Next <<BLISS>> Guest DJs
Saturday, May 23

TROUBLE & BASS CREW (Star Eyes & The Captain), NYC

Trouble & Bass is the sound of staying up all night and getting wild in the streets, sweat dripping off the walls and speakers pounding in your face. For the last four years, T&B has brought raw energy back to dancefloors worldwide by effortlessly flipping bass music in all its forms. The crew is full of surprises, taking influences from house, electro, dubstep, drum & bass, metal and hip-hop to form an entirely new genre simply known as "heavy bass."

The Trouble & Bass sound was born in the dirty streets of New York City as Drop The Lime’s vision of a futuristic mob of DJ/producers playing hard-hitting warehouse beats with no rules. Enlisting the talents of Star Eyes, The Captain, and Mathhead, the crew built that vision into a reality, creating a whole new audience for their sound with hype DJ sets, mind-blowing monthly parties, and an aesthetic that’s recognizable around the world.

Trouble & Bass has grown even stronger in the last year, adding the amazing AC Slater to the line-up, as well as affiliates from all over the globe, including Paris' Mikix the Cat, Stockholm's Little Jinder, Philly’s Starkey, Krakow's Supra 1, and Melbourne’s Acid Jacks. You can hear the sounds of all these groundbreaking artists on the Trouble & Bass record label, now almost 20 releases deep into heavy bass world domination. But even as the T&B movement grows bigger every day, the crew isn’t afraid to take chances and remains true to its DIY drum & bass and punk roots, doing all the production, promotion, and design for themselves.

STAR EYES

Star Eyes, 29, is T&B’s femme fatale, driving them wild with her tight pink jeans, nasty dance moves, and unexpected mixes (Skream and Three Six Mafia, what?). She favors raw, dirty tracks spanning the spectrum of underground Breaks, from Ghetto House to Grime bangers, and is equally likely to show up to the party in a panda hat or full-on goth attire. This 13-year DJ veteran was one of first female Drum & Bass DJs in the U.S., playing raves around the country as an original member of the B.A.S.S. Crew and Eklektic. She is also one half of female tag-team DJ duo Syrup Girls (called "New York’s best-kept secret" by the New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones) and has DJ-ed all over the world, from the Vans Warped Tour to Cape Town, South Africa. Her vocals appear on tracks from John B (Beta) and Passions (Kitsuné).

THE CAPTAIN

The Captain, 27 – part time model, full time hustler and the most recent addition to the Trouble & Bass Crew – came to New York City in the hot summer of 2004 from the dirtiest of the south, Savannah, GA, where he first started DJing / coordinating events. As the more musical and technical half of promotion super duo Cut, he has traveled all over the country and Canada and into Europe bringing his blend of Electro House, Baltimore Breaks and bass heavy music to unsuspecting party goers. The Captain has been featured in The Fader, Village Voice, Time Out New York, Useless Magazine, BPM, Missbehave Magazine, Big Shot Magazine and XLR8R. Expect many more productions, a European Tour in the fall with Trouble & Bass Crew, and more crazy schemes in the future from this bass fiend.

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past guest djs at <<BLISS>>
and related events

	William Alberque (Noise Academy, Razzmatazz) William Alberque became a DJ in order to force himself to play tracks all the way through, instead of skipping songs every 30 seconds. Then they invented bootlegs (or cut-ups, or mutant pop, or whatever), and he's back to playing songs and interrupting them every 30 seconds again. He's widely credited for inspiring dozens of aspiring DJs, mainly because people realize that if he can DJ, anyone can. He has an enormously extensive music library, and a huge knowledge of records, but unfortunately, they're mostly crap, so fat lot of good that does him.
	Arcane Arcane began his descent into indie music back in the 7th grade, when he randomly bought a copy of Joy DIvision's "Unknown Pleasures" because the cover looked interesting. An obsession with music followed, and DJing seemed inevitable. A former resident at chiarOscuro, these days he can regularly be found behind the decks at MetaPop at the Black Cat, where he focuses on playing the best new and classic indie and britpop.
	BANGIN DUDES Bangin Dudes (not bangin dudes) is an improbably heterosexual dj duo operating out of Washington, DC. The group includes Rob Hart and Ed Porter, a pair who started spinning together in 2006 after discovering a common aversion to bullshit and a shared taste for hip hop, electro, sprayed PBR, ruined outfits, staying up late, and being hungover at work. Essential musical influences are almost entirely traced to various Eastern US and Western European cities, but the group keeps an ear to the streets (of the fucking internet) for sources of heaviness and debauchery in all forms. Bangin Dudes hosts their Blackout party at Selam on the second Saturday of every month, celebrating mankind's latest achievements in kick drum production and alcohol consumption. While enjoying celebrating the grimier side of Washington nightlife at present, the group looks forward to moving to Brooklyn and becoming fashionista toolbags at their earliest convenience. Stay tuned for details.
