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drumcell
Founder of Droid Recordings and co-founder of Droid Behavior, Drumcell
has been one of techno's greatest allies in Southern California in
recent times.
A graduate of the Musician's Institute and a long-time performer at
parties in Southern California, Drumcell has been influenced by music
from his earliest years. After being exposed to raves in the early
90s, He grew addicted to the sounds of acid house, techno, in its many
forms, and industrial.
It was not long before he was copping turntables to satisfy his vinyl
fetish. By the early age of 14 he was playing in various local bands,
and through out the rest of his teenage years, cut his teeth-producing
hip hop records, dub and various forms of electronic music on Los
Angeles based underground labels. By combining his Production, DJing
and networking skills and focusing in on his more mature musical
tastes he soon established himself as one of the major players in LA's
growing techno scene.
Associating with the members of Acid Circus to form Droid Behavior as
an event production group and record label was the next logical step
to raise awareness for techno in the city and to help expose local
Artists, established djs, and performers from around the country.
Over the last 5 years Drumcell has rocked parties from big to small on
a weekly basis in LA as well as gigs all over the U.S alongside such
names as Kenny Larkin, john Tejada, Tim Xavier, Dan Bell, Ben Sims,
Adam Beyer, Jeff Mills, Speedy J, Ritchie Hawtin, Mathew Dear, etc.
and has also released quite a few heavy trax on labels omniscient, remains, heavy
Industries, and his own DROID recordings imprint.
Drumcell has been known to keep on the edge of technology and
continuously pushing the limits to what the future has to offer.He is
always in the process of developing homebrew software as well as
cutting edge hardware solution to bring a fresh innovative taste to
his production and performances. When performing, Drumcell can be
seen blurring the lines between a live and a DJ set by utilizing tools
such as FX processors , samplers ,drum machines and other devices to
weave a thick blend of acidic techno and aggressive but funky
minimalist groove to ensure a frenzy amongst his listeners .
With the state of electronic music in North America leaning towards
stripped down funk rather then progressive fluff these days, Droid has
become the center for LA techno and Drumcell remains steadfast in his
mission of putting this city on the global map.
contact: drumcell@droidbehavior.com
mixes
live @ avalon
live @ kpfk 2006
live @ kpfk 2005
drumcell studio mix
releases
droid01-genetix ep
droid02-cell system ep
droid03-childbreaker ep
droid04-system error ep
remains 20 - Oxide Pressure
omniscient 10 - DROID e.p.
droid neg-01 cd-v/a
Heavy Industries - Thermal Anomalies
Emayde 12 - waste lands 2012
Emayde 12 - the truth 2012