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Matthew Hoag Being anonymous music aficionado, music professional or a sexy Pacha girl, there are two things you really should know about Matthew Hoag: meeting him in person is always fun. Joining him for the night clubbing is a life changing experience. This vivid, cheerful, friendly bon vivant isn’t just one of those guys who want to know everything about the music as an art and the whole business behind it. He’s foremost a really nice person and his works are excellent reflections of his embrace-the-life globe trotting attitude. The earliest seed that indicated Matthew’s future career is hidden somewhere on the dance floor was his passion for light shows. He became light-operator for the matinees in one of the local clubs already as a teenager. Few years latter he took a job at the local radio station. That’s where he learned how the radio station works, how the program is being put together, he became skillful technician, and he also listened to a lot of music: “I guess this is the main reason why I can’t be put in the box as an artist. I was exposed to all range of commercial and non commercial music. And it was that period when I grew taste for good alternative music and explored even genres such as jazz and blues.” Meanwhile his career took a big leap forward as he became “illegal” light operator at the infamous Ambasada Gavioli club. This wasn’t his job. Put more precisely: he wasn’t even allowed to come near the console by the boss. But the resident deejays liked his touch and invited him into the booth whenever possible. “I was hanging around to listen to the sets of Valentino Kanzyani. Ambasada was the playground for the biggest names in the game. And Sven Väth was the one that really stood out of the flock: it was his human energy, power of his music, his ability to control the dance floor what ultimately convinced me to become a deejay.” Although it wasn’t Sven’s or Valentino’s sound that he wanted to follow. “I’ve started with house, explored the progressive and I guess I could be considered tech-house artist nowadays,” summarizes Matthew who as a very versatile and eclectic artist doesn’t brand himself. He broke trough as a deejay when spotted by Valentino Kanzyani at the party in Croatia: “Valentino is one of the biggest figures in my life. He’s my brother from another mother,” likes to jest Matthew about their friendship. “He invited me to join his office, where I’ve got introduced to every angle of label management and music promotion business.” 2009 saw Matthew kicking the dance floors around the globe, from Columbia to Turkey,from Spain to Greece, from Germany To Brazil.

Rod B. & Mareis bring you the Miami Sessions @ Miami Underground MovementAt 52 years old Dave “Big Daddy” Brown has been around since before the birth of dance music. Or for that matter, punk, reggae, new wave, hard rock, hip-hop, rap and metal. In fact, he came rushing headlong into this world in 1961, the same year Patsy Cline was topping the charts with Willie Nelson’s “Crazy”.He was ten years old when he bought his first ever record, Led Zeppelin’s immortal classic, “Immigrant Song”, which remains one of his favourite songs of all time. The joy was short-lived though, his mum made him take it back to the record store as it wasn’t considered “appropriate”...but it was cheekily swapped for Deep Purple’s “Demon’s Eye” instead.Variously falling in love with sounds like Led Zep, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, The Ramones, Motorhead, Pantera and Tool, Big Daddy’s die seem cast in either the thrash of punk or the dark grooves of heavy metal. But dabbling in the early ‘90s rave scene in Sydney Australia he became exposed to early psy-trance and acid house.But it wasn’t until a monumental set by the legendary Carl Cox at Bondi Beach Sydney on NYE 2000 that the die was cast. Within two days Dave had bought his first decks. Absorbing sounds from iconic techno and house DJs like Carl Cox, John Digweed, Green Velvet and Jeff Mills, he started the long and lonely journey of every true DJ, to find his own sound. Dave’s live sets invariably involve a variety of styles with techno and tech-house as the basis but a preference for dark techno. Well regarded for his programming and immaculate blend mixing his sets are never planned whether live or recorded, believing in the true essence of a “live” performance.Having played predominantly in Asia, he was offered residencies at the iconic Bed Supperclub and Glow in Bangkok where he successfully pushed a tech-house sound in an electro-house world many years before it before it became fashionable.However Big Daddy is the antithesis of most DJs and doesn’t seek fame or fortune in any way, in fact he keeps out of the limelight and finds it completely ironic to even have had bio written for him.He is legendary for turning down gigs to allow younger DJs to take the opportunities available. It’s through this modesty and generosity that he has cheekily become known as “Big Daddy “. Dave is vehement in his belief that music comes first and its future resides with the young.Well known in the Brisbane (Australia) underground scene, Dave has played alongside some of the biggest names in international techno although he’d never mention names. He currently only plays certain events by invitation from people who know their music.Knowing that the music will never die, Dave’s plans are to build his own beach-club in Asia in 2015 where he intends to see out his days sharing the music he loves so much without any distractions.He truly does hope to leave this life in a DJ booth with his headphones still on!