	BETYNKA When this jetset First Lady's not flying all over the globe, Betynka can be found making her way from bedroom dj to centerstage with her mix of electro pop, tech-house, indie, and Euro trash.
	Brian Billion Brian Billion makes a return to the public stage, presenting a monumental mix of tracks on a new live setup made to maximize dancefloor pandemonium. This will be his greatest set of the last six years.
	Chris Burns (Disco City, Keep It Deep) Chris Burns has made waves in DC in a very period short time with his eclectic dance parties, "Disco City" and "keep it DEEP." While a newcomer to DC, Burns has been honing his craft for five years, including a year-long stint opening minds and ears on dance floors all over India in 2005/2006. With a highly technical style that blends and programs a historical timeline of music, Chris is sure to make your feet sore and your skin perspire with a diverse set of new and classic bangers. As Chris says, "I don't like to pigeon hole what I play, so I tell people I program 'deep dance music,' which is open to interpretation."
	CALE DJ Cale has spearheaded a number of dance nights, all of which have failed miserably. These have included the short-lived Yishtabach--a traditional klezmer/electro mash-up roller-rink transgender dance night in South Virginia, Funions 2001--the poorly attended all-evening Goat Trance non-rager, and Cunt Burger--the unfortunately-named oft-picketed Kabuki/spoken word Sunday morning mass after-party. These days he can regularly be found playing tunes at dirty rock clubs (using smoke machines/lasers to distract from poor transitions and frequent bathroom breaks), as well as in his basement for bi-weekly underwear parties thrown by and for himself. Cale also spends too much of his free time running the greatest web site in the history of the world Brightest Young Things.
	RICHARD CHARTIER (Filler) Richard Chartier, minimal sound artist/composer and graphic designer, has produced critically acclaimed recordings for such labels as Trente Oiseaux (Germany), LINE (USA), Meme (Japan), and Fällt (Ireland), as well collaborative works with Nosei Sakata (*0), Taylor Deupree, and Kim Cascone on 12k (USA). His release Series (LINE_001), exhibited in the Whitney Biennial 2002 at the Whitney Museum of American Art (NY) March-May 2002, was also awarded one of twelve Honorable Mentions in the category of Digital Music by the prestigious Prix Ars Electronica, 2001 (Linz, Austria). Chartier's work explores the relationship between sound, silence and the act of listening. With Taylor Deupree, he founded the recording label LINE, as a subdivision of 12k focusing new, digital, conceptual, minimalist sound art. His DJ sets can be unexpected sources of excitement (or confusion). He is formerly the host and one of resident DJs at the electronic music evening Filler, at Blue Room.
	Cobra Kai Cobra Kai reigns from Richmond, VA and was formed in January of 2006 after years of events under both members belts. They are a dynamic duo of party djing, promotion, and design. Cobra Krames plays the music and produces club house tracks. He has put out a number of mixtapes online and has been reviewed by Mr. Blentwell, Discobelle, La Decadanse, 5151, Brilliant Mistake and others. His original tracks have also been featured on a number of mixtapes wordwide including A-Rock, My!Gay!Husband!, Paul Devro and Tyler Fedchuck. Nick the Dude handles all image creation and design. He also designs internationally for Disorganized, Peer Pressure, Thunderdome, Certified Bananas, POP, E6, Properazzi and others. Having done it big up and down the East Coast and into the Midwest in NC, VA, DC, PHIL, NYC, BOS, PROV, CHI, Montreal and Ottawa, these guys have a solid reputation of throwing an amazing party.
	Preston Craig With close to 10 years of performing under his belt, Preston Craig is no newcomer to the dancefloor. A fixture in the Atlanta music scene, Preston has been behind the driving force behind *KISS* and Decatur Social Club... two of Atlanta's largest and near legendary dance parties. His long history with dance music comes out in his playlists... representing virtually every year of his life. Given the constant barrage of fly-by-night start/stop/start dj's, Preston Craig has started putting more emphasis on mixing his songs... which has him constantly digging out new remixes of old and new favorites. And when you consider the 300+ people packing his venue beyond capacity every Friday night... he's obviously doing something right. Check out the latest playlist.
	DJJD <<BLISS>> is proud to host DC's own John Davis, aka DJJD, back in town from a hectic touring schedule with Interpol. Although enjoying a well-deserved respite from the road, JD promises to increase the steam on the back stage with a healthy dose of hell fire on the decks playing whatever it takes to make the people move.
	D-Mac Based in the nation's capital since 2000, DJ D-Mac has been making noise and filling dancefloors, with appearances at Local 16, Cafe Saint-Ex, Science Club, the Black Cat, the Eighteenth Street Lounge, Red (RIP), [and the occasional Democratic National Committee party--no joke!]. Breaking boundaries in unexpected ways, D-Mac brings a willfully eclectic mix of tunes to his DJ sets. The benefits of obsessive crate-digging are always on display--80s disco nestles up to the latest bossa breaks while hip-hop meets 70s rare funk grooves. The final word is party rocking at all costs!
