Bio
3 to 4 turntables, double cd player, 303 groove sampler...
or multimedia set up with dvd turnatables and audio-video mixer
Using IZ extensive knowledge of the workings of a beat along with some of his favorite tunes, Iz manage to switch from 100 TO 200 BPM'S IN A FLASH, taking by surprise into a ride they never forget. - - - - - - -
Evil Iz a sideproject by montreal's Charles Soueidan aka Iznogood, aka Iz; having spent over 2 decades mixing all forms of music in all sorts of venues while playing and helping organize some of Montreal's best techno hardcore events. Charles felt the need to create a more hardcore version of Iznogood, one that would play only hardcore for the headstrong. Taking advantage from years of experience playing alternative, metal, industrial and punk at college music in the 80s and 90s while working at clubs and events made him an expert in the art of creating and controlling a mosh-pit. This knowledge combined with all those years of experiece have given Iz the tools to take hardcore music to the next level: never preparing a set in advance, Evil Iz will find inspiration on the dancefloor to start his sets and then its up to you: faster or slower, harder or funkier, its always up to the crowd. Slowly, he has become the expert on mixing fast beats with the slower reggae and hip hop sounds giving him the ability to create live remixes that have left Montreal and Quebec ravers dumbfounded.
...Iznogood will be on hand to bulldoze the rose garden of your mind with the hardass underground techno...
After 20 years of experience, Iz blend all this knowledge into a unique mixe that has become his own signature sound...
Born in 1968 in Lebanon, Charles started playing music at the early age
of 13 in some of the country’s best parties, clubs and radio stations
before moving to Canada in the late 80’s to continue studies in medical
school. Once enrolled in Sherbrooke University he applied for a job at
the on-campus nightclub and within a month he became their star
resident dj playing what later was defined as college music.
Faced with a hard choice at an early age, he finally quit his studies
(whitout telling his parents) to invested all his time in his first
love: music and making people dance. Until 1997 when he decided to move
back to Lebanon and bring along his wide knowledge of music and a huge
record collection he had spent most of his days working at TABOO records
alongside the likes of Robert Ouimet and Robert De La Gaulthier, one of
the first stores specializing in electronic music in Montreal, as well
as working for one of Montreal’s first underground music magazines
(UPFRONT) with partner-in-crime Noji M’zilikazi; as co-founder and
journalist over a period of two to three years, his interviewed subjects
would range from Crystal Waters to Christ Izaac, all this while hosting
different events at different clubs in Montreal’s evolving nightlife.
The 2 years he spent in Lebanon were invested in running and promoting
104.4 (blue fm). Which he quickliy transformed into the country’s first
and still only alternative music station by introducing the country to
the likes of the Offspring, Rage against the machine, White zombie and
of course Nine inch nails. Never making any compromises when it comes to
music, Charles insisted on including bands like Metallica, Hole and
Nirvana in his playlist wich caused the station’s shutting-down under
the lebanese government’s orders.
Once Back in Montreal, his
love for electronic music made him one of the hardest working people in
what later became known as a rave scene. Most people were shocked at his
choice of a dj name and some lacking any sense of humour really thought
that he was called Iznogood because he was not a good dj. This pushed
him to play better and harder than the others and years later thousands
of screaming ravers and clubers helped him prove them all wrong.
Iznogood, a name actually taken from the french comic books by the same
name became the wake-up call for any event taking place in Montreal.
Evolving like all other dj’s at the time from tape-decks to turntables,
this self-taught mixing machine quickly defined his own musical style
and his own unique mixing technique. Playing at house, trance and
hardcore parties, clubs, afterhours and raves, he quickly turned
Iznogood into a houshold name. Iz was appointed dj number 1 in Montreal
by the media on several occasions. Closing more events than we can list,
playing in different raves on the same night as well as playing in
different rooms in the same party. In some of these events Iz was
accompanied by bands, singer or solo accoustic musicians and performers
along with live video projections and live painting performances. Also
included in his latest activities were managing clubs and organizing
fund raising events to raise money for breakfast for children in primary
schools in Quebec.
During this period, as if all this was not
enough, with the help and under the guidance of dj’s and musician
friends from around the globe (thank you Nickadimas) Charles opened his
own record store (XTC records, on Mount-Royal street) over a period of
over 5 years he imported records of all kind ranging from trip hop to
noize and hardcore while sponsoring shows in his favorite city with his
favorites like of The Horrorist (Things to come records.), Miro and Marc
Acardipane (Aca records), The industrial strength sound as well as the
early gabber movement.
Co-founding member of the POPPSICLE
KREW and his own label DISCPHUNKTIONNAL RECORDS as well as being proudly
part of the Kannibalz Kollective (Quebec city) and IMX RECORDS, Iz has
released over 75 non-official discs all distributed from hand to hand
throughout the world.
In the summer of 2000 during the
electronic music festival Arrival 4, Charles, under the name Iznogood
was set on creating the first ever Guinness world record for the
longuest dj set, playing for over 56 hours non stop (played more than 2
000 records) and raising money for a local drug rehabilitation center.
After this gig Iz was approached several times by manufacturers to test
the reliability of dj equipment and demonstrations in stores.
Iz played - Clubs - Raves - Live events - Afterhours - Music fests - Outdoors events - Radios - Tv stations
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Member since: 09 Apr 2009
