Based in San Francisco, DJ/Producer/Sound Designer, "DIRTYHERTZ", is a musician in every sense of the word. His knob fetish and love for music led him in to a full-fledged career in sound engineering by age 19. Ever since he has continued to make waves with his sought after productions, his impressive sound design repertoire and his versatile DJ soundscapes.

Before every one claimed to be a computer musician, he was already designing sounds for the most well-known synthesizer manufacturers in the world. Some of his work include: E-Mu’s Audity 2000, Proteus 2000, Xtreme Lead 1, E-4XT Ultra (their bad ass heavyweight sampler), Kurzweil’s K-2600 (their most prestigious sampler) etc. In addition, he has composed music and designed sounds for companies such as: Apple computer (iTunes, Quicktime 5 and iMac), Big Fish Audio (one of the largest sample distributors), Konami Video Games (Dance Dance Revolution), Sound Ideas (largest f/x company in the world) and NASA to name a few.

DIRTY’s impressive slew of original productions and remixes vary from emotional down-tempo compositions to warm musical, epic and grimey dance beats. His records can be found in the boxes of some of the biggest DJs in the world (Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Paul Van Dyk, Sasha, Digweed, Paul Oakenfold, Ferry Corsten, Marcus Schulz, Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo, Matt Darey & many more). Having numerous top 10 hits on record pools and charts, his extensive discography reaches beyond releases on electronic labels to radio (Kiss 100, Radio1, XM, ect.), web, video games and film.

His release "6 String Hero" (original & remixes) on Pacha Recordings hit #2, #4 & #7 on Pacha's top 10 downloads and it topped charts & radio playlist across Europe. The track also got licensed on Pacha Summer 2011 with other heavy hitters like Bob Sinclar, Benny Benassi, Axwell, Kaskade, Moby, Steve Angello, Avicii, Tocadisco and EDX. Other recent works includes a remix of "That Day" for Dave Dresden feat. Nadi Ali, "Electofying" on Spundae (supported by Christopher Lawrence), "State of Sedation” on Pacha (Supported by Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyke & M.I.K.I. to name a few) & "My Poison" on Looq Records (Supported by Paul van Dyk, Marcus Schulz, Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo & more. It also hit #4 top seller on Looq Records). With more releases on the way on Pacha, Baroque Records & other top labels, 2012 is gonna be huge.

DIRTY’s DJ sets can range from booty shakin house, bass rollin electro, deep mental progressive to head banging trance which always includes his sought after white label remixes (some of these white labels have been downloaded over 300,000 times). His unique style and diverse sound has allowed him to play from outdoor festivals like LoveFest, LovEvolution, Burning Man to club parties like Spundae to art and fashion shows on some of the biggest dancefloors. His residencies include world renown super clubs: Ruby Skye, 1015 and the legendary End Up with special guest appearances at Mezzanine, Vessel, Mighty and the Supperclub.

Such talent and versatility has enabled him to play alongside global DJs such as Paul Van Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Above & Beyond, ATB, Ferry Corsten, Christopher Lawrence, Sander Van Doorn, Markus Schultz, Dash Berlin, DaDa Life, Darude, Marco V, Infected Mushroom, Gareth Emery, John '00' Fleming, Serge Devant, Sean Tyas, Boy George, DJ Dan, Nadia Ali, ect. He also DJed Tiesto’s private birthday party in L.A. 2006 (how many djs ever get to that?). Not only SF Weekly honored DIRTYHERTZ as one of San Francisco’s MASTERMINDS (artists, innovators and trailblazers who are changing the Bay Area through the arts) you can always find his name on top 10 DJ charts in San Francisco bay area by popular vote year after year. With his signature style, DIRTYHERTZ has been able to broaden his appeal with regular appearances from cities in the US to countries like Mexico, Switzerland, Croatia, China & Dubai.

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