	Deep Sang Deep Sang is known for moving bodies from coast to coast with his signature blend of classic disco and current dance hits. A mainstay of DC nightlife since moving there in 2005, his parties and mixtapes have received critical acclaim from the Washington Post, Turntable Lab and SoulStrut, among others. In his own words, "My goal is to draw from the wealth of hits from the 70s to the present and make sure that everyone in the crowd hears something that makes them want to get up and dance."
	Doc Rok Originally from Philly, DJ Doc Rok has been rockin parties and producing tracks for five years. His best known successes have been the American Zeppelin and Biggie Hendrix remix projects, in addition to numerous dance remixes that have charted on blogs worldwide. His monthly Epic Dance Party at the Rock N Roll Hotel has been known to leave crowds breathless and sweaty from the intensely danceable mix.
	Ed Dudes (Velodrome, This Ain't No Disco) Three years ago, DC got a whole lot better. I mean, a whole, whole hell of a lot better. You see, Ed Dudes moved to DC three years ago. Since then, he's been regaling the city with the finest dance music south of NYC. Ed's residencies, Velodrome and This Ain't No Disco, are unlike any other in the district. Velodrome is the only night dedicated to Italo, post punk, proto house and techno, with a live band every month. His other residency, This Ain't No Disco, is the night to hear the spacey and weird side of disco and house. One thing's for sure, seeing Ed play is an unquestionable trip to space.
	elefant NYC's Elefant have been playing together for almost two years. Signed to indie Kemado Records in 2003, their debut full length "Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid" was released on the label in early 2003. Bassist Jeff and guitarist Mod have been moonlighting as DJ's all around NYC this year spinning at some of their favorites parties like Yes, Selector!, and Vicious.
	Ari Goldman "My goal is maximum body devastation. Taking you back to the sleazy dance floors of years before. Am I at the Music Box? Paradise Garage? the Warehouse? Nope. This ain't a teleportation situation. This is Ari G (real name: Ari Goldman) behind the decks. When I'm not producing tracks or touring as 1/2 of Manhunter (Ghostly International, Muckamuck Produce), there's a good chance I'm throwing down a tight array of fist-pumpin' italo, relentless chicago jack tracks/acid, blissed-out disco boogie, cosmic slow burners, fierce techno workouts, etc. As a DJ, I've burned minds from DC to NYC to Detroit to Philly to more and more and more."
	aaron hedges Over the past seven years, Aaron Hedges has DJ'd the biggest and best venues in our nation's capital and nationally in New York, Seattle and Boston. His newest endeavor, CORRUPTION, launched with amazing success in February in partnership with DJ Simon of Sleaze & Buzz (rated #1 Club in America—Urb Magazine). Aaron's recent production endeavors have caught the attention of Larry Tee, Kid 606, Dylan Drazen & Barry Weaver. Aaron is currently finishing production of a full length Le B.F.K. album, "Downward Mobility," and launched his own label, District of Corruption, in the summer 2003.
	The Holiday Girl (aka Holly Tegeler) The Holiday Girl is a pop music junkie with a penchant for rocking out. She has spun dancey guest spots at (DJ ReddAJ and William Alberque's) *Razzmatazz*, Stereo Faith and Ikon's *Transmission*, kitchen-sink brunches (*Champagne Socialism* with fellow designer Melissa Kelly) and also hosts the quasi-quarterly tweeish-pop sulkfest *My Favorite Dress* with co-pilot Kathryn Wildt of the Cricklewood Massive.
	JDH and Dave P When "Men of Letters" JDH & DAVE P are not promising 'partytilyoupuke' anthems and a "radenning of the dancefloors" (Dazed & Confused), they can be found remixing Franz Ferdinand, Klaxons, Bloc Party, touring with 2manydjs/Soulwax across Europe & America twice-over, masterminding the hot-to-death Fixed parties from New York to Miami, and finding the time to release a portable and deeply danceable version of their party magic via the Go Commando mix compilation on NYC's Defend Music. Get Rad.
	Jackie O Whether it's on the mic or behind the turntables, DJ Jackie O is ready to set the club scene on fire. With her punk stylings and hip-hop swagger, she's rocked parties with Willy Joy (URB's Next 100) in Chicago to Taxlo (voted best party in America - Blender Magazine) in Baltimore. From crunk hip-hop anthems to electro dancefloor stormers, DJ Jackie O is known to set crowds into frenzies. She's already shared bills with heavy weights such as Scottie B, King Tut, Say Wut, Guns N Bombs, and Dave Nada. In DC Jackie O holds it down with a new monthly hit party (KIDS), and also brought back her other monthly ($weat$hop) with Trevor Martin. Recently she dropped a hard as nails mix (GRIND) which blogs have been fiending over.
