Devious
was born and raised in the SF Bay Area, where
at an early age he began having a love for electronic
music. Among the early DJ's he listened to were
DJ Dan, DJ Icey, and Tony Faline to name a few.
However, soon only listening to the music wasn't
enough for him. Devious decided to take up actual
DJ'ing, buying his very first set of turntables.
He began playing with no longer practicing DJ
210, but when his passion for the tables kept
growing, Devious realized that he wanted to
play with a group of people that had as much
love and respect for the music as he did. Fortunately,
about four and a half years ago he came upon
Emerge and A-Wal of the Disfunktion Crew, and
the rest was history. Emerge saw his potential
and enthusiasm and helped him grow as a DJ on
many levels. Devious credits the members of
Disfunktion Crew as being his greatest inspiration.
Since joining the crew, Devious has played at
many local bars and clubs, including the Forum
in Sunnyvale, Glo & Fahrenheit in San Jose,
Sno Drift in San Francisco, San Fransisco LoveFest
'06, and many exclusive parties. He has established
his sound as what can be described as all out
"Nu Skool Funk", with a touch of the occasional
funky house track. "I try to feed off the crowd's
energy and then return it back many times over
in my sets. I like to let the crowd feel and
hear that I appreciate their energy and hype
them up as much as possible, so that we can
both walk away having had a great time".
Most recently Devious has been concentrating
on producing his own tracks, working with an
array of synths, beats, vocals, and bass lines.
Also, in June of 2005, Devious took part in
the "Breakbeat Championship" on
DJForums.com
and made it to the semi-final round, placing
third in a series of mix submissions that were
put against other DJ's within the breakbeat
genre, including fellow crew members
Emerge
and
Atimatik.
Devious is also an accomplished web and graphic
designer.
