Fourteen year veteran of the Omaha electronic dance music scene, Aaron Lee is considered both a figurehead and one of the godfathers of dance music in Omaha. From his humble beginnings of house parties to sharing the stage with some of the best DJs in the world, Aaron Lee’s resume is one of the strongest in the area. Currently in his 6th year as resident DJ and entertainment director for the highly respected Bar 415, he has been instrumental in shaping dance music in Omaha today. As entertainment director, he has helped bring some of the worlds best known artists to Omaha, with the likes of Troy Pierce, Paco Osuna, Miskate and Someone Else, Marc Houle, Tony Rohr, Dieselboy, Hochi, Shimon, Dara, Blake Jarrell, Nosmo and Kris B, and a host of others to his club. He plays 2-3 nights a month at the club as well, keeping in tune with the world scene and always playing up front and unreleased tracks. He also schedules locals to be able to share their music with Omaha. He seldom has time to travel, but has played in several regional venues such as The Church and Beta in Denver, raves in Minneapolis, and smaller clubs in Kansas City and Lincoln, as well as opening for Carl Cox in Houston, DJ Rap in Denver, adn Donald Glaude in Omaha the past 3 months. Aaron Lee is also part of www.ultramusique.com, a local production company that promotes events and specializes in a twice a year riverboat cruise which boasts 3 levels of DJs and a 400 person capacity that has sold out all 8 times it has been held. Ultramusique also supplies free live sets of some of the worlds best DJs. He also currently got accepted as a reviewer for the new and very highly acclaimed www.mypromopool.com.
Aaron Lee and his partner, Bruno Magnum own Giant Squid Recordings, which is currently on their 32nd release and is distributed through Symphonic Distribution to a wide variety of outlets including Beatport, Juno, Track It Down, DJ Download, iTunes, Amazon, and several other sites. With aver 25 artists on the label,He stays busy as the A & R rep and production manager for the label. Their label has had support from Serge Devant, Blake Jarrell, Peter Pain, DJ Red, Nosmo and Kris B, Kosmos Epsilon, DJ Villo, Randall Jones, Darin Epsilon, Hernan Catanneo, and several other DJs throughout the globe. Aaron Lee's remix of the Josh Dupont single "Slinky" climbed the now defunct Balance Record Pool charts all the way to 3! He has put several tracks out on Giant Squid Recordings, and has also done remixes for Deep Life Records, and Slavic Records, and has remixes pending release on Zuvuya Recordings, Solar Cathedral Recordings, Nightshade, and Wreckless Recordings. After the new year, Aaron will be moving to Denver where he will be working with Twenty40 on events and will continue to produce and DJ.
Here's a super sweet video for "No Escape" that Joe did for me!!
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