Disco Death is the collaborative effort of JUST CHARLIE, JOVIAN, and BIG SNAX:

JUST CHARLIE

A product of the late 1990′s Washingon DC rave scene and later hip hop community, Just Charlie has gotten around, musically and geographically. After years of playing in bars and house parties with records bought locally at Yoshitoshi in Georgetown, he worked his way up to playing (solo and with his crew, 2econdLevel) at local DC superclub Buzz which was voted best party in the USA four years in a row by URB Magazine. He performed in Philadelphia at Platinum and then Baltimore at Sonar, opening for sought-after acts like drum & bass DJ legend and label-boss Fabio and DMC champion DJ Perseus. With a few years of experience in the DC area obtained he played in front of crowds in US mid-western cities like Columbus and Cincinnati before going west to Los Angeles.

Musical Methodology

The one thing that has always changed is the music. Originally, it was disco house luminaries DJ Dan and Bad Boy Bill who inspired Charlie to buy 1200′s and start collecting records. After recording house music mixtapes every night and listening to them on the 40-minute daily drive to work for a year, he started also buying and recording drum & bass and trip hop. A few years later another switch came – this time to underground hip hop like Stones Throw and J-Dilla while focusing on turntablism in the DC battle DJ community. Since 2005 though it’s been a mix of everything, playing whatever the situation calls for, whether it’s trip hop at a rooftop pool party on a sunny afternoon or drum & bass in an underground club in Shanghai.

Inspiration

Having been inspired by Los Angeles DJ’s like Haul & Mason and Z-Trip and DC jocks like DJ Enferno and Tittsworth, JC started musically diversifying his sets and energetically mixing dub reggae with uptempo electronic, classic rock with crunk hip hop, and incorporating his own remixes into live sets and DJ mixes. Since the beginning Charlie has been rocking Technics 1200′s and still it continues although he’s been employing Serato since 2006 to play custom remixes and fulfill the promise that the current-generation of digital DJ technology allows.

Since 2006 Charlie has been performing in Asia after traveling the world and subsequently relocating to Chengdu in Southwest China. After taking four years to tour China multiple times in every major city and hosting monthly events in Chengdu, Charlie has been focusing on producing new tracks and DJ mixes as well as recording a Chinese language hip hop album with a local rapper.

Mixtape Culture

Creating and distributing mixtapes has always been critical to keeping DJ culture alive and JC has produced more than ten mixes over 8 years. You’ll notice that although the mixes embrace different theme, they always remain varied, unpredictable, and with plenty of flair. Some, like Hip Hop Heroes, are multi-tracked turntablist mixes recorded live and then fed into Ableton Live, while others like liquid drum & bass mix Looking Up are recorded live on turntables, unedited. You can download all of the mixes for free at his site, www.justcharlie.com

职业现场DJ,热衷于音乐混合艺术.善于将自己的独特主见融入于音乐创作中.前期活跃在海峡两岸及美国中西部,随后走访50于个国家以及3个半岛.至今已有10年现场演出经验.

1998年开始在新兴华盛顿演出house music,在当地俱乐部脱颖而出. 2002-2003年,Just Charlie的名字登上了美国最佳俱乐部专题杂志.

随后在2003-2005这几年里, Just Charlie在多场千人派对上以自己的实力获得乐迷轰动,此后将注意力集中于hiphop和turntablism的音乐创作上.以吸收不同流派的音乐并将其结合而形成了Just Charlie的自我独立的音乐风格.这样的音乐风格也在美国的华盛顿,巴尔的摩,克里夫兰,佛罗里达,加利福尼亚州,洛杉矶,好莱坞和圣莫尼卡等城市纷纷获得好评与成功.同时也蝉联两届Stellar battle of the DJs的冠军头衔.

2006-2009年,Just Charlie也将他的独立音乐风格带到了东京,香港以及中国内地.

来自美国华盛顿的Just Charlie现居中国成都,期待与你的合作.如果想要好的派对,请尽快联系Just Charlie.

JOVIAN

A multifaceted individual, Jovian expresses his love for music through his unique creations. He is a cross-genre musician who has written almost every kind of style ranging from Hip Hop for MC’s such as Kensho Kuma and Shing02 to producing music for animations and various compilations. Rocking clubs from XinJiang to San Francisco,  he sometimes mixes his sets up by playing bass, keys, and electric guitar.  Jovian grew up in San Francisco and has a strong background in the funk and blues.

Jovian’s production debut was for the 2004 Solos Records compilation where he released two funk infused downtempo tracks. By 2006, he had moved on to bigger and better things writing music for and doing shows in China’s vibrant nightlife scene.

Jovian is currently working on a solo album and a co-hosting Disco Death in Chengdu. Click here to go to Jovians Myspace artist page.

Discography:

Shing02– For the Tyme Being (2009)
Good Magazine (2009)
Battle of the Year (2009)
Battle of the Year (2008)
Stop Rokkasho (2007)
Solos Records Compilation (2008)
Rewritten Code Ov Honor (2006)
Solos Records Compilation (2004)

Jovian has done interviews and appeared in:
Xl8r Magazine 2008
URB Magazine 2008
Stuff Magazine 2006
XLR8R 2004

BIG SNAX

Justin (also known as BIG SNAX) has been spinning records and participating in nightlife culture since the early 2000′s in the same Baltimore / DC area circle as Charlie.

After moving to Philadelphia in 2008 and cooperating with DJ Whowe on their WE BE SNACKIN’ events, he’s solidified his position as tastemaker and futurebass enthusiast. Watch for the bassline.