DJ Special K
specialK@kaoticgood.com
DJ Special K was raised
in San José, Ca. She started DJ-ing in 1995. She spins classic hip
hop mixed with freestyle and house. Her first residencies were at Solar Lounge
at Agenda and Fuego at Fuel. She has held residencies throughout the South
Bay and has spunin places as far as Mexico. Her first album (Basic Elements)
sold out in less than a year. San José Metro named her one of Silicon
Valleys hottest DJs in 2001. Her love of spoken word and hip hop led
her to co-produce a bi-weekly spoken word/hip hop night at Agenda Lounge and
Fuel, called Soul Messengers. She produces events that extend beyond hip hop
music including Sessions, a weekly revival of classic hip hop, dance hall
& soul that brings DJs from all over the country and the longest running
hip hop venue in San José.
DJ Yellowfist
marlon@2tongues.com
DJ Yellowfist is a Filipino Muslim, born and raised in Wicker Park, (now refurbished
and known as Real World Yuppieville) Chicago. His psychological animal is
the koala. He teaches creative writing and performance poetry through Young
Chicago Authors and Gallery 37, and spends the rest of his time over committing
himself to Asian Stuff: a member of the spoken word group, I Was
Born with Two Tongues, a founding member of the Asian American Collective
of Chicago and teacher of YAWP (Young Asians With Power). He has spun all
over the country, and worked with Danny Hoch in a Performance Workshop in
Cuba in 2001. He is the ultimate professional audiophile, and his influences
are too large a spectrum to mention in this bio.
DJ D Double
djddouble@msn.com
DJ D Double (aka Dave Dimaano) has been DJing for 19 years. D Double has Djed
in every major market from la to nyc and everywhere in between He has opened
for acts such as DJ Qbert, Triple Threat DJs, J J Fad, Wu Tang Clan, Common,
Nore, Capone, Mystikal, Doug E. Fresh, Heiroglyphics, De La Soul, Bahamadia
and the Roots. He holds down weekly residencies almost every night in Chicago
including the Subterranean, Zentra and Dragonfly. He has just finished working
on an album due out in the Summer of 2003, and he currently works as DJ and
road manager for 6th Day.