DJ Self Born - "There Was Always Music In My Ear" Just when you thought the art of real djing was over... Go back to the days of carrying crates and mix-tapes. DJ SELF BORN, a music purist at heart has single handily resurrected the golden era of music in south Florida by way of Chicago. check out his exclusive Q&A with S&S below. S&S: What's your style of music? How do you [...]
DJ Babaloo - "How Much I Owe You Again" S&S: What's your style of music? How do you describe it? DJ Babaloo: My style of music is House and to me it is peaceful music and by that I mean it brings people from every walks of life together to have a good time dancing S&S: Who or what was most instrumental to you when it came to music? DJ Babaloo: I always loved music especially live [...]
Oscar P is recognized as an innovator and force within the music industry. His musical style fuses influences from NYC, Chicago and Detroit, creating a unique sound that can be heard on his productions. His resume includes remixes for Kink, Clairity, Soul Minority, Jamiroquai, Adele, Omar, Simone Moreno, Todd Terry, Demarkus Lewis, Physics, Marvin Gaye, & Roland Clark. In 2012 Oscar was named [...]
Matteo Candura - "I Grew Up In The Conservatory Of Music" Matteo Candura is a musician/producer/songwriter/remixer/artist born and raised in Sicily, Italy. He has a Diploma in “Piano” and a Master’s Degree in “Musical Disciplines” (Department of New Technologies and Musical Languages), both obtained at the Conservatory of Music. He also plays the alto saxophone. His journey through [...]
Stanny Abram - "People Have A Lot Of Their Own Problems" When word comes to electronic music, Stanny Abram is spectacular. Not only can we talk about musical genius, who has currently more than 1100 released tracks out there, including 6 studio albums on more that 100 international labels. He is also an owner of 6 successful electronic music labels, an active DJ, entertainer behind the decks. [...]
Michael Airhart - "Growing Up In The Projects In The Early 80's" S&S: What's your style of music? How do you describe it? Michael Airhart: I love soulful house, gospel house, funky house and disco house . These different types are meds to my soul. I carry a case of these were ever I go .more like stress relief. Sometimes when the day gets ruff I slide a CD in and its a rap stress be gone lol[...]
Thomas "DJ P.E.A.C.E" Spann - "How Does One Continue To Have Some Relevance" S&S: What's your style of music? How do you describe it? Thomas "DJ P.E.A.C.E" Spann: My style is very eclectic-I draw musical inspiration from all genres-not just electronic dance music–deep house, progressive, etc –but also from global influences. My musical tastes run from Yousou N’Dour to Salif Keita to [...]
George Jackson - "I Listen To A Lot Of Hip-hop (Old School And New)" George Jackson of MG Select is a DJ, remixer, and music producer who specializes in the dance music genre. After college and then a brief teaching stint, Jackson left the school system, and became the label head for Silk Entertainment (owned by Steve "Silk" Hurley). It was there that he learned the executive side of the [...]
Chris Sammarco - "I Love Talking About The Technical End Of Creating Music" Chris Sammarco has proven to be multi-talented, exhibiting skills as a DJ / songwriter / producer/ remixer. He has been a featured DJ at just about every club in New Jersey, including the legendary Joey’s and Club Abyss. Looking for an outlet for his creativity, Chris began writing and producing in early 1997. In late [...]
Stacy Kidd - "Well My Style Is A Bit Different Now" Stacy Kidd was born in the home of "House Music" Chicago, Started djing at the young age of 15 and producing at the age of 18.. Now days Stacy is one of Chicago's HOTTEST Producers and most Prolific, releasing tracks on labels such as Dance Mania, Circuit, Defected, Warner Music Group, S&S Records, Peacefrog, Ministry Of Sound, Huge, [...]