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E-mail:
dev0@yahoo.com
Location: Riverland, South Australia
Birthday: 31 December, 2000
Bio: Name: Devo / Dj Uzi
Age: 37
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
DJ Since: 1981
Web: http://Dev0.djcentral.com
E-mail: tressor5@hotmail.com
Music Styles
Acid House, Acid Techno, Deep House, Electro, Euro-Dance, Experimental, Funky House, Hard House, Hard Techno, Hard Trance, House, Old School, Progressive House, Progressive Trance, Psychedelic Trance, Tech-House, Techno, Trance, Dirty House
DJ UZI / DEVO WORK BIOGRAPHY 1981 - 2005
PROFILE
Devo - Alias Dj Uzi and more recently known as Devo depending on the musical style and event he is playing at, was born In Adelaide South Australia in 1968, and has been Djing over half of his life since first hitting the decks at the age of 13 yrs.
Over the last 25 yrs Devo has become one of Adelaide's high profile Djs and dance music pioneers. Devo s versatility, experience and ability to read a crowed and serve up an outstanding high impact performance has set him apart from the rest with his natural ability and individual style, clean faultless mixes and approach to his performance. Since starting this career as a hobby and past time 25yrs ago Devo has seen many developments in this field, from the revolutionary introduction of the TECHNICS SL1200s and the evolutionary progression of the Underground Dance Movement since the beginning of his career back in the early 80s.
During these years, Devo played a major part in the development of this movent which today has swept the Australia and the rest of the World.. Devos progress through the many styles of modern dance music and natural his personal taste and blend of musical styles has been one of his biggest asset's and key to each outstanding performance. Being so flexible and being able to walk into a venue and sum up what he feels will get the house pumping is like another day at the office. He can adapt to any crowed and deliver a professional entertaining experience that leaves v the crowd pumped and wanting more.
Devo's record collection up until recently consisted of approximately 25 - 30,000 records crossing all sections and music genres and occupying a substantial amount of storage place at his residence and very sought after by many individuals and fellow Dj's. From 1990 to 1995 Devo aka Dj Uzi managed to setup a spare room once occupied by thousands of records into a very modest Analogue recording studio. From starting with purchasing a Rolland TB303 from a deceased estate he soon found himself addicted to the endless possibilities to making music and became very interested in the midi automation and sequencing aspect . It was then his vintage synth keyboard collection started to take shape and many hours, days and weeks were spent in the studio getting his head around every aspect of its operation and possibilities. Mentors like Ollie Olson Gus Till from the Models and many of the International Djs Devo has worked with served him well with tricks of the trade and enthusiasm.
Its around this time that Diesel was offered an opportunity to be a part of the 20th Century Fox Corporations new Australian Cable Television Network, 20th Century Fox. Devo took this opportunity to put his Dj career to one side and move to Sydney Australia, and be one of the team players amongst some of the youngest creative minds in Australia and take part in the development and innovation of Digital Music Television.
This saw Devo once again behind the desk mixing music and coordinating a completely new medium, Digital Television Streamed Media. This is only part of Devos accomplishments as you will read and see from the following text and information, he has proved himself to be an innovator to this ever growing industry and has been an inspiration to many of the Djs we see today. As well as being passionate to his chosen career and a natural when it comes to his musical ability he stands as someone that always stood and remembered as one of those Dj's that wasn't afraid to stand his ground and not fall to becoming just another crowd pleaser, but rather took chances and searched long and hard to find music most other Dj's could only wish they could have gotten their hands on first.
Advice for Djs today breaking into Djing I have only 3 pieces of advice that I feel is imperative to being successful in this field. Firstly, Dedication, practice and keeping your head firmly on your shoulders and focused on being good at what your doing, taking the time to search listen and more importantly get your hands on that wax before the other guy and be seen as a leader not a mere follower like most and finally , KEEP IT REAL:, Be true to yourself and to those who take the time to support you, Don't become one of these bedroom Djs that gets a club job and thinks they know it all because trust me you never know it all, BE REAL and make yourself approachable to your listeners. In doing that you can guarantee a long career and many damn fine nights you wont ever forget..
Djs / Producers and Performers are listed below as a brief rundown of some of those memorable events and guest Djs that Devo has had the pleasure of performing alongside .