	Kim Klinger and Sara Rycroft Kim Klinger and Sara Rycroft, who are not sisters, - thanks for mentioning the resemblance though - co-pilot the rock and roll party Pow Wow. The brainchild of vinyl guru Adam Rycroft (actual sibling to Sara who has left dirty DC for even dirtier LA), Pow Wow is a big old mess of garage rock, 60s psych, 70s punk, powerpop, bubblegum, the occasional classic rock or metal track, and whatever else we feel like playing through a Jameson haze. You can find it every Wednesday at Spy Lounge and occasionally at the Rock and Roll Hotel. You may find yourself waking up in a gutter afterwards. At Bliss expect to hear Pow Wow's heaviest hits, spun in the girls' charmingly sloppy style.
	LADYPLASTIK (aka DINA PASSMAN) Ladyplastik has been rocking the decks for a good few years now. She started radio DJing in her late teens as a way to hear promo records and get some dates. While the dates were few and far between, she didn't give up on the one's and two's. Through the years she has thrilled hipsters from Berlin to D.C. In September 2002, she founded the First Ladies DJ Collective, who put on a monthly event at the Black Cat called Girl Friday. She spins tech-house, electro, and club pop.
	DJ lil'e Lil'e, otherwise known as plain old e, or on rare, rather sloppy occasions, 'that girl', hopes that whatever you call her, you dance while you're doing it. Because she would get down to a heart monitor if it was over 125 bpms, e spends a good bit of her time trying to elicit that response in others by making with the beat-beat using her turntables and vast collection of eclectic records. You can find her at her monthly dance party Right Round, the weekly Crash dance party she does with dj PGee, the every-so-often Tinderbox party at St. Ex, or just by peeping through the window of her DC rowhouse. You can read all about her own special brand of fun and frolic by visiting her blog - behind the decks with e.
	Marquis DJs (Outputmessage and Micah Vellian) Marquis is the local DJ monthly run by Urb Next 100 alumnus Outputmessage and fellow dj/producer Micah Vellian. Both are in the electronic pop duo, Person. Outputmessage is a producer (Melodic/Ghostly International) who came into djing after the incessant nagging of Micah Vellian. Micah Vellian, musician-turned-dj-turned-producer-turned-performer-then-turned-dj-again, recently got the hankerin' to get back behind the decks... well, laptop... to yet again start rockin' the proverbial "crowd." Their shared love of eclectic pop, electronic music and choreographed dance moves couldn't be more apparent than in their hard hitting dj sets, which will almost always contain a remix, re-edit, or original that the two have produced. Sure they'll rock the party, but they're probably going to two-step with ya'll bitches as well..
	Marshall Law Marshall Law resume includes music director of Howard University's student run radio station WHBC 830am, Imaging and production at WPGC 95.5, djing at various lounges and clubs in the U.S. and Canada including Pearl, Tryst, Baci, St. Ex, 9.30 club, The Black Cat, Bar-Nun, DC 9, Bohemian Caverns, and Lupos. Marshall also does a podcast through beattactics.com.
	Trevor Martin Being from a town that seems to fall about 20 years behind the rest of the world, cds and cassettes were not an option. Trevor Martin had no choice but to aquire a serious collection of records. He began by playing these records at a local barn in front of the neighborhood kids and their pets. After selling the family farm and horse to buy turntables, Trevor headed off to the big city where he started "Ceremony." This monthly party was well received and earned him an opening DJ set for Gene Loves Jezabelle. Before moving to DC, Trevor spun two Set It Off Parties (Ottobar) and would regularly guest at the Depot. Trevor is currently collaborating with DJ Davenada (Waves into Watts) at a party called Weird Science at Café Saint-Ex. Every 3rd Friday these two DJs span three decades to outdo each other in finding the hottest beats from hip hop and house to new wave and disco.
	Meistro Known for dropping everything from the latest dancefloor burners to that classic you forgot you loved, Meistro has become a mainstay in the DC scene. Born and raised in the District, Meistro came up behind the tables at his legendary parties in Colorado, where he was know for bringing together diverse crowds of partypeople who left the bullshit at the door and went nuts on the floor. Fast-forward a few years and Meistro is back in DC where his crates have gotten deeper and more diverse, and his skill more solid. His parties have been featured in Spin Magazine, UK Hip Hop Connection, The Washington Post, Washington City Paper, Pulse Magazine, and more. He has shared the stage with DJ Z-Trip, Toots and the Maytals, Max Glazer, Kid Koala, and many others. And don't forget his mixes--his Ram di Dance mix-cd is currently available at Turntable Lab (NYC & LA) and many others available as free downloads have received much international love.
