Bio
born a couple scores ago in jamaica new york. dj tantra was nursed by wbls, chuck chillout and cool dj red alert as they put down the original NY house sound. introduced to the technics at 9 years old (still eating vinyl). one of the few djs that still plays vinyl in most sets! elementary studies were jacked by silk hurley and bit’s n pieces. preparatory schooled by evelyn champagne king, donna summer, the colonel and masters at work. continuing studies abroad... cuba, dubai, paris, rome and tokyo. influenced by kevin hedges, marques wyatt, kinq britt, roy davis and ben watt to discover the trunk and soul that is house music in salvador bahia and reaffirming branches through the european union. dj tantra is beginning his doctorate studies in asia pacific and africa to explore the roots and origin of the 4/4 sound, which has manifested into what is known as house music. eagerly awaiting to unearth the roots and origins in africa. dj tantra is relentlessly striving to deliver soulful hotness that infects you, to master the alchemy of music (truly being da sh!t), and surface from the lab to broadcast deep, lovely, soulful, tribal house music to all who understand the need to get down!!! da boolay (bootleg) mixes, a melange of deep riddims compiled by dj tantra. he extends courtesies and love to the alchemists, djs, producers, poets & labels (who recognize talent & how hot they are) and whose tracks have been boolay on tantra’s compilations. he subtly grooves and moves venues in the americas, europe & the middle east; from dc to dubai, the shores of the adriatic to those of of cannes, los angeles, manhattan and miami. a smooth deep lovely mixology infused with ancestral instruments and organic funk. dynamically managing, producing and promoting artist in several music genres, from adult contemporary to alternative to asian pop to hip hop to jazz to metal to rb in english, french, korean and spanish. working with multi platinum, grammy gobbling producers dre & vidal highly anticipated jazz standard project with the incredible voice of jean carne. exec producing unreleased Teddy Pendergrass with master engineer & philadelphia grammy chapter president craig white, and bump johnson at philadelphia international studios. dj tantra is currently producing tracks, eps,albums with... dannis anderson, jessy kyle, jean carne, jaguar wright, gabe merizalde, the sideshow prophets, imperial b and the estate of teddy pendergrass. developing promotions, synchronizations deals and tours both domestically and internationally.putting together dates and shows for vintage artists like patti labelle, kool & the gang and james ingram. remixing classic songs to silky deep house grooves with multi-lingual operatic artist, dannis anderson, neo soul diva jaguar wright. anticipated release... new standards remix. get at me... get@djtantra.com www.djtantra.com
Washington DC United States
Member since: 24 Aug 2011
