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How would you describe yourself?: DJ and Producer

What do you like to do when you're bored?: Surf the internet, listen to music, mix tracks, write songs, play guitar, post on messageboards...

I am an amateur videographer/photographer

Which artists have most inspired you musically?: AFI, Bauhaus, Nine Inch Nails, Terrorfakt, Nachtmahr, Tomash Gee, Novakill, Aphex Twin, Razed in Black, Frontline Assembly, :Wumpscut:, Greg Notill, Tobias Luke, Sasha, John Digweed

What's your favourite kind of music?: Trance, PsyTrance, Electro, Techno, Hardcore, Electronica

What equipment do you use?: 2 Technics SL 1210 M5G turntables, Shure Whitelabel cartridges, Pioneer DJM 400 mixer, M-Audio generic midi controller, Fruity Loops music creation software, various soft synths,

Tell us a bit about yourself (put your bio here if you have one): Throughout his life, Josh Adams was interested in music. It all began in the mid Eighties, as a young child, listening to his Mother's 7" and 12" Bee Gee's, Kool and the Gang, Cyndi Lauper, Madonnna, Depeche Mode, Tears For Fears, and other various Synth Pop and 80's Club music LPs.

This influence was with him into his teen years, when he discovered Industrial/Rock music such as Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy, and :wumpscut:. Josh picked up a guitar when he was 14, emulating bands like The Smashing Pumpkins, Marilyn Manson, and Silverchair. His interest in Electronic Music was sparked at school dances when the DJ would play Corona's "Rhythm of the Night". Snap's "Rythm is A Dancer", and various titles by Real McCoy and Technotronic.

It was at these school dances when he was exposed to The Prodigy and the Crystal Method. "It's hard to find good music when you're living in Northern Vermont." He says. "The radio is full of cheesy Pop music, Country, and Classic Rock. Industrial, Electronica, House, Trance and Techno music wasn't something that was readily available to me until college."

Once at school, Josh met many different people who influenced his musical tastes. "I used to go out to a lot of keg parties and house parties, and that really introduced me to a lot of stuff I'd never heard before." It was during one of these particular benders that he received the nickname Spaz, "which for the years to follow might as well been my real name," he says, laughing. "I also discovered Trance around the same time, and the name and the music became somewhat synonymous... I became so obsessed with EDM that I not only began to seek it out, I used to express my obsession by saying things like, 'I wan't to exist within this music, I wan't to become it,' and 'This music is the future!' The thing is I really DID! I got really into it."

It was at this point where Josh began to frequent Raves, and became obsessed with something more than just the music. He began focusing on the DJ, and was intrigued by the power he had over the dancefloor. "It was so unreal to me, that one person could have so much control, over the music, the people... I just got such a rush thinking... That could be ME up there! I began to formulate all sorts of ideas about what a DJ actually does, that it became clear to me that I had to try it out for myself."

In 2001, Spaz picked up a pair of cheap turntables, and a decent mixer. Influenced heavily by Industrial, Metal, and Punk music, he gravitated towards the Harder sounds of NRG and Hard Trance. It wasn't until he saw Misstress Barbara spin a set of pure, hard, raw Electronic Music that he decided to play Techno, and that's where he found his niche. "She was so good, it just blew my mind! I'd never experienced anything like it."

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Total: 130999 At 12:48pm on 19th October 2009, Fedra said…: I know that. I´m very busy with my daily work. I have no time to
create new tracks. But there are a lot remixers out there:-)

have a fantastic week:=)
V

Total: 5427 At 2:55am on 27th February 2009, DIV said…: I forgot! Those "boxes" that are out front on the video are a set of Percussa Audio Cubes from Belgium. They activate specific clips in Ableton Live wirelessly. Crazy shit.

Total: 32998 At 3:37pm on 25th February 2009, Blue Tone Boy said…: Cheers Spaz!

I like em dark & dirty!...Trax that is lol!

Blue Tone Boy

Total: 1231 At 3:24pm on 24th February 2009, BruteB said…: hey man, what have you been up to?

Total: 5663 At 1:42pm on 10th February 2009, Louise said…: Feel loved is a fabulous track xo

Total: 36948 At 4:43pm on 31st January 2009, W.Heisenberg said…: Spaz man,how yer doin`? Feel loved is velly naaais bro!!!

Total: 1126 At 1:01pm on 16th January 2009, 333333333333333333333333333 said…: haha me too.....i got one i am working right now soooooo scary....i am going to control myself and work it til im done...loli have to sit the fuck down a finish it....sit still .....shit

Total: 1126 At 8:48pm on 15th January 2009, 333333333333333333333333333 said…: FUN IS WHAT MATTERS ...I THINK TONIGHT IM GOING TO WRITE SPEEDCORE 180 OR SO NO REALLY THAT TRACK IS GOOD...I'LLL TAKE MONTHS OFF FROM A TRACK AND GO BACK AND JUST HEAR THE WRITE SOUNDS AFTER A BREAK ...I KNOW THAT ONE IS TO GOOOD TO FUCK WITH UNLESS YOUR IN THE RIGHT STATE TO WORK ON IT