	Micah Vellian (Dmerit/Marquis) "Miguel Lacsamana aka Micah Vellian (Dmerit/Marquis) is a self-diagnosed A.D.D. quasi-workaholic. A glutton for punishment, a masochist, some might say, he involves himself in numerous projects because he has to stay busy or else the voices in his head will tell him to do awful things. Micah Vellian is one half of Dmerit (http://myspace.com/dmeritmusic), a resident of Marquis (http://myspace.com/marquisdc) and Flat Out!, a content producer for the music blog All Our Noise (http://allournoise.com), and runs Micah Vellian studios where he is currently working with his bands, Stamen & Pistils and Metropolitan along with DC producer/DJs Will Eastman and Jackie O, just to name a few. As far as his djing, AON designer and colleague Victor Aguilar once said that he has the ability to "melt the faces" of all those that listen to him spin. Whatever you do though, make sure to keep the red bull and vodkas away from this man, because he's liable to make out with Will Eastman if he does. Unless of course, you want to see that happen...again."
	Christine Moritz (WMUC Radio) "Variety Is the Spice of Life," the name of Christine Moritz's long-running radio show on WMUC 88.1 FM ( 9:30-10:30), is also her musical philosophy. As she takes the decks at BLISS, expect to hear downtempo, intelligent big beat, "Happy Charm Fool Dance Music" (J-pop, Pizzicato Five), and perhaps even some Sesame Street disco—a little bit of this, a little bit of that.
	Travis Morrison Expect sweat on the walls as Travis Morrison joins <<BLISS>> this month to share his favorite sick pop hits, Missy Elliot floor-shakers, and perhaps a few Masai-inspired novelty tunes. His career as a musician stems from an unexpected brush with death on rural route 90 in northern Arizona, where his tractor-trailer overturned and in a near-death experience Mr. Morrison experienced "an enigma." A post-structural theorist, avant-garde harpsichord designer, and rock and roll singer extraordinaire, Travis was recently a member of the Washington, D.C. band The Dismemberment Plan. He is also very handsome.
	Dave Nada Known for his ability to get people on the dance floor and keep them there, Dave Nada has quickly established himself as one of the East Coast's most sought after club-packing, party-rocking DJs. After more than 10 years of playing guitar in hardcore punk bands, Nada began to gravitate toward his other musical passion, dance music. His signature, eclectic and always uplifting, blend of classic and new school Hip-Hop, Baltimore house, funk, soul and Afrobeat, with occasional electro thrown in, makes him a standout in the increasingly segmented club scene. In addition to local clubs such as Sonar, Club Five, the Black Cat, Home, Platinum, Wonderland Ballroom, Nation, 201 Lounge and many others, Dave Nada has played clubs in New York, Philly, Chicago and Richmond. He has been featured in a number of publications including Spin magazine, URB, Fader, the Washington Post, Philadelphia Weekly, the Baltimore and Washington City Papers. His upcoming remix of "Camera" by UK pop band Editors (with Ris Richards of Q and Not U,) will be released by Fader label, and he is currently planning an EP of original club remixes for 2007.
<	Name Names (Ian Svenonius of Weird War, Spilt Milk) Ian Svenonius is a 40th generation descendant of Roman Emperor Discotius. 16 year old Svenonius' ambition to become a civil engineer was dashed by a high school guidance counselor who, having analyzed the teenagerˆ¢s test scores and marked propensity for "yeh!" and its more advanced cousin "hell yeh," determined but one available career path: rock and roll. In addition to Svenonius's prosperous career on stage as a rock and roll singer, like his forebears, he regularly summons an age-old power: funk. Through skilled deck mastery, Svenonius has distinguished himself as a talented engineer of the get-your-dance-on at the Tuesday evening ritual known as Spilt Milk.
	James Nasty Baltimore-based DJ, producer and engineer, James Nasty, creates a musical experience like no other, blending showmanship with turntable skills and a track selection full of funky flavor. He takes you on a journey from deep, hard, soulful, funky, disco, afro-latin house tunes to high energy Baltimore Club tracks with a seemlessly blended crescendo that naturally makes crowds move, shake, sweat and beg for more. He's rocked some the definitive venues in Baltimore and Washington DC including Sonar, Bedrock, Sky Lounge, Stadio, Avenue and Shorty's and played out of town gigs at Club Firestone in Orlando and in Miami Beach at a 2008 Winter Music Conference event. Nasty has shared the bill with the likes of Lupe Fiasco, DJ Craze, Dave Nada, Dj Mehdi, Drop the Lime, Klever, Treasure Fingers and Baltimore club music legend, Dj Technics. His unoffically released tracks have been featured on big name music blogs like DiscoBelle.net and IHeartComix.com.
