DJ, Producer, Label Owner

Style: Progressive

Location: San Luis Obispo, CA

Contact: zach@stillwaterrecords.com

Bio:

DJ/Producer Zachary Stowasser has been involved with electronic music for over 8 years. Zachary has headlined over 100 local and regional events on the central coast of California. Zachary also has warmed up for talents such as Donald Glaude, DJ Dan, and Christopher Lawrence. After almost 8 years of using vinyl, Zachary has re-discovered his passion for DJing using a laptop, mixer, midi controllers and Ableton Live Software. This new setup allows Zachary to keep the vibe vibrating by mixing four or more songs together for as long as he wants! Live looping, re-edits, remixing, samples and effects truly blurr the lines between DJing and Producing.

2006 Marks the year of Stillwater Records first release. Sweeney & Stowasser - Contact / Adapted Disorder is a progressive breaks / house ep that pleases both the mind and the feet, support from Momu. Second release is Mike Sweeney - Redline / The 6th which was played by Shiloh on their protonradio show. With 8+ releases lined up for late 2006/2007, Zachary and Stillwater Records will be making their melodic presence known shortly...

DJ Style: Progressive / Downtempo

Location: Berkeley, CA

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I first started producing and DJing back in 99’ when I was still heavy into the San Francisco Bay Area rave scene. I remember getting out to some awesome events where DJs were playing pumping, block rocking, intense, non-stopping, let the beat drop dance music, and needless to say I got inspired to create some stuff of my own.

Producing started off as a hobby for me but has developed into a full fledged passion and ultimately lifestyle that keeps me alive and begging to cut the edge of electronic dance music. By “cut the edge” I mean that I’m not interested in repetitive, mind-numbing beats that don’t let you forget that you are listening to a program. Instead, I make sure that each audience’s appetite for energy in multiple genres, and explosiveness in melodic and percussive variation, is satisfied by a mixing style that provides cohesion and consistency throughout each respective performance.

In the end my interest is music. It is meant to make you move but also to make you feel. It is meant to make you think deeply and at the same time to make you forget everything. While the music plays, for a series of fleeting moments, you are in my world, and we move together in mind, body, and spirit.

DJ Style: Trance, Techno

Location: Cupertino, CA

Contact: sweeney@stillwaterrecords.com

Bio:

The people that were most influential in starting me off spinning are my friend Bobby and my brother Mike (who both started spinning before me and acted as mentors and idols), and my parents, who are the most open-minded parents I know (even more so than a lot of people my age)! My parents never told me to turn down my blaring music and are now even listening to electronica themselves (my Mom likes Sasha and Tiesto and my Dad likes harder mixes, they both asked me to get them some CDs for Christmas :-P. There was nothing but a warm and positive attitude towards my spinning from the beginning.

The group that got me into electronic music back in the day was The Prodigy. I got their CD, "The Fat of the Land," and it was all downhill from there. I proceeded into artists like The Chemical Brothers, The Crystal Method, and Orbital, and from them into my first trance CDs: Oakie - Tranceport, Miles - Dreamland, Cream Anthems 2000. However, it wasn't until I heard Magik 6, by the great dj Tiësto, that I realized that a DJ's set could be so much more than just a sum of the parts. A DJ has the opportunity to create a journey of energy and emotion during a set, as well as the responsibility to keep the crowd dancing and having fun. My style of music and mixing is influenced a lot by these first electronic music artists and DJs that I was exposed to; I love a good smooth melody, but I also like to crank the energy up and really get the crowd pumping.

DJ Style: Progressive

Location: San Luis Obispo, CA

Contact: andrew@stillwaterrecords.com

Web: www.stillwaterrecords.com/andrew

Bio:

Blending a unique variety of sounds together over the past seven years, DJ Andrew Westby continues to put his unique stamp on the electronic music landscape.  Having warmed the crowds for the likes of Christopher Lawrence (#4 DJ Mag Top 100 in 2006) and Donald Glaude (#69 DJ Mag Top 100 in 2007), Andrew has been complimented for his unique understanding of the party vibe. 

Andrew got his first taste of electronic music when he heard the Electric Cafe album by Kraftwerk at the tender age of nine.  From that point on his ears gravitated to music infused with electronic and heavy percussive elements.  New Wave acts such as New Order, Ah-Ha, The Eurythmics, Thompson Twins, Information Society as well as other acts like Weather Report and UB-40 provided the foundation for Andrew's sonic evolution.  Early in 2001 Andrew heard a mix by DJ Jimmy Van M of Bedrock fame which inspired him to take a hands on approach to electronic music.  Seven years later the journey continues as Andrew continues to explore a wide realm of musical possibilities.