Nick Santillan
Producer/Engineer/DJ wunderkind Nick Santillan is one of Chicago's best-kept secrets. He has amazed and surpassed his peers in the Windy City on many occasions. As a DJ for only 3 and a half years, Nick has held down a 2 and a half year residency at Chicago's underground hot spot Lava Lounge on Saturday nights and does a once a month residency at Lava Lounge Cincinnati on Saturday nights for one year now. He also runs Inca Studio Inc. where he does his own work, serves as Logic engineer to Gene Farris & Tommie Sunshine doing mixes for major artists such as Felix da Housecat and Elvis Presley and labels such as Ministry of Sound, Ladomat, Universal UK, Atlantic, Epic, City Rockers and spinART. He also works with session players such as Keith Henderson (who works with Maurice Joshua, E-Smoove, and R. Kelley) on guitar, Ron Hall (who works with Maurice Joshua, E-Smoove and R. Kelley) on bass, Bill Dickens (who works with Byron Stingily) on bass, and Elmer Brown (of Earth, Wind & Fire) on trumpet. He cites Moulton Studio's J-Jay, Loveslap's Charles Spencer, and "Little" Louie Vega & Kenny Dope's MAW productions as his major studio influences and name checks Gene Farris, Mark Grant, Mauricio Aviles and "Little" Louie Vega as his spinning inspirations. A man with a defined House Music plan, Nick Santillan will be a household name in a few blinks of your eyes.
Don Tinsley
Since his first compilation tape at age 12, made as a gift for his father’s birthday, Don has been driven by a love for music. In ’88 at underground parties around the St. Louis area Don began his DJ career, spinning industrial from such labels as, Wax Trax, Nettwerk and TVT. In the years to come, he studied the art form then generically known as rave or techno. By 1990 Don had found House music, at the time only found in small underground clubs. Shortly after exposure to this “new” music, he began producing house music, which yielded his first live production in 1993. Pulaski Park
Pulaski Park (DJ Greg P. and Jim Docktor) have been around the music scene for years. Greg is originally from Ripon, WI. and Jim or Doc is from Buffalo, NY. Their various musical influences stem from jazz, that warm disco sound/R-n-B sound, a variety of 80s music and a bunch of different producers. Over a period of time they have gradually cleaned and defined their sound, which is deep Techy house music you can feel that is funky and thick. With new releases on Casa De Sol, Allhouse, and Blue Iguana music, you can expect to see these two spinning tunes in platforms and polyester at a gas-n-sip near you.
DJ Lazz
Originating from 'Aix en provence' (France), DJ LAZZ, learned to mix from the early age of just 13 years old. At this time, influenced by one of his close relations, he maked his first steps into mixing “Funk” , with two old vinyl turntables.
Pending many years his musical style has matured towards electronic music , Techno and Trance mainly.
In 1998 he returned to his roots, and to his first love, mixing 'Disco' and 'Vocal' House music. This has progressed over the years to specialising in playing 'Deep House'. He used all these years of musical and practical experience for playing in the best club of his region and to Paris. During 2004 DJ LAZZ feels that he has musically matured. During the spring of this year, he commenced his first remix for DaFunk which was released on the label “ACRYL Music” At the end of this year he created his first solo production “Gotta be strong” which was released on the label “Deffuzzed Records” (An offshoot of the Label 'RLPmix'). Also during this time he worked on a remix by the producer Robert Hayes for Australian label 'ILR'