	OLLI Olli, aka alex kurzstrecke, founded the classic indierock, new wave PANIC dance party with James Noble and Tim Pogo four years ago. he still organizes PANIC twice a year from Berlin where he currently resides and and runs the sleazy 8mm Bar, a local haven for lost musicians and drug addicts (find me a difference). When not busy working on blah blah blah, Olli enjoys playing records at various bars, clubs, and eventually hopefully Czech brothels. He's 6'2" tall, slim/athletic build, hair you'd kill for, and a steezo like no other (unless you count all the other indie/new wave dudes). Booking him is like booking the beatles: screaming, fainting fans are guaranteed.
	pangean Pangean's love of music has consumed him all of his entire life. His major influences are The Smith's, My Bloody Valentine, P.I.L., and Meat Beat Manifesto. In 1994, he started spinning house, helping crowds find their groove up and down the east coast. This past year, Pangean has gone back to his roots. Expect plenty of great postpunk, 80's and leftfield gems.
	People's Champion Recently returned from another DJ stint overseas, DJ People's Champion is back in the District with a fresh batch of bangers to make the dancefloor move in new and exciting ways. With a two year (and counting) residency at Garutachi/(Electro)Tease and the continuing success of his own weekly See You Next Tuesday parties, Mr. Champion is preparing to light up the city even more with a slew of new raves, throw-downs and soirees this summer. Look for him in your favorite (and most despised) establishments in the District or in the dens of iniquity of any other metropolis.
	PGEE Raised in Prince George's County, Maryland, DJ PGee's moniker is a nod to her 'ghetto-fabulous' roots. When she isn't spinning her weekly genre-melding indie meets new wave meets old school party, CRASH, with collaborator DJ Lil E (of Right Round fame), PGee throws down the hip-hop and R&B jams as a resident DJ at Felix & the Spy Lounge in Adams Morgan.
	Pinstriped Rebel (aka *les*) The Pinstriped Rebel spins indie-disco, jangle-pop and Japanese disco grooves from the likes of Hideki Kaji, Pizzicato 5, Cubismo Grafico, The Wake, April Showers, Pale Fountains and more. She's also been known to throw in old-school hip-hop and 80s electro-funk into her eclectic mix. She has been behind the decks since 1996 playing her favorite indie-pop tunes in Manila, DC & under the sea.
	Pogo (Panic, WHFS) You might remember Pogo as 1/3 of team PANIC!. While violating every DC code for capacity, PANIC! enjoyed a healthy run at Metro Cafe until the closing of the venue, and Pogo's subsequent excommunication to Chicago. There, PANIC! has been living on as a massively successful monthly event, and Pogo has somehow managed to expand on his radio career by weasling his way onto Chicago television. His newest job is on ABC-7, and so far he's been able to avoid their threat of making him get a "nice" haircut. And as long as the good folks of Washington/Baltimore welcome him, he jumps at any opportunity to return to spin!
	Emily Rabbit (Baltimore) EMILY RABBIT is a promoter/DJ from Baltimore who runs the successful Ottobar weekly, TENSDAY and frequently plays Baltimore's premiere dance party TAX LO. In addition to being the sole female member of the BALTIMORE BASS CONNECTION (which includes members of SPANK ROCK), Emily's record imprint released the first two albums from breakout sensations THE DEATH SET, with whom she also tours.
	ReddAJ Amanda Carroll (aka ReddAJ) is the daughter of English football star George Best and French chanteuse Claudine Longet. Raised in New Orleans, she studied cornet and practiced scat singing like her idol, Louis Armstrong, earning her the nickname "Pops." Her primary hobby is swallowing glow sticks just to see the emergency room technician's reaction. She can be found at the dance party Razzmatazz serving British music to American people. At Bliss, expect a set of new and classic Britpop of all varieties, including representation from the south, midlands, Scotland, Northern Ireland, The Republic of Ireland and even Wales!
	Red Menace (aka Jimmy Askew) DJ Red Menace first approached the wheels of steel in 1999 at Galaxy Hut's fine DJ training ground, "Hump Nite." After what could almost be described as an unofficial residency over the next several years, he started Galaxy Hut's second weekly DJ event, "Rump Werks," in late 2002 with Ben Adams and Stagehand Bill. He spins the trendiest of electro choonz with a healthy dose of post punk and ragga jamz anytime somebody will give him a chance to do so, like Confusion DC, Salt, Champagne Socialism, Zero One and, of course Bliss.
	sad For the past two years, Sad has run SALT at Café Saint-Ex , a night providing a first look at new synthfunk, indiepop, electropunk, dancehall, digital disco, grime, and hiphop. At <<BLISS>> he'll run a rough-edged playlist that will likely include The Kills, Rihanna, Basement Jaxx and Gwen Stefani, but will probably not include Carrie Underwood.
	Sad and Lonely (SALT) Fine Sounds of Sad and Lonely: • Disco sounds (all types) •Rock sounds (all types) • Vocals with contemporary styling and a dramatic flair • Vintage synth-funk that never goes out of fashion • A wide variety of beats (including the new European styles!) • Exotic remixes from across the globe • And a special new line of music that is made to be danced to!
