
David Garcia - Focus - Tapas Nightclub - Newport Beach US - Dec 2007 - Part 2
Submitted By:
2fjeff
Genre: House
Date of Set: Dec 4th, 2007
Filesize: 95.86 MB
Total Downloads: 2
Biography of David Garcia
David Garcia has earned the reputation as one of the most versatile voices of the San Francisco scene. He is an artist who can successfully blend club anthems with underground sounds. In doing so, David creates a unique brand of House Music enjoyed both in the clubs and in the underground. His style and music selection consistently crosses genre and demographics, uniting the young raving crowds with more the experienced club goers.
'I grew up in LA with Hard House and Techno, moving up to the Bay Area to find Deep House. It was then that I had to adjust and fine-tune all the ingredients.'
In 1994, David introduced himself to the Los Angeles club scene by captivating listeners as a finalist on POWER 106 FM's POWERTOOLS DJ contest. While appearing at the most popular dance spots in Los Angeles and San Francisco, David continued to evolve his sound. In 1995, he joined forces with Richard Humpty Vission and Tony B! In Los Angeles, as a co-producer on the POWERTOOLS radio show as well as on-air work on 106.1 KMEL-San Francisco, David soon began to build an avid and diverse following. Jet setting between Los Angeles and the Bay Area soon gave David the exposure he was looking for.
By 1996, David's street and on-air popularity grew. David accepted important residencies at CLUB X and THE SOUND FACTORY in San Francisco. David was also critical in conceptualizing a new underground radio show, 'House Nation,' on WILD 94.9 FM. In just six months, 'House Nation' became the #1 rated radio show in San Francisco. After three years with 'House Nation,' David went on to establish 'Radioactive' on Z95.7 KZQZ-San Francisco. 'Radioactive' not only created an outlet for local DJ's, but was one of the first shows to feature the music and interviews of such dance personalities as Pete Tong, the Basement Jaxx, the Rhythm Masters, DJ Sneak, Dj Dan, Donald Glaude, Bad Boy Bill, Terry Mullan and more.
It was the success of 'Radioactive' in the year 2000 that gave way to the release of David's first nationwide CD mix compilation, 'DAVID GARCIA presents @ THE CLUB 2000.' Within the first two months of its release,'@ THE CLUB 2000' sold over 10,000 units, occupying the #1 Electronica slot at the Virgin Megastore for 12 straight weeks. For the months that followed, David supported the success of his CD by blowing up dance floors with sets at Spundae, Space 550, and Club Release while connecting with his younger audiences at larger events like The Ultra Beach Festival in Miami, Moonshine Over America Tour 2000 in Oakland, Together As One in Los Angeles, and Metropolis 2001 in San Francisco.
David's latest launch is his most dramatic, the formation of his own label imprint: SOLMATIC Records. Through Solmatic, David has transitioned and immersed himself into the production side of Electronic Music. Confirming David's talents as a producer are his releases which include, 'Robofunk' on Soul Phusion Records (Licensed for Donald Glaude's MIXED LIVE AT BUZZ on Moonshine and Bad Boy Bill's BANGIN' THE BOX 5), and along with label and production partner Jay Walker an EP on Chicago's International House Records (IHR) titled 'You Can't Change My Ways / Fascinated,' and two releases on the coveted new House imprint Moonshine Red. Chart support from global djs such as Judge Jules, Carl Cox, DJ Dan, Bad Boy Bill, Robbie Rivera, Richard Vission, John Acquaviva and many others, has taken David to the next level of his music career, with more enthusiasm than he has ever had before, knowing this is only the beginning...

Josh Billings - Focus - Tapas Nightclub - Newport Beach US - Dec 2007 - Part 2
Submitted By:
2fjeff
Genre: House
Date of Set: Dec 4th, 2007
Filesize: 95.86 MB
Total Downloads: 2
Biography of Josh Billings
When you see great music every week of your life (focus) and you see these amazing DJs cast a spell over the entire dance floor and making you feel the music like no other, you can't help yourself but want to give that to people.
When I first started going to clubs (when I turned 18) I would go to clubs that had house as a second area. Never the priority, but it was always mine. There was no such thing as a house club for the 18-20 year olds out there. There were raves for all ages & house clubs for 21+ but none of those helped me. So when I was 20 years old I started focus on Tuesday nights so I could book the DJs and bring in who I wanted to see down to orange county and share it w/ the 18-20 year old friends I have now.
When we first started, we started w/ a horrible sound system (2 dual 15' speakers and one amplifier). No eqs, compressors, subwoofers, processing of any kind. We were ghetto and we knew it, but it wasn't about that. It was about having a place to groove to house music and at focus we had that. Now focus has 10,000 watts of sound, rivaling some of the best in orange county.
Focus has now grown into one of the biggest deep house clubs in Southern California. We have had some amazing talent step up to those turntables. Marques Wyatt, Dj Colette, Ian Pooley, James Curd, Jamie Thinnes, Andrew Macari, Brett Johnson, Jason Blakemore, JT Donaldson, Mark Grant, Kaskade & Julius Papp...just to name a few.
Well those same turntables are the ones I've been learning on and I have had the honor of learning from some of the best in the industry. I have been blessed w/ many friends and family who have supported me in what I had a vision for when I started focus.
There is just something about house music that has captured me.