Since the end of 2005, I've been developing a show involving turntables, sampling, effects, and keyboards. Basically, I'm combining all the aspects of DJing, musicianship, and geeky technology interest into what I call the Live Remix Project.
This is a form of musical production that takes place in front of the audience's eyes. Some of the set is rehearsed, and other parts are improvised. I debuted my Live Remix Project at the Remix Hotel and Winter Music Conference in Miami 2006. This is my next level of progession as a DJ, and more importantly, an 'Artist'. Check out the Live Remix Project videos below.
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**NEW VIDEO** Mixx LRP vs. Club Set - June 13, 2009
Shamrock Fest 2009 - Let It Rock
Shamrock Fest 2009 - Never Scared vs Enter Sandman (blend)
2009 Shamrock Fest - Way I Are
Shadow of the Day (LRP Remix) - performed at Enclave in Chicago
Another Brick In The Wall (LRP Remix Version 2) - Studio Mezmor formerly known as Crobar (NYC)
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Crazy (Live Remix) - Luxy (Taipei, Taiwan)
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Enferno LRP Trip (Video Snippets) - London, UK
Just some random video shot while in London for my Live Remix Project showcase at the 2006 World DMC Finals. Check out DJ Idee at the end with the killer impersonations.
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MORE VIDEOS...
TROOPERZ REUNION at DJ ENFERNO's
Back in the late 90s, I joined up with the Trooperz Crew, which consisted of Geometrix, Quixotic, and Sneek. Since then, DJ Idee and Oz were added. This clip is from a scratch session, complete with with beer and pizza. Unfortunately, Idee and Sneek couldn't make it. This was the first time in about 5 or 6 years that the 4 of us (Quixotic, Geo, Oz, and I) had gotten together to scratch...and act like idiots. Some things never change. (Shot at my old condo)
Sounds Like
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All of the Above
Track Listing for All of the Above
1 Put Your Drinks Down Intro - DJ Enferno
2 The Way I Are (Enferno's Too Late Edit) - Timbaland, Evermore
3 The Bomb Shake (Enferno Remix) - Ying Yang Twins, Bucketheads
4 It's Like That -
Run DMC
5 The Roof Is On Fire
- Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three
6 Say It Right (Enferno's Teen Blend) - Nelly Furtado, Nirvana
7 Spirit Breaker (Enferno Remix) - Nirvana
8 We Be Burnin (Enferno's Timb Blend) - Sean Paul, Timbaland
9 Timbaland Break - Rock-It! Scientists
10 Robot Rock (Enferno's Party Break Blend) - Daft Punk, DJ Ace
11 Let Me See Those Hands - DJ Ace
12 Let Me Clear My Throat (Enferno's Tiger Blend) - DJ Kool, Survivor
13 Ladies Anthem - DJ Danny Diggz
14 Sexy Lady - Yung Berg ft Junior
15 The Show - Doug E. Fresh ft Slick Rick
16 Get Me Bodied
-
Beyonce
17 Money In the Bank (Enferno's Message Blend) - Swizz Beatz, Grandmaster
Flash
18 Summer Love - Justin Timberlake
19 Give It Up To Me (Enferno Booty Edit) - Bubba Sparxxx, Sean Paul
20 When You Gonna Give It Up To Me - Sean Paul ft Keysha Cole