Memorable Parties
Raves Hypnotize / Odyssey / Heaven 1 & 2 / Fascination / Liberty / Felling Good / The Shaman / Hacienda / Liquid / Sin / Illusion /Rejoice / Mayhem / jigsaw / Finally / Underground Resistance / Independence 1 & 2 / Rave 1 & 2 / Cyber Delia / Blackout / Toxic / Freedom / The Experience / Vision / Welcome / Equinox / Incarnate / Bedlam / Hardware 2 & 4 / Smiley Revival / Fantasia / Synergy / Meltdown / Hysteria / Cyber / Every Picture Tells a Story / Commerce / State / Star club / Ultra world / They Came from Mars.
Djs and Performers
Producers Underground Resistance - Detroit / Kevin Sanderson - Detroit / Claude Young - Detroit / Derrick May - Detroit / Joey Beltram - Brookland / C J Bolland - Europe / Carl Cox - UK / Lenny Dee - Brookland / The Shaman - UK / The Prodigy - UK / Dream Frequency - UK / Pee Wee Ferris - Syd / Ritchie Rich - Melb / Ollie Olson - Melb / Andrew Till - Melb / Bliss - Adel / 60 foot Robot - Adel / H.M.C - Juice Records - Adel / Paul Oakenfold - UK / Ezy Groove - UK / Will E Tell / Kid VAGA$ - Adel / Joe 90 - Syd / Frank De Wolf - Germany / Dj Dag - Germany / Sasha - UK / West bam - Denmark / Groove Terminator - Adel / Sven Vath - Germany / Resistance D - Germany / Jeff Mills - Detroit / T1000 - Detroit . Residencies Arkaba Nite Club / LeRox / Control / Star Club / Spectrum / Metro / Heaven / Synagogue / McMahona??s / Retro / Venus / Club De Paris / Global / Pulse / Unity / State / Life / Reactor / Disco / Commerce - Melb / Cyber - Melb / Deep - Melb / Hardware 1 - 2 - Melb / The Lounge - Melb / Karma - Melb / Infinity - Melb Discovery - Adel / Transformers - Adel / Richmond Hotel / Mansions- Adel / The Club / The Big Ticket - Adel
Gear Setup
Whatever u wish to put in front of me.. Sold my studio with much regret to explore new opportunities in Television. Previous setup was : Numark 1975 mixer - 2 x TECHNICS SL1200s - Mackie 12 Channel mixing desk - Atari 1040 running yea old cubase - Akai S1000 Sampler - Rolland TB303 retro fitted as a Devilfish thanks to Rob Whittle at Real World Interfaces - Yamaha DX 7&12 - 2 x Rolland Juno 106's - Juno 1&2 - Rolland Jx3 & 5 - Rolland SH1 & SH101 & 202 - Arp Axe and Odyssey, Rolland 909, Rolland 808, Real World Interfaces CV- Gate midi converter just to name a few.
Former Residencies:
Hypnotize / Odyssey / Heaven 1&2 / Fascination / Liberty / Feeling Good / The Shaman / Hacienda / Liquid / Sin / Illusion /Rejoice / Mayhem / Jigsaw / Underground Resistance / Independence 1 & 2 / Cyber Delia / Blackout / Toxic / Freedom / Vision / Welcome / Equinox / Incarnate / Bedlam / Hardware / Simile Revival / Release / Fantasia / Meltdown / Hysteria / Arkaba Hotel / Le Rox / Control / Star Club / Spectrum / Metro / Heaven / Synagogue / Retro / Venus / Club De Paris / Global / Pulse / Unity / Quazar / Inflations - Melb / Commerce - Melb / Deep - Melb / Club 365 - Sydney
Influences:
Jeff Mills , Kevin Sanderson , Sven Vath , John Digweed , Dave Clarke , Mad Mike , Claude young, Dj Twonz, Adam Beyer, Chris Liebing.
Interests: My Chickie "Mags", Smoking, Music, Detroit Techno, Psy Trance, Progressive House/Trance, Pre 96 Old School, Techno,Acid and Trance, Animation. [][] GOOD M.U.S.I.C MUSIC....PeRioD!
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