music is inspired by the elements of true West Coast; serious beats, and groovey rythyms.
 
 
Joel West
Vancouver, BC

Joel West is a native of British Columbia, Canada, and now is back calling Vancouver home base. Joel grew up in one of the last hippy havens in North America, in the beautiful Slocan Valley outside of Nelson, BC, and spent his childhood dancing late at night to the funk and jam bands that flourished in the area. Listening to a lot of hip hop and jazz as a teenager, you will still hear these influences in any of Joel's sets. Joel got into electronic music heavily after going out east to Montreal to go to school, and bought his first decks shortly after, while in Sudbury, Ontario, where he ran a Saturday night dance/electronic show on Laurentian University's CFRU radio. After moving to Guelph, Ontario, Joel met some great djs who showed him the ropes and he began to play out. From there to Toronto, where Joel quickly landed a residency at the Drake Hotel, playing four and five hour sets in the lounge and on the patio. Joel was just getting his motor running with gigs at System Soundbar, Revival, Steam, The Guverment, and Nasa among others, when BAM! He moved again, back out west. At the moment, Joel is about to sell his soul to get his eager hands on the gear necessary to move more seriously into the production realm. An up-and-comer, Joel West's name is soon to become a lot more familiar to Vancouver's house scene.
 
 
Jon E Bravo
San Antonio, TX

He has been djn for 3 years and has been thrown forward as a leading dj among the San Antonio Music scene. He has played over 7 different venues in the Past 6 Months locally and has even toured to three other cities in the past year.. Originally from Buffalo NY. Jon E Bravo has establish his taste from the likes of Mark Oliver and all the other underground Toronto djs, from the Government to the Comfort Zone. In the future you will find Mr.Bravo to Twist and push his limiations, by producing live Ableton sets along side turntable smash mixes. Using up to 4 turntables Mr.Bravo can sample and reshape your favorite tunes with Acapellas and Instrumentals live. But he does not stop there.
 
 
DJ JayfresH
Grand Prarie, AB

From playing piano for over 12 years, to DJ'ing in the local Grande Prairie and Peace area, DJ'ing and music has always been a passion for Jaden. Originally working in mobile DJ work with his father's company since 2003, the clubstyle mixing instantly grew on him. Picking up a pair of turntables, the the mixing dream would start at the young age of 14. Living in a town with little clubs or general knowledge of dance music, Jaden plans on changing this. Throwing more and more underground parties, the scene is going to get even better. This summer plans to be a big one as there are more and more underground parties going on, and more people interested and entering the scene. The future looks promising as Jaden has already undergone some musical production, and hopes to go even further with this while spinning behind the decks.