	Sara T. (Danceotron, Denver) With 9 years behind the decks Sara T. made her start by sneaking into the University of Colorado radio station pretending to be a student. In 1997, an island of internet radio arose in Boulder and she stayed on that island ‘til the internet broke in 2000 and the station sold out and they all typed sad faces. She started playing clubs in 2000 breaking out different aspects of her record collection depending on the night. In 2001, she got tired of dealing with attitude-y club nights and started "Denver's No Bullshit Dance Party," aka (Danceotron). Digging into her past in Florida and Michigan, she continues to share a collection of bass heavy beats from Miami, Booty, Ghettotech and Electro mixed in with old 80s 12"s, Hip-Hop and whatever essential club bangers are leftover. This was her first time djing in DC. .
	Sean Gone DJ Sean Gone currently lives, works, and spins out of Washington DC and couldn't be prouder to rep such a great city. With over 8 years of experience on the decks he can lay down electro party starters and hip hop flavored jump off hits guaranteed to tear the club up. Catch him spinning at the Level Up parties with his partner, DJ Philip Goyette.
	DJ Serpico (Confusion) DJ Serpico (Caroline to her famed inner circle) has been DJ'ing in the D.C. area for the last five years. She started Confusion Dance Party in Arlington with William Alberque in 2001. Currently, Confusion is a monthly event at the Black Cat with four resident DJs playing a frantic mix of disco, electro, hip hop, new wave, post-punk and indie tracks. Caroline is often found in the company of smelly boys and vodka gimlets.
	SELECTOR SETH (Notorious) Selector Seth started Notorious at Spy Lounge as a weekly party devoted to new wave, dance punk and Brit pop. After a one-year run at Spy, the party recently moved to the Black Cat. Seth also deejays the monthly Payback night at Saint-Ex, where he mixes hip-hop and dance classics. In the 1980s, Seth played in new wave bands in San Francisco, most notably as the bass player for former Tuxedomoon singer Winston Tong. Seth studied electronic music at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles and has composed music for film, dance and radio.
	SIMON D. PHOENIX (Taxidermy Lodge) Former DC area resident turned Baltimore transplant Simon D. Phoenix is one of the main DJs from Baltimore's infamous Taxidermy Lodge (or Tax Lo) parties. Tax Lo occurs twice a week: Monday nights at the Talking Head Club and Friday nights at Sonar, and has been the biggest and most diverse dance party in the Baltimore area for over 3 years. Those of you who have been to Tax Lo know that it is a wild time, and that you will hear a wide variety of music from AC/DC to Jay-Z... basically whatever he feels like playing. Heavy drinking and bad dancing are encouraged.
	Zack Rosen (The New Gay) For over a year Zack has acted as founding editor of The New Gay, DC's resource for alternative queer events and ideas. After 6 months of bitching about our city's dearth of alternative queer events he finally took matters into his own hands. A stint behind the decks at Mousetrap led to the inception of regular queer dance party Homo/Sonic, which has now moved to the Black Cat mainstage. Zack will be DJing Bliss' set sans his boyfriend. That means much less mid-set making out and dancing, but probably a greater attention to the actual music being played. Some of you might consider this a good thing.
	DJ SMUDGE DJ Smudge (aka El Luchador), was born Lucas James Brown on the outskirt swamplands of an island just west of Papa New Guinea, where he lived in extreme hardship that would later be hauntingly present in his music. Working on the seas and rivers of Central Asia and South America in merchant ships, Smudge made his way to the states. As a product of the 80's and a passionate fan of music from all genres, Smudge started collecting records in his early teens. Known well in the underground scene and building a reputation for often spinning everything under the sun... from old school Hip-hop to banging House, Swing to Soul, Baile Funk to Rock, and gems from the 70's and 80's, Baltimore Club, Electro and more. In the summer of 2007 Smudge met up with Soohan and formed the production duo NiteCourt. Since then he has been featured on several big name blogs including Discobelle, Bigstereo and Palmsout Sound. He currently does a monthly at the swank lounge from the underwater future, Cafe Japone, as well as frequent collaborations with RockCandy Productions in Washington DC, and ESA Productions in San Diego.
	STEREOFAITH Mixing the Sex Pistols into the Kaiser Chiefs, into Ladytron, into Blur might sound like a trainwreck, but on the contrary, DJ Stereo Faith manages to pull it off without a hitch and has been doing as such since 1993. Stereo Faith's style developed as a result of many years spent attending punk rock shows and Jamaican sound clashes during the eighties. The explosive atmosphere of punk rock shows and the intoxicating rhythms of Jamaican dancehall filled Stereo Faith with the strong desire to channel both differing styles of music into one powerful force expressed through DJing. He has commanded the dancefloor at venues in Atlanta, DC, Philadelphia and New York. Residencies include Sorted (DC), Peer Pressure (NY), Rude (NY), Audio Electric (DC), Transmission (DC) and Paranoia (DC).
