I've been part of the scene since the early 1990s, but I got serious about DJing while I was at CalArts for Grad School. I launched an internet radio show called Primordial where I was just playing all the latest white labels and promos I was getting, not even mixing, just talking over them like an announcer and it took off from there. Eventually I landed a weekly slot on vibeflow.com that really took things to the next level. By the early 2000s I was properly entrenched in the scene as a DJ and journalist, writing for URB, XLR8R, and Knowledge UK, collecting music obsessively, cutting dub-plates, and starting to build a name for myself outside of Los Angeles in the Stateside drum and bass scene.

I think for me, it was Dieselboy's 'Supreme' Mixtape in 1995. The first time I heard it, I didn't even have the language for what I was hearing. It felt like reggae, punk, breakbeats, hardcore, and techno all smashed into one thing. Something primal. Growing up I'd been shaped by my dad's record collection, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, WAR, so I always had a feel for music that hits you on multiple levels. Dieselboy was that for me, but turned up to a level I'd never experienced before. That mixtape is the reason there's a Nightstalker.

Cinematic. Relentless. Mystical.

Honestly, my philosophy is simple: crisp black on black, every time. Black jeans, black tee, fresh kicks. There's something about that uniform that just feels right behind the decks; it's clean, it's focused. The details are where it gets interesting though as I'm always hunting for tees with something to say, pieces that represent the community or carry a message. Right now I'm rocking brands like Born x Raised, Uncommon Being, NTVS, Stüssy, and you know I've just added Agents of Chaos into the rotation!

Dressed to destroy.

I like to use make sure my bladder is empty before I head on stage haha.

I'm always looking for unique and new songs and artists to work into the mix but I do find myself coming back to names like Sub Focus, Benny L, Kanine, Delta Heavy, Drumsound & Baseline Smith, Teddy Killerz, Mob Tactics... oh wait, I was only supposed to list two!?

Street wear for sure. People who just have a dope style and look effortless at the same time always catch my eye.

That what you see on Instagram is maybe five minutes of a story that took years to write. People see the festival stage, the crowd going crazy, the highlight reel but they don't see the slot where you cleared the floor or cued up the wrong track or generally screwed up or didn’t read the vibe in the room… the list goes on. They don't see the years of being passed over, the moments where you wonder if your name is fading, where you refresh your inbox hoping for a booking and nothing comes. That stuff is real and it never fully goes away no matter how long you've been doing it.
And then there's the invisible math of just keeping your life together around all of it. I'm a professor, a husband, a father of two. I'm putting my daughter to bed at 8pm and then taking a nap so I can wake up and play a 3am set, and then acting like nothing happened when my students ask how my weekend was. Sleep is literally my most precious resource. Every good gig starts with protecting your energy days before you ever touch the decks.
But, of course, the other side of it and why I keep coming back for more is that I genuinely feel honored to be part of something larger than myself. This culture, this music, this community has given me more than I've ever given it. When it's right, when you're in that state of flow and the crowd is with you and the music is doing exactly what you hoped it would, there's no better feeling in the world and I would bet that so many DJs are continually chasing that high. When you lock it in and everything just flows, that feeling is worth every painful gig, every self-doubt, every 4am drive home on no sleep. You just have to love it enough to keep showing up.

Black. Maybe some blue. Because I like dark things.

I represent the idea that you don't have to choose. You can be a scholar and a destroyer. You can write a PhD dissertation and play a 3am set to a packed room. You can be a father, a professor, a writer, and still show up to the decks with everything you've got. That tension between order and chaos, between the normie world and the underground one, that's where I've always lived. That's where the most interesting things happen.
That's why Agents of Chaos resonates with me. The chaos isn't destruction for its own sake. It's intentional and purposeful and what happens when you refuse to be contained by a single identity or a single lane. Underground music taught me that. Rave culture taught me that. Every time I step behind the decks I'm channeling something raw and real into something that moves people, that connects people, that makes them feel like they're part of something larger than themselves.
Chaos with purpose. That's always been the mission.