DJ Arc:9

I.T. SPECIALIST / ACTOR / ELECTRONICA DJ

AT A YOUNG AGE, HE WAS INTRODUCED TO SOME OF THE FIRST PC’S. NATURALLY, THIS PEAKED HIS INTEREST WHICH JUMP STARTED HIS TECHNICAL CAREER. SOON AFTER, HE BEGAN WORKING WITH VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT SUBSEQUENTLY LED HIM IN THE DIRECTION OF PRODUCTION SOFTWARE.

IT WAS AROUND THE AGE 14 - OF THAT TIME AS WELL - THAT HIS MUSIC COLLECTION STARTED GROWING. HE SOON TOOK AN IMMEDIATE LOVE FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC, MORE PARTICULARLY…TRANCE. HE THEN MOVED HIS ATTENTION AWAY FROM PRODUCTION AND FOCUSED SOLELY ON THE MUSIC ITSELF.

OVER TIME HIS COLLECTION GREW IMMENSELY ENABLING HIM TO GAIN A VAST INSIGHT INTO THE VARIOUS GENRES AND SUB-GENRES OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC. AFTER ACQUIRING VARIOUS ‘SINGLES’ AND ‘MIXES’ HE BEGAN TO EXPERIMENT WITH SOFTWARE DJ PROGRAMS IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECREATE PROFESSIONAL MIXES. HE STARTED DOING ROUGH DEMOS FOR FRIENDS MOSTLY TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE MUSIC AND TO ALSO GATHER OPINIONS. HE ALWAYS WISHED DEEPLY TO PERFORM FOR LARGE AUDIENCES.

OVER TIME, HIS SKILLS IMPROVED AND AFTER BEING INTRODUCED TO HARDWARE MIXERS AND TURNTABLES, HE MERGED HIS SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE INTO IT THUS MAKING AN EASY COMBINATION.

HIS WISH SOON BECAME REALITY, MOVING OUT OF ‘BEDROOM DJ’ INTO CLUB DJ AFTER A COLLABORATION WITH CLOSE ASSOCIATES WHICH FORMED THE GROUP SECTOR7 AND HAD HIS FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE AT THEIR FIRST EVENT:- SHOCKWAVE AS THE NOW KNOWN - DJ ARC:9.

SINCE THEN HE HAS PLAYED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND EVENTS INCLUDING:

-THE PINTZ LOUNGE
-NEX DOR PUB
-EUPHORIA LOUNGE
-SPACE LA NOUBA
-LA LUNA AZUL
-THE COCO LOUNGE
-EARTH LOUNGE
-CLUB HEDONISM
-STUDIO LOUNGE
-STUDIO RUMOURS
-DARIN'S ON THE AVENUE
-SKYYVIEW LOUNGE

HE HAS ALSO PLAYED ALONGSIDE TOP LOCAL EDM DJ'S WHICH INCLUDE THE LIKES OF JERRY WEST, DIGITAL BUDDHA, VALSTAR, DJ MANTRA, TONY HYDRO AND CK AMONG OTHERS.

HE IS A MODERATOR AT A LEADING WEBSITE BASED IN MIAMI DEDICATED TO PROMOTING SOUTH BEACH STYLED HOUSE MUSIC.

HE IS ALSO AN EXECUTIVE MEMBER, HOLDING THE TITLE OF VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, AT EARTH STRONG TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION COMPRISED OF INDIVIDUALS WHO'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE A LIFESTYLE OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING THROUGH EDUCATION AND ACTION WHILE WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ALSO DESIRE TO EFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE LIVING INCLUDING:- COASTAL CLEANUPS, EARTH HOUR, WORLD FOOD AND WATER DAY, TREE PLANTING AND ECO EXERCISES ETC.

BORN INTO A COUNTRY OF CALYPSO AND SOCA, HIS PLAN IS TO EDUCATE HIS AUDIENCES BY OPENING THEIR MINDS TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BY TAKING THEM OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM AND INTO THE UNDERGROUND…INTO THE WORLD OF ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC.

“THIS TIME…IT’S HIS TURN"