Bryan Halcott was born and raised on Long Island, NY. A passion
for music began being expressed at a young age. He first touched
turntables and a mixer at age 13, mixing "rap" records
with his friends during the break dancing days of the early
80's.
In the middle nineties, while at university in Connecticut,
Bryan began mixing drum and bass records, inspired by the
arrival of jungle/dnb to the NY area from the UK. With the
help of Ben Guerrette (Ecin), he had a five hour long, five
year running radio show, Turbulence, at WXCI 91.7 FM. The
dex and mics were open to all who could throw down; breaks,
dnb, reggae, hip-hop, trance, house, MC's and musicians. The
show was a welcome break from the commercial schlock that
seeped from the rest of the dial.
During 2000-2001 Bryan lived in Paris, France, where the explosion
of 2 Step had him saying "bo" and buying breaks/garage
records for the first time. The "French Touch" of
Parisian music production left its mark, smoothing out the
rougher edges of his taste. In late 2001 he returned to the
US to attend Bunring Man, was adopted by Los Angeles and has
been loving life in the city of quartz ever since.
While in LA his taste grew towards the nu skool breaks sound
coming from London and Australia. He had a small weekly party
for most of 2003, which had the same open mentality that worked
so well with his radio show. DJ's with different styles were
very welcome to come and do their thing.
2004 was the year Bryan decided it was time to learn how to
produce his own music. He began learning a lot about music
theory, composing software and audio.
In 2005 an idea that was brewing for a while came to fruition.
Bryan and Ben (Merj and Ecin) started performing a live "remix"
of the movie Fight Club, mixing and effecting footage and
audio samples from the film, riding on big dark electro beats,
dnb and Metallica. This is evolving into a full DJ/VJ A/V
performance, treats for the ears and eyes, known as The Broken
Lens Remix Show.
Occasional DJ gigs aside, and being honored with a guest slot
on Annie Nightingale's BBC Radio 1 breaks show, 2006 was spent
creating a full-length release, "DYSTOPIA - audible delusions
of hope and grandeur", ten heady, breaks and bass driven
tunes. Creating this project was quite a learning experience,
hopefully the first of many music creations.
It's 2009, I play records when I'm in the mood. As far as electronic goes, dub step is really turning me on, lots of creativity there. I've been learning to sing and play guitar, seeking a more heartfelt and authentic way to express myself. We'll see where that leads.
Someone I respect says "It's a process, not an event."
Amen. Peace. Love.
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