DJ Elektro: The History
As I entered High School, I began to discover the underground music scene, mostly through surfing the Internet. It was about the end of my 9th grade year that I decided that I wanted to try this Hip-Hop stuff for myself. I actually started recording music over Summer Break that year. I had my PC, some MP3 editing/recording software, a karaoke microphone, and a jack to put it into my PC, I was so sure I was going to be a huge hit. However, little did I know that I was taking a stumble into failure.
Dubbing myself "Balliztik," I was pretty much a clone of ICP and Twiztid, just like a lot of Juggalos who decide to try a hand at music.. My equipment (or lack thereof) was completely shit, and my lyrics were pretty much a constant cycle of "I'll stab you, I'm crazy. blah blah...." Typical Horrorcore stuff. In my two-year stint as Balliztik, I recorded only a few songs, a solo Rapcore song called "All My Hate And Rage," a collaboration with U-Fol (then known as the Unheard Psycho) called "Tired," and a collaboration with Budz McGee (formerly Bunny Man) of the Dark Ninjas called "We'll Kill 'Ya," as well as a collaboration with The Pumpkin King, who I still work with today.
During the middle of my Balliztik stint, I recruited my former, and current, best friend Eric to form a Horrorcore group called "12 Gauge." 12 Gauge only recorded two songs (one of which I don't even remember the title of), and it was a song about two guys that watched a few too many horror movies, and decided to take their knowledge about killing into the real world. It was also recorded with the same shitty microphone, so it was terrible. The second 12 Gauge song was entitled "Reject," and it was rapped over a stolen beat. Even though the songs were whack as fuck, we were young and thought they were fresh.
It was around this time that I was desperately looking for a label that would have me, and I finally found that label in Wasteland Entertainment. However, since I was under 21, I was not officially signed to the label. After the Wasteland Entertainment shit, I met underground artist Infected online, and we did a short collaboration together. The days of Balliztik were almost over.
It was about this time that I had began to experiment with sample-based music, with programs like MTV Music Generator, Fruity Loops Studio, and Sony Acid Pro. Since I was (and still am) a big fan of Electronica and Trance music, I began to make my own unique Electronica tracks, and my material was pretty well-liked. It was at this point that I changed my name from "Balliztik" to "DJ Pogo," after Pogo The Clown (aka John Wayne Gacy). I began to experiment with very Trip-Hop-ish stuff, and I began to mix Techno and Rap together into my own style. By the end of my 11th grade year, I had a collection of about 17 songs that I entitled "Supersonic." The album was available for free through my SoundClick page, and got pretty good responses.
After graduation, I didn't make much music. I was too concerned with what to do with my life and getting a job that I didn't have a lot of free time. After I got a lot of things straighted out, I started to create music again, under the alias of "DJ Elektro," and that's pretty much where I'm at now.
2007 and 2008 brought many new changes. I made a shitload of new material in mid to late 2007, and in the beginning of 2008, I packed my bags and moved to Orlando, FL (where I now reside), to go to Full Sail University for my Film degree. Since I've been here, I have met so many other artists, each with their own equipment, talents, and styles. Started making beats again, and doing a lot of work with other artists. Keep your eyeholes open for 2009, who knows what kinda new shit will be coming your way?
My Links
- MySpace Page
- SoundClick Page
Artists I've Worked With/For
(Search my Friends List for their individual pages)
- Scrub Club Records
- The Pumpkin King
- 5:AM
- Da Kippa
- Dark Ninjas / Budz McGee
- Syanyde
- Contayjious
- The Sinister Six
- U-Fol
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