	DJ Swank Arlington native Andrew, aka DJ Swank, has been dancing at all the great D.C. alternative clubnights since 1990 when he first set foot in Tracks at age 17. Realizing he was running all over town to various goth/industrial, indie, and 80's events to hear good synthpop, he decided to take matters into his own hands and start a new dance night called Guilty Pleasures. He has also been a 2+ year resident DJ at chiarOscuro in the soon-to-be-defunct SE warehouse clubbing district serving up the thumpy new synthpop.
	TITTSWORTH ROOM SERVICE is pleased to host DC/Baltimore sensation TITTSWORTH. Recently back from dates in Sweden and L.A., Tittsworth's impeccable blend of B-more Club and Hip Hop brings it! "Still recovering from the great time we had here in Malmö last night. Tittsworth killed it but we already knew that from the mix he gave us, could very well be one of the best sets I've ever heard. All you DJs out there may need to step your game up." - discobelle.net "The second wave of superstars includes DJ K-Swift, Spank Rock and turntable partners Dave Nada and DJ Tittsworth... What can attendees expect at the Nada/Tittsworth soiree? A lot of sweating, fist pumping and curse words... a lot of curse words." - Philly Weekly "B-more club is a hybrid of house, dance, and hip-hop created in the early 90s by pioneers such as Scottie B, Frank Ski, Miss Tony and DJ Spen, with the tradition continued by the likes Rod Lee, KW Griff, Rod Braxton, Karizma, D.J. Technics and Tittsworth." - The Wire
	DJ TRICKSTER (We Fought the Big One) Rumor has it DJ Trickster (aka Rick Taylor) got his name playing "tricks" on other DJs in order to hear his favorite Factory & Creation Records artists. While he will neither confirm nor deny the truth of this, Trickster admits the number of requests he's made since getting behind the decks himself has dropped significantly. Trickster can now be heard spinning the first Friday night of each month at the Marx Cafe in Mt. Pleasant, where he co-deejays "We Fought the Big One"—a night specializing in new, import-only indie selections alongside classic, older alternative sounds. Trickster has also been known to make frequent appearances at the Blue Room, where he often spins on Wednesday nights at "Hi Fi", Blue's open-turntable event.
	Shea Van Horn Shea is a promoter/DJ who has been throwing parties for the past 15 years. The Seattle native is one-third of CRACK and one-half of MIXTAPE. He's been DJing in D.C. for the last three years (sometimes in drag, as his alter-ego Summer Camp). Along with Matt Bailer, he's one of two resident DJs at the monthly dance party MIXTAPE, and a guest DJ at alt-queer dance parties like Taint at DC9 and SHIFT at Cobalt. Currently, MIXTAPE is a monthly event at The Warehouse that features an eclectic mix of disco, electro, alt-pop, 80s wave, acid house, and anything else you can dance to. Check out his play lists and listen to the kind of stuff he plays.
	Matt Walter Matt Walter is the co-founder of Underground, Baltimore's highly successful and longest running indie dance night. Underground was the first of its kind in Baltimore and by the looks of it, doesn't seem to be losing any steam. In fact it was recently named "Best Club Night" by the Baltimore City Paper's 2004 readers poll. While he is probably best known for spinning brit-pop and new wave, his musical interests and influences extend far beyond that -new and classic indie-pop, 60's garage, soul, and punk just to name a few. Other interests include traveling, drinking pints, banging out lo-fi pop tunes on a crappy 4 track, collecting 45's and graphic design. You can catch Matt at a number of nightspots around Baltimore as well as the occasional guest spot throughout the region. Expect to hear great new tracks and classic favorites along side obscurities and other rare treats.
	DJ Kathryn Wildt Kathryn was raised by wolves in the wilds of Capitol Hood. She bravely overcame a youth devoid of pop culture and is now slightly obsessed with Britney Spears and Alizée. She began DJing, as she does most things, on a whim. She has since DJ'd at Black Cat, Galaxy Hut, Café Saint-Ex, and Truskel, in Paris. She plays music that's good for dancing, primarily of the indie-disco variety.
	Mark Zimin (Mousetrap, The Wag) Mark spent much of 1996-7 hanging out at Cold Rice, the only DJ night of consequence happening in DC. Even then no one was spinning indiepop at all in DC, and mark established "The Living Room" in 1997, a weekly weds night that was the first to regularly offer indiepop and 60's garage tunes. By the end of 1998 that was over, and nothing had sprung up to replace it. In May 1999 Mousetrap was established and became the first indie night given a weekend slot in DC. It was so successful that in about a year it was given a chance to move to the Black Cat, where it's resided ever since. Mark's subsequently established THE WAG, a monthly 60's night now 3 years running, and has been the guest of many indie nights between DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia.