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Ever since he took control of his Catholic High School's dance committee and started spinning the new wave and early electronic music he loved, Hac Le has been exhorting audiences to dance, and audiences have listened. listed resident & Auralism's multi-talented Creative Director is a man of many hats, from world-traveling DJ, to promoter, to up-and-coming producer.

The Vietnam-born Le spent the '90s kicking around LA, absorbing the spacey, mind-warping West Coast sound and putting in a three-year residency at Melrose's Kontrol Faktory party. After relocating to Chicago, giving up on and subsequently rediscovering DJing, he began producing his own dark, tech-y tracks under the name Kyaro with new ally and future Auralism founder Jason Short. (Le currently has several solo and collaborative projects in the works.)

In 2000, Le co-founded Global Trip, a Mexico-based company that has imported everyone from Lee Burridge to Deep Dish to Dimitri from Paris; he also forms the heart of Play Co. & Friends, a cadre of producers, artists, and DJs who promote Chicago's underground scene through parties, radio shows, and podcasts. Still, the turntables remain Hac's true passion, reinforced when John Digweed chose Hac's mix as the winner of FutureMusic's Next Big Thing DJ contest and James Zabiela in the recent DJ Mag poll named him "Breakthru DJ of 2008". Le's sets, which will carry him around the globe in the coming year, are where his longstanding infatuation with dance music comes alive. "On one hand, I have the Chicago house influence, on the other, the nearby Detroit techno, and my West Coast background. It all comes together in a very nice fusion which people enjoy and seem to have a hard time categorizing!"

With a new generation of up and coming DJ's to hit the electronic dance music scene, Caliendo’s sound of progressive house, assiduous track selection and flawless mixing has helped him stand out from the crowd. He single-handedly turned his dreams into reality with persistence and by staying true to himself rather than jumping on the next popular bandwagon. After experimenting his first two months on the decks he found the underground sound he was looking for: a fusion of chunky hard hitting Progressive with Tribal and Techno waves surrounded by an imagination of outer space manifests Caliendo’s style.

During his childhood, Caliendo’s love of electronic music started within various industrial genres. Some of his current inspirations still include music by Ministry, Meat Beat Manifesto and Skinny Puppy. His passion for dance music didn’t develop until he discovered the Chicago music scene in 2000. “I have always had a love for music and wanted to be part of it. Growing up as a kid, I was always mesmerized with distorted and warping sounds that seemed to mimic outer space and the possibilities of what only the mind could fathom. It was these mysterious sounds that gave one a feeling of tranquility and peace. These visions of the mind motivated me to use my music to energize and manipulate the crowd into a journey. Mixing the imagination of the future with a chunky bass line and hard hitting beats defines my goal.”