Event Details
Date: Saturday, June 23, 2012
Start Time: 8:00 PM
Event Type: DJ Events, Special Events
Last Updated: May 25, 2012
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DJ DanBorn and raised on the West coast, Dan was entrenched in music from an early age, 1989 to be exact, a time when the rave scene was enduring its birth. Its a sweeping understatement to say Dan has been at the forefront of dance music culture since the late 1980s, especially when you consider how hes shaped trends and sounds in his homeland all his musical life, taking the baton from house luminaries such as DJ Pierre, Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy. Drawing influence from a wealth of musical genres, Dan charts disco, jazz and funk as precursors to his interest in more industrial forms of music including freestyle and some forms of rock.Sharpening his skills with wax at small clubs in Seattle, Dans experience in the late 80s behind the decks converted into a profound knowledge of what people want on the dance floor, a trait still ingrained in him today.The early 90s saw Dan move to Los Angeles, feeding the roots of the emerging underground scene in the US, Dans after-hours shindig No-Doz rounded off debauched weekends for the fledgling DJ, holding down multiple dance floors each Saturday. As the scene exploded Dan was at the centre of a musical revolution; underground promoters snapped up his ability to blend breaks, disco and all things funky that inadvertently placed him as the leading figure on the rave scene.In 1993; a move to San Francisco with a re-invented sound that lended itself more to acid house and electro, Dan instigated the formation of the legendary group Funky Tekno Tribe that sought to push the boundaries of house music. Dans innovative eye for promotion saw him implement the recordings and distribution of mixtapes, a simple yet revolutionary method that soon developed into a frenzied culture that remains an electronic music mainstay, in various forms, until today. With an ear for good music and eye for new talent, it was at this time that the FTT brought an unknown French duo to tear up one of their parties Daft Punk never looked back.This period marked the beginning of the burgeoning breakbeat genre that encapsulated house, dubs and techno. At the heart, DJ Dan, who generated the fused rhythms that were dubbed the West Coast House Sound.