21 Work It (Reggae Mix) - DJ Riz
22 Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
23 You Oughta Know - Alanis Morissette
24 Bojangles - Pitbull
25 Stronger - Kanye West
26 Get Buck In Here - Felli Fel ft Akon & Diddy
27 Tambourine - Eve
28 Walk This Way - Run DMC
29 Hard To Handle - Black Crowes
30 Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes
31 Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
32 Move Along - All-American Rejects
33 Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves
34 All Night Long - Lionel Richie
35 Promiscuous (Remix) - Nelly Furtado
36 Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
37 Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie
38 Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
39 Back To The Old School - John Farruggio
40 A Bit Patchy (Original Mix) - Switch
41 Sound Of Freedom
- Bob Sinclar ft Gary Pine & Dollarman
42 Don't Matter (Calypso Remix) - Akon
43 You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
44 Rock This Party - Bob Sinclar ft Gary Pine & Dollarman
45 Whine Up - Kat De Luna
46 Don't Stop The Music - Rihanna
47 Give It (Enferno's Justice Edit) - Nelly Furtado, Justice
48 Proper Education (Original Mix) - Eric Prydz
49 Destination Calabria - Alex Gaudino ft Crystal Waters
50 Space (Klaas Club Remix) - Micha Moor
51 Beautiful Girl (Rock-It! Scientists Remix) - Sean Kingston
52 Glamorous - Fergie
53 Money In The Bank
- Lil Scrappy
54 Rock Star - Da Shop Boyz
55 Holiday - Green Day
56 Pop Lock & Drop It (Enferno's Holiday Blend) - Huey, Green Day
57 Krispy Hot Stew (Enferno Remix) - MIMS, Green Day
58 We Will Rock You - Queen
59 Give It To You
- Eve ft Sean Paul
60 Take On Me - A-Ha
61 What I Am - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
62 I'm Hypnotized (Enferno Remix) - Notorious B.I.G., Edie Brickell
63 Africa - Toto
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So Fly
Track Listing for So Fly
1 THX Intro (DJ Enferno)
2 Head Is Really Hot - Holla Boyz Remix (NIN vs Missy)
3 Sexy Back (Justin Timberlake)
4 Culo Back - John Farrugio Remix (Ying Yang Twins vs Justin
Timberlake)
5 It's Tricky (Run DMC)
6 Rock The Casbah (The Clash)
7 Rock the Temperature - DJ Edit Remix (Sean Paul vs the Clash)
8 Rock This Party feat Big Ali & Dollar Man (Bob Sinclar)
9 Say Say Say (Waiting For You) - Original Version (Hi-Tack)
10 Sweet Dreams (Eurythmics)
11 Sum Different Ish Part 2 (Crooklyn Clan)
12 Are You Gonna Go My Way (Lenny Kravitz)
13 Dire Breaks (DJ Spryte)
14 Humps For Nothing - DJ Enferno Remix (Black Eyed Peas vs Dire
Straits)
15 Shiny Disco Balls - Main Mix (Who Da Funk feat Jessica Eve)
16 Maneater, Discoteka Acapella (Nelly Furtado, Starkillers)
17 World Hold On (Bob Sinclar)
18 The World Is Mine - Fuck Me I'm Famous Edit (David Guetta)
19 Personal World - DJ Enferno Remix (Outkast vs Depeche Mode)
20 Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
21 The Sound Of San Francisco - Progressive Ext Mix (Global Deejays)
22 Somebody Told Me Pt II - DJ Enferno Remix (Killers vs Global Deejays vs
Gary Glitter)
23 Mr. Brightside - The Killers
24 Coming Undone Wit It (Dem Franchize Boyz vs Korn)
25 Everytime The Beat Drop (Monica feat Dem Franchize Boyz)
26 I Think They Like Me - Remix (DFB, Bow Wow, JD)
27 It's Goin Down (Yung Joc)
28 Ring The Alarm (Beyonce)
29 London Bridge (Fergie)
30 Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
31 Let's Get Ill (Crooklyn Clan)
32 I Want You Back (Jackson 5)
33 Float On (Modest Mouse)
34 Hips Don't Lie (Shakira)
35 Give It Up To Me (Sean Paul feat Keyshia Cole)
36 Be Faithful (Fatman Scoop)
37 My Love (Justin Timberlake feat T.I.)
38 Conga Control - DJ Enferno Remix (Missy vs Miami Sound Machine)
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Rockin With A Pro
Track Listing For Rockin With A Pro
1 Rockin With A Pro Intro
2 Run It (Remix feat Juelz Santana)
3 Holla At Me Baby
4 Say I
5 Badd
6 Just a Lil Bit
7 Just a Lil Bit (Back in Black - DJ Enferno Blend)
8 Back in Black
9 Disco Inferno
10 Crazy In Love
11 Yeah
12 Yeah (Take Me Out - DJ Enferno Blend)
13 Take Me Out
14 Just A Girl
15 Be Faithful
16 Survivor
17 Stepz Out
18 We Be Burning
19 Din Daa Daa
20 Shake
21 Milkshake
22 She Wants a Milkshake (DJ Enferno Remix)
23 1,2 Step
24 1,2 Step (Kiss
- DJ Enferno Blend)
25 Kiss
26 Respect
27 Billie Jean
28 Billie Jean (Culo - DJ Enferno Blend)
29 Culo
30 Culo (Seven Nation Army - DJ Enferno Blend)
31 Seven Nation Army
32 Control Myself
33 Don't Cha
34 Don't Cha Shake Me (DJ Enferno Remix)
35 Temperature
36 Lose Control
37 My Humps
38 Humps For Nothing (DJ Enferno Remix)
39 Livin On A Prayer
40 Your Love
41 I Like the Way You Move
42 One Night In Bangkok
43 Sorry (Remix)
44 Personal World (DJ Enferno Remix)
45 Somebody Told Me, Pt II (DJ Enferno Remix)
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Ver*sus
Track Listing for Versus
1 Enferno Scratch Intro
2 BOB (Intrumental)
3 Hey Ya
4 Come Out and Play
5 Dirt off your shoulder remix
6 Somewhere I Belong vs Go DJ
7 Go DJ vs Darlin Nikki
8 We Will Rock You
9 I Love Rock & Roll
10 Bulls On Parade vs Breathe
11 In Da Club vs Closer (Inhumanz Remix)
12 Closer vs Shorty Wanna Ride
13 Just A Little Bit vs Back In Black
14 Drop the Nookie (DJ Enferno Remix)
15 99 Problems Remix
16 Whatchu Gon Do vs Beautiful People
17 Love Song vs BOB
18 Yeah vs Come With Us
19 Take Me Out
20 Holla Back Girl vs Cruel Summer
21 Signs vs The Way You Make Me Feel
22 The Way You Make Me Feel vs 1, 2 Step
23 1, 2 Step vs Caribean Queen
24 What Have You Done for Me Lately vs I'm Really Hot
25 Poison
26 Gossip Folks vs Love and Happiness vs The Bomb
27 White Horse
28 Wanna Be Starting Something vs Lose It
29 Oh vs Push It
30 Sugar
31 Sugar vs Shook Me All Night Long
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The Champ
Track Listing for The Champ
1 Funky Introduction
2 Buddy
3 Ring Ring
4 Rapper's Delight
5 Another One Bites The Dust
6 Juice (Know The Ledge)
7 Apache vs Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
8 Every Breath You Take (Oz Rmx)
9 Interlude
10 Lithium
11 Interlude 2
12 Even Flow (Enferno Rmx)
13 Scratch Set
14 Hip Hop vs Rap
15 I Get Around
16 Scenario
17 Express Yourself
18 Nothin But A G Thang
19 The Next Episode
20 Cop That Shit
21 Try Again
22 I know You Got Soul
23 Pump It Up
24 I Can't Go For That (Enferno Rmx)
25 Need You Tonight (Enferno Rmx)
26 Lex Coupes Beamaz
27 Get By
28 Paid In Full
29 Can't Stop Won't Stop
30 Peter Piper
31 Uh Oh
32 Work It (Enferno Rmx)
33 Ladies in the place interlude
34 In Da Club
35 Wanksta (Enferno Rmx)
36 Falls in the place interlude
37 Fuckin with Enferno Routine
38 2003 DMC US Finals Championship Set
39 We Are The Champions
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If DJ Enferno was only known as the guy Madonna picked to cut up samples and assist in remix productions for her shows, helping to make the Sticky & Sweet Tour the highest-grossing tour of the year, he could look comfortably back on an illustrious and successful career. But for Enferno, a veteran club DJ, turntablist, production guru and creator of the much-lauded Live Remix Project (more on that later), the tour is simply the natural progression to a consistently bourgeoning career.
The drive to excel has always pushed Enferno to be the best at whatever he does. (It’s no coincidence he earned a Black Belt in karate by age 9.) As a kid, years before becoming a DJ, Enferno would cut and splice together snippets from different songs, creating seamless mixtapes, using nothing more than cassettes and a boom box. Not long after getting his first DJ setup, Enferno would set up a mobile DJ unit, perfecting his skills for hours a day, and play whatever high school (and later college) party would have him.
After graduating from college with a business degree, the D.C.-based Enferno worked the corporate world by day and deejayed the clubs at night. “It was always something on the side,” he says. “But the gigs kept on coming.” As his clout as a club deejay began to grow, Enferno would see a video that would take him down a parallel path in his DJ career.
“My best friend showed me a video tape of the 1997 DMC and ITF DJ competitions,” he recalls. “My first feeling was, ‘How are these guys creating these sounds with just turntables and a mixer??’ I would watch that tape over and over, rewinding and studying the mechanics of their scratching and juggling techniques. I was fascinated by the art.”
From there, he was hooked. In 1999, Enferno would enter his first DMC competition, the most prestigious in the world. While he didn’t win the first year, he would spend countless hours working on his routines, scoring higher with each passing year, until finally winning the U.S. Championship in 2003.
Enferno hung up his battle needles in 2004, and continued to increase his exposure in the club world, touring all over the USA, Asia, and parts of Europe, even making a feature appearance on MTV’s Direct Effect in 2004. Taking club audiences by storm with his combination of musical knowledge, crowd control, and championship technical skills, by 2006, Enferno was on top of the club world with his multi-genre open-format style on the decks.
But he knew there was more. “I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of ‘performing’ on turntables in front of an audience,” says the classically-trained pianist. “I saw what Q-Bert was doing: traveling the world, performing on turntables like a rock star…like a musician. And then one day, I walked into a Virgin Megastore in Paris and saw this electronic musician performing. He was using a bunch of keyboards and samplers to create, sample, and loop sounds to create music on the SPOT. Then he would get on the keyboards and improvise to the music he just created. WOW. I thought to myself, ‘I bet I could do that, but with keyboards, samplers, and turntables.’”
Thus spawned the Live Remix Project (LRP) in 2006, a “one-man symphony” incorporating turntables, instruments, effects and samplers that combines musical virtuosity with technical proficiency. LRP draws on a myriad of Enferno’s skills—a musician’s natural ear for music, exceptional turntablist ability and production wizardry—to upend the traditional idea of a deejay “set.” “Basically, it allows me to produce music live on the spot as opposed to just getting up there and spinning a record,” says Enferno. “I’m able to record sounds from the turntables and keyboards and then affect and mix those sounds live. So instead of mixing between two turntables, I’m managing up to 20 sources of sound at a time, all by myself.” The result is, as the Miami New Times recently put it, “a tech-toy geek's dream come true…Trainspotters eat up its impressively innovative tangle of wires and software; dance-floor denizens are moved by its democratic multigenre, all-fun groove.” (Check out a www.liveremixproject.com for a sample.)
In fact, it was at a LRP set that Enferno caught the eye of Kevin Antunes, Madonna’s musical director, who happened to be at Enferno’s show after getting directions from the boss herself to look out for some “cutting edge deejays” for her upcoming tour. After seeing a video of his LRP set, Enferno could add Madonna as a loyal fan and before he knew it, he was rehearsing for the Material Girl’s tour. (Ironically, the deejay’s first slow dance was to Madonna’s “Crazy For You” at 13 years old.)
Enferno’s role wasn’t limited to performing on stage with Madonna and the rest of the band. Off stage, Enferno was called upon by Madonna to help with musical arrangements and programming. For three months, six days a week, 10-12 hours a day, Enferno would rehearse with Antunes and the rest of the crew, and create mashups, remixes and interstitials that would form the backbone of the concert. “It still blows my mind,” he says with a laugh. “I used to get a rush when a few hundred people in a club liked my work. Imagine what it’s like to see as many as 75,000 people lose their minds as the biggest star in the world performs the very remix that I helped produce!”
This year, DJ Enferno is showing no signs of resting on his laurels. He’s already signed on for the 2009 Sticky & Sweet Tour this summer, while gearing up for a series of Live Remix Project and club dates around the world. On the production end, look for a new CD release of the Live Remix Project coming in May 2009.
Interview at NAMM 2009:
Some fan videos I found posted on Youtube. Shot at various Sticky & Sweet Tour performances:
man u must be the most unappreciated dj........ 13 k friends are u kidding u kill shit...... i love shadow and cut even though i dj trance, but they really aint got shit on u..... any chance that u will be commin to my school from remix hotel? i got to SAE SF, i heard remix hotel is going to be there this year or next, and would like to see u live.
SEPT.
11: DMC Battle for World Supremacy, DMC World Team Competitions + DJ
I-Dee & DJ Yoda
6pm-11.30pm: 09
National Battle for Supremacy Champions include DJ ND
(Benelux), DJ Mandrayq (Italy), DJ Shota (Japan), Jimmix (Mexico), DJ
Jam Masta (Philippines), DJ Impact (New Zealand), Poss-Nifty (South
Africa), DJ Afro (Taiwan), Rasp (UK), DJ Supreme - USA (former DJ for
Lauren Hill / 91 Superman/NMS champ). More
tba.
09 National DJ Team
Champions: Le Trio Du Jour (Algeria), Simple But Funk
(Italy), Jimmix & Dark Angel (Mexico), AKG (Taiwan), Battlestar
- USA: DJ Turbulence & Phonics - 2005 DMC US Team
Champions. More tba.
SEPT. 12:
DMC World Finals + DJ Q-bert, Rob Swift + Fly + Switch + Shiftee +
I-Dee + Killa Kella.
7pm-11.30pm. 2009 DMC National DJ
Champions: include DJ ND (Benelux), DJ Pekoe (Bulgaria), HBD
(China), DJ Mandrayq (Italy), DJ Co-Ma (Japan), Jimmix (Mexico), DJ
Impact (New Zealand), DJ Final (Norway), DJ Jam Masta (Philippines),
The Cutt (South Africa), DJ Kid (Taiwan), Jeppa (UK), DJ Shked
(Ukraine), DJ Shiftee - USA (2007 DMC World Supremacy Champ). More tba.
indigO2 at the O2, Millenium Way,
Greenwich London SE10 0AX. Tube: North Greenwich Zone 2
(Jubilee Line) or via Thames Clippers. Tickets: 2 days £20 or 1 Day
Ticket £15 at: dmcdjchamps.com
MAY 29: 2009 DMC SOUTHWEST HEAT: San Antonio TX Judges: DJ
Donnie Dee, DJ Kico, DJ AK & Manila Ice! 8pm. All Ages. $10 cover.
Blue Bubble Ballroom 9315 Broadway SATX 78217. bluebubbleballroom.com +
myspace.com/dmc_south + facebook.com
JUNE 13: 2009 DMC EAST COAST + DMC BATTLE FOR USA SUPREMACY: NYC
4pm - 11pm. House DJs: Rob Swift & DJ Spictakular. Host: DJ
Fatfingaz. Judges: DJ IXL, Precision & Spictakular. All Ages. $10
in adv. at ticketweb.com. $15 day of. Santos Party House 96 Lafayette
St NYC 10013. santospartyhouse.com. A C E N Q R W J M Z or 6 to Canal.
facebook.com
JUNE 27 - Los Angeles CA: 2009 DMC WEST COAST + 209 DMC USA TEAM BATTLE
6pm-? Judges: P-Trix, D-Styles, more tba. 18+. $15-$25. Sabor Lounge
847 S. Union Ave. LA CA 90017. saborlounge.com.
myspace.com/bombandsystems + facebook.com
JULY 10: DMC NEW ORLEANS 9pm - ? Showcases by Teeko and DJ
I-Dee. Judges: I-Dee, Teeko, DJ Spin & Shortkut. Host: Truth
Universal. Howlin Wolf 907 S Peters St NO LA 70130. $10 at
howlin-wolf.com. neworleansdmc.com & myspace.com/dmcneworleans.
facebook.com
AUGUST 1: 2009 DMC USA FINALS – New York City 4-11pm. Host: Kool
DJ Red Alert. House DJ: Lord Finesse. All Ages. $15 adv. through
ticketweb.com. $20 day of. Santos Party House 96 Lafayette St. NYC
santospartyhouse.com. A C E N Q R W J M Z or 6 to Canal.
MAY 29: SAN ANTONIO TX - 2009 DMC SOUTHWEST HEAT Judges: DJ
Donnie Dee, DJ Kico, DJ AK & Manila Ice! 8pm. All Ages. $10 cover.
Blue Bubble Ballroom 9315 Broadway SATX 78217. bluebubbleballroom.com +
myspace.com/dmc_south +
JUNE 13: NEW YORK CITY - 2009 DMC EAST COAST + DMC BATTLE FOR USA SUPREMACY
4pm - 11pm. House DJs: Rob Swift & DJ Spictakular. Host: DJ
Fatfingaz. Judges: DJ IXL, Precision & Spictakular. All Ages. $10
in adv. at ticketweb.com. $15 day of. Santos Party House 96 Lafayette
St NYC 10013. santospartyhouse.com. A C E N Q R W J M Z or 6 to Canal.
JUNE 27: LOS ANGELES CA: 2009 DMC WEST COAST + 209 DMC USA TEAM BATTLE
6pm-? Judges: P-Trix, D-Styles, more tba. 18+. $15-$25. Sabor Lounge
847 S. Union Ave. LA CA 90017. saborlounge.com.
myspace.com/bombandsystems
JULY 10: DMC NEW ORLEANS 9pm - ? Showcases by Teeko and DJ
I-Dee. Judges: I-Dee, Teeko, DJ Spin & Shortkut. Host: Truth
Universal. Howlin Wolf 907 S Peters St NO LA 70130. $10 at
howlin-wolf.com. neworleansdmc.com & myspace.com/dmcneworleans.
AUGUST 1: 2009 DMC USA FINALS - NEW YORK CITY 4-11pm. Host: Kool DJ
Red Alert. House DJ: Lord Finesse. All Ages. $15 adv. through
ticketweb.com. $20 day of. Santos Party House 96 Lafayette St. NYC
santospartyhouse.com. A C E N Q R W J M Z or 6 to Canal. MYSPACE.COM/DMCUSA
I saw your Twitter post about becoming a Papa!! Congrats!! It's the most amazing thing in the world. They grow sooo fast, my boy's only 3 months old and has his own distinct personality already.
All day event begins with PopMaster Fabel's lecture/demo on the Foundational Dance Forms associated with Hip Hop Culture at 11:30am.
DMC battle begins at 6:30pm.
Host: DJ I-Dee (2005 DMC USA Battle for Supremacy Champion + 1st Ever Gong DJ Battle Champion) Judges include: I-Dee (Trooperz), Oz (Trooperz) and Impulse
George Mason University 4400 University Dr Fairfax, VA 22030 Dewberry Hall located in the basement of the Johnson Center More info on everything at www.organizedtheory.com
Upcoming: May 29: San Antonio TX - Southwest DMC @ Blue Bubble Ballroom June 13: New York City - East Coast DMC @ Santos Party House More DMC DJ Battles to be Announced! Aug. 1: 2009 DMC US Finals @ Santos Party House NYC
