Music Style Trance

Musical Influences 80's synth pop, industrial

Similar Artists Paul Van Dyk, BT & Sasha

Artist History The year is 1999. Electronic music has seeped into every part of youth culture around the world. How deep? So deep that a couple of guys in the depths of America's favorite obscure desert state, New Mexico, not only lost their mind to those hard synthetic beats and squelchy techno noises but then they figured out how to make them on their own- not with sticks and stones like the ancient tribes from their desert homeland but with the modern equivalent- the 303, 909, Prophecy... and stacks of other keyboards. After a rather embarrassing stint as fans of some of the worst 80s synth-pop, J. Scott G. and Jason Blum shuddered out of it. While Jason maintained a modicum of industrial-tinged dignity, enjoying bands like Skinny Puppy, Ministry and Depeche Mode... Scott unabashedly lost himself in the Pet Shop Boys, New Order and other bands that he'd rather keep a secret. With age their taste in the decadent music of the 80s did eventually fade (sort of). Eventually, they made the jump to light-speed and got into all kinds of underground electronic music. While getting out of their faraway desert lands took some time, with a couple of successful releases on Rampant Records, "Tempest" and "In My Mind" brought them quickly out of obscurity. Nick Warren (Way Out West) licensed their tracks for his mix CDs Cream Live II and Live in Prague. Rampant pushed their vinyl right onto their second singles collection Planet Rampant II. MTV's seminal electronica video program Amp selected "Tempest" as the theme song. As they made the jump from Rampant to Fragrant, their first single for Fragrant "Stargazer" leapt to the top of the charts around the world. Caned by everyone who played anything approaching trance in their sets, "Stargazer" ended up on John Digweed's Live from Sydney mixed out of Paul van Dyk's "Words". DJ Micro and Tom Harding both found the track irresistible and included it on their mix-CDs too. In 2000, it will appear on the soundtrack for PlayStation's JetMoto 2025. From the bedroom studio into the live format, Deepsky descend on cities around the US with their progressive trance sounds. While working on songs and playing shows, Jason and Scott ended up working on some tracks with Shawn Parker. Together, as The Dayspring Collective, they released the full-length CD Spark. With glowing features in Mixmag, BPM and a cover story from Fix (alongside the Prodigy), the frequency of the gigs continues to increase and Deepsky arc even higher. While writing original material takes up lots of their time, Jason and Scott have remixed Andy Hughes classic trancer "Yummy", Funkopath's debut on Warner Brothers imprint F1-11, their own '98 remix of "Tempest" for Rampant. Deepsky have just completed mixes of Cirrus' "Stop & Panic" for Moonshine and The Light's "Expand The Room" for City of Angels/Hooj Choons. The tracks they engineered and co-wrote with America's DJ heroine, Sandra Collins, got a quick start to her recording career. Deepsky have since moved to Los Angeles and wrapping up their work on the full-length debut aligned for Fragrant.

Albums Dayspring Collective (Fragrant), Stargazer EP (Fragrant)

Location Los Angeles, CA. - USA

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