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Matthew Ohashi was born in Queens, NY to parents of Asian/Latino decent. From an early age, he was exposed to a wide variety of music ranging from jazz, classical, to classic and grunge styles of rock music. At the age of 7, he began training in classical piano, the root of his musical understanding. Matthew took a deep interest in music from a very early age, spending much time gathering and cataloging music after his first exposure to computers. At the age of 9, he moved to Miami, FL which was a large factor in his musical upbringing. From his pre-teen years, Ohashi would frequent house parties in which he was exposed to a variety of Latin styles of music in addition to Miami Booty Bass, breaks and retro styles. Soon after Ohashi was exposed to Trance music and his journey into music has progressed ever since. With over 14 years of experience with EDM, influences from music both old and new can be heard in his music. His style can best be described as a fusion of both house and techno, with a retro and open format approach. He does not play into any conventions, and strives to make his sets unique by maintaining an underground sound while playing for wider audiences. He has played with several world class artists such as; Jamie Jones, Damian Lazarus, Seth Troxler, Pete Tong, The Junkies, Dela, Andrew Grant, Francesca Lombardo, Voytek Korab, Jonny Cruz, Jesse Perez, Yousef, Inxec, Tato, and many more. Additionally, Ohashi is the head honcho of Miami event production group Minimax Events. Hosting the highly acclaimed Kontrol Thursday at Mansion plus additional bookings in the top underground venues in Miami.

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Rodrigo Barreto aka Rod B.

Rodrigo Barreto has been involved with the music industry for over 15 years. Between 1996 and 2000 he produced events within the state of Rio de Janeiro. However, it was in the year 2000, when he moved to Miami, FL, U.S.A., that started his passion for electronic music and his career as a DJ really started to flourish. A Brazilian naturalized American citizen in 2001, Rod became involved in Miami's underground scene, playing in small clubs and private parties.In 2007, Rod searched for more knowledge and explored new horizons by attending and graduating with a degree in Audio Technology (Recording Arts) from one of the largest and most respected colleges of the audio world, SAE Miami, also affiliated with The Recording Academy/ Grammy USA. This significant accomplishment acknowledged Rodrigo's abilities as a producer and audio engineer.Each year between 2007 to 2009, Rod was specially invited to work in the production of WMC (Winter Music Conference) and Annual International Dance Music Awards (IDMW); the largest conference in the world of electronic music. Rod has performed in clubs and parties located in Miami, Ibiza, South Beach, New York, Puerto Rico, and Rio de Janeiro; and big festivals like Creamfields in Brazil, Rio Music Conference, Chemical Fest, XXXpirence, Green Valley & Ultra Music Festival Miami. He has performed with big names of the international scene as Deadmau5, FatBoy Slim, Above & Beyond, Sander Kleinenberg, Layo & Bushuwaka, Laidback Luke, Jon Rundell, Carlos Lio, Steve Mulder, Anderson Noise, Eelke Kleijn, Dimitri Nakov, Dave Dk, Gui Boratto and others.Currently, Rodrigo Barreto creates new productions in his studio along with Dj and Producer Re Dupre. Together this partnership coordinates MUR Music(Miami Underground Records), which is supported by various artists.

In 2010 he was invited to sign with Global Underground in the GU -38 –Black Rock Desert Compilation mixed by Carl Cox.One of the most respect labels and compilation.Staying 5 weeks in the roll in the top sales of Techno Charts and the most sold track in the GU Compilation. After that his name was chosen to be on the Fantastic Four (the four hottest name in Dance Music) of February edition of The DJ Mag the most respect Magazine of E-Music.

