Music Style Breaks

Artist History Baltimore, Maryland Style: Breakbeats It all started with electronic music. Depeche Mode, New Order, Front 242, the late 80’ – early 90’s set the tone for what was to become a major driving force in Daedalus’ life. At the age when most kids were playing sports and spending time outdoors he was learning how to write music on his computer and teaching himself to play the keyboard. In high school he formed several bands solely on the premise of making abstract, synthetic sounds. Fast forward to 1992. The rave scene and UK breakbeat simply change Daedalus forever. For years Daedalus had been looking for a new sound, something real, something with an edge to it, something that hadn’t been processed into oblivion. It wasn’t until early 1995 that Daedalus decided that listening to others play the music that he loved simply wasn’t enough. After years of attending raves and parties he had several good friends, local dj’s, that we’re more that happy to school him in the art of the mix. After locking himself in the house for nearly six months, Daedalus finally emerged to play a friend’s house party. Admittedly the mixing was not perfect, but at the time that wasn’t the most important aspect of his playing the party. Having played for the first time in front of a crowd he was hooked again. He was in awe of the amount of joy he could bring to someone simply by playing music. The night was the first time he ever muttered the phrase that has followed him since the beginning of his career, “ I don’t want to be rich, I don’t want to be famous, I just want to make people dance.” In the early months of 1996 Daedalus began dj’ing at a local club, The Depot, every Friday and Saturday. It was at this time that his style began to shift from UK breakbeats to hardstep. At the time, there were not that many dj’s in the area spinning jungle so Friday and Saturday nights at The Depot were always packed. It was also at this time, that he was enlisted to play the Fever and Sunday Mass (relatively large monthly parties in Baltimore) after hours. Around March of 1997 Daedalus relocated to Tampa, Florida. He began spending large amounts of time at Outlandz Records, where he collaborated on multiple tracks. Having grown tired of jungle, Daedalus once again decided it was time for a change. Progressive house seemed the way to go. Having begun to produce his own tracks, Daedalus thought he had found the sound he was looking for. Playing parties nearly every night of the week Daedalus began making a name for himself in the underground of Florida. Things we’re going well. Not only did he have his gigs in the south he also continued to play at The Depot in Baltimore once a month. After about 7 months though, Florida had grown tiresome. Feeling a need to get back to where it all started for him, Daedalus decided to head back to Baltimore. Back in Maryland, Daedalus put away the progressive house to get back to his roots. It was time for the breaks. With the amount of parties on any given night he knew that if he were to get back in the thick of things it would require all the skills he had. He played a party almost every night of the week. Things had reached a point where the parties simply ran together, night after night, party after party. It was time for a break. In early 1999, Daedalus moved to a small town outside of Baltimore to focus on producing his own music. With renewed faith in himself and the sound he was trying to create he began releasing tracks over the internet. The feedback from those first few tracks was incredible. He covered nearly the entire spectrum in his music, from ambient to hard core. Also during this time he began producing a local hip-hop act. With requests from local clubs and promoters coming in Daedalus thought it might be time to get back to spinning. He began throwing one-offs on the farms near his house. During the fall of 1999, he headlined Shep-fest, an annual festival held at Shepherd College in West Virginia; it was the first time they had a DJ headline the event. Continuing to play constantly, on New Year’s eve he ended the year playing to about 500 people in Frederick, Maryland. Coming into 2000, Daedalus’ career began to pick up momentum. Within the first weeks of January he began marketing two more tracks to several record companies and was continuing to spin on a regular basis. Also, with the inception of a party at Orpheous in Baltimore he had his own party to showcase his music. During the coming months he headlines several parties in Baltimore: 40z & Bluntz (Sekshun 8 Productions - Baltimore) Stop, Drop, and Roll (Sekshun 8 Productions – Baltimore) Uh Yeah, Here We Go Again (Sekshun 8 Productions – Baltimore) Psycho Alpha (SMC – Baltimore) Also, he started another weekly party in Federal Hill, Maryland as a counterpart to his party at Orpheous. With the year winding to a close, Daedalus decided to play only one more party. On new years eve he headlined Silver. Bringing in the New Year in the only way he could he spun an eclectic set of breaks (nu school, ol school, progressive, and ghetto) mixed with his own tracks. The response from the crowd was the best he ever received. During the course of the evening he was asked to play three more times. With his sites set even higher in 2001, daedalus plans to release a two disk CD comp of his own work and a multi-tape set spanning his entire career as a DJ. --------------------------Update on the way--------------------------- i know it has been a long time since i updated the bio and information on this site, but in the coming weeks i will update everything and will be including information on how to receive a copy of my new cd, which is a downtempo early morning smoking joint of all original pieces... but until then just remember to keep all holes filled.

Instruments Roland JX-305, Boss DR-660, Reason, Akai Sampler

Location Baltimore, Maryland - USA

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