Rod's music can be found at the top of the charts of Beatport, in the playlist and compilations of the biggest Dj's in the planet like Carl Cox, Eddie Halliwel, and Dubfire, among others. Rod coordinates the Miami Underground Movement website direct from Miami with exclusive sets of Global Dj's such as Richie Hawtin, Magda, Umek, James Talk, Christian Smith and others. He performs on 2 weekly radio shows in his native land Brazil; Miami Sessions (his radio show brand) and UMF Brazil and UMF Ibiza-Ultra Music Festival Radio Show.

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BIO;

A regular in most of the electronic music parties in Rio de Janeiro, her hometown, DJ DRI.K is always surprising with her modern and fashionable style. It's been some years since her first mixes, but only in July 2006 she believed in your talent and turned the hobby into profession and attended a workshop at Scratch DJ Academy in New York/US. In Brazil she has played in several top clubs, such as: Cream Brasil (RJ), Space Ibiza (RJ), Claro Rio Summer PVT (RJ), Privilège Juiz de Fora (MG), The Week (RJ), Fosfobox (RJ), Dama de Ferro (RJ), Club 69 (RJ), Nuth Lounge (RJ), Pátio Lounge (RJ), Hotel Ouro Verde (RJ), Pub Monte Cristo (Niterói/RJ), Pepper's Club (Campos/RJ), Emporium (Friburgo/RJ), Manhattan (Friburgo/RJ), Wall Street (Vitória/ES), Amnésia (Juiz de Fora/MG), Nite Club (Maringá/PR), Car Wash Lounge (Maringá/PR), Nut Club (São José do Rio Preto/SP), Somma Lounge (Anápolis/GO), Bielle (Cascavel/PR), Verão TIM (RJ), Arena Morro da Urca (RJ), ZOOF (Rondonópolis/MT), I Love Electro (RJ), Luxury (Niterói/RJ), A Festa (Hípica RJ), E.Motion (Campos/RJ), Fisiofantasy (Friburgo/RJ), Pink Up! (RJ), Working In The House (Maringá/PR), Lost Girls (Valença/RJ), Original (Volta Redonda/RJ) e Seven 2nd Edition (RJ). Furthermore, she was the only djane who played at the special programming of Wheel Skol during the 2008 Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, where also played Mason (Holland), Eric Entrena (Spain), Tom Craft (Germany) and others. Abroad, played at: We Love Brazil Pool Party during Winter Music Conference 2007 at Carlton Hotel, We Love Brazil Party during Winter Music Conference 2008 at Club Jazid and at the Opening Cocktail of UC Music in Miami Beach, also played at Great Scott in Boston/MA, The Liberty Bar (Philadelphia/PA), Guitar Bar (NJ), Mood Lounge(NJ), Chris Michael's Lounge (NJ), Adega Lounge (NJ), The White Room (Buenos Aires/AR), Kalypso (Pag Island/HR), Exit (Vodice/HR), Crossroad (Malinska/HR) and Magnus (Senj/HR). She has also played with: Deadmau5 (CA), John Acquaviva (CA), Funkagenda (UK) Alex Gaudino (IT), Laidback Luke (PH), Dusty Kid(IT), The Flash Brothers (IL), Tino Morgado (UK), Thomas Penton (EUA), Anneli (SE), Gui Boratto (BR), Marky (BR), Memê (BR), among others. She had two djsets selected for the "Leggo My Demo", party which brings together some of the best house DJs of Southern Florida to listen to the best djset of the month, selected among DJs from all around the world, at The Rooftop Lounge in Miami Beach. At the Internet, her djsets played at Multishow FM/BR, Push Radio/USA and Beatbox FM/BsAs, besides she had her own show 'Electro Emotion' for several months at Agita Net Radio/SP and played live at Transamérica/RJ, Cidade/JF and Vitória University/ES. One of the great female deejays of the scene in Rio de Janeiro, DRI.K never fails to suprise with eclectic and amazing sets, which include tech house, techno, minimal and electro. By adding beauty and charisma to her wonderful sets, she is capable of setting the mood in any party. When she is in charge, you can always expect lots of fun, filled of sexy and involving grooves.

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