San Francisco-based producer, composer and blap pioneer DNAEBEATS creates soundscapes that travel through genre after genre.
After years of childhood classical performances around he world he knew that music was his calling. While on tour in Europe he first heard hip hop and electronic music from a tour manager who played him cassettes of Aphex Twin and Digable Planets. Both albums blew DNAE’s mind in completely different directions, and at that moment he knew his path in life was to make electronic music.
In high school a few years later, DNAE acquired a DR770 sequencer. After two years of nonstop button-pushing and perfecting his sound, he signed a deal with
Twenty Four Seven Records in Sweden, and a deal with M.F. Grimm's Manhattan-based label, Day By Day Entertainment. In 2004, Eternal Autumn was released overseas and sold out in less than 2 months. Meanwhile, back in San Francisco, DNAE joined forces with the legendary Gift of Gab from Blackalicious, after producing songs for Pigeon John debut Quannum release and the fire was lit. DNAE went on to produce the majority of Gift Of Gab's Supreme Lyricism and was invited back to produce Gab's upcoming album Escape to Mars.
While DNAE is known for his work with MC’s as well as being Gift of Gab of Blackalicious touring dj, his live set has been turning major heads -- a mix of all-original blaps, ranging from bass-throbbing dubstep to mind-lifting boom-bap, done on the MPC2500 and the MPD32.
"DNAEBEATS is a SF-centered artist who splices multiple genres into a mutant sound all his own. His much heralded mix tape There's a Wormhole in my Bathroom is aptly-titled and must-download. As an accomplished hip hop beat maker (working with the likes of Gift of Gab) and a producer in his own right, DNAE seamlessly weaves together hyphy, dubstep, electro and experimental into a sonic fabric that sounds like it was teleported through a tear in the time-space continuum."
-San Francisco Examiner
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Producer Extraordinaire!!!
- Xlr8r Magazine
VENUES PLAYED IN 2009-CURRENT
USA:
Roxy Theatre - Hollywood CA
Club Nokia - Hollywood CA
Key Club - Hollywood CA
Viper Room - Hollywood CA
The Airliner - Los Angeles CA
The Mezzanine - San Francisco - CA
The Independent - San Francisco - CA
Club 6 - San Francisco - CA
Amoeba Records Instore - San Francisco & LA
Harlow's - Sacramento - CA
The Catalyst - Santa Cruz - CA
Moe's Alley - Santa Cruz - CA
Vet's Hall - Santa Cruz - CA
The Belly Up - San Diego CA
Wiskey Dicks - Lake Tahoe CA
Nacarubi Festival - Big Sur CA
Highline Ballroom - New York, NY
Camp Bisco Festival - Mariaville NY
The Cabooze - Minneapolis MN
The Cannel @ Wired Live - Houston TX
The Ballroom @ Warehouse Live - Houston TX
Granada Theater - Dallas TX
Ace's Loung - Austin TX
The Blue Note - Columbia MO
Fayetteville Towncenter - Fayetteville AR
Santa Fe Brewery - Santa Fe NM
Roseland Theater - Portland OR
Crystal Ballroom - Portland OR
McDonald Theather - Eugene OR
Emerg N See Festival - Portland
Nuemos - Seattle - WA
The Showbox - Seattle - WA
Nightlight Lounge - Bellingham, WA
Wilma Theater - Missoula MT
Galatin County Fairgrounds - Bozeman MT
Club Zebra - Bozeman MT
The Belly Up - Aspen CO
Fox Theatre - Boulder CO
Aggie Theater - Fort Collins CO
Club 320 - Breckenridge CO
The Aggie - Durango CO
Trinumeral Festival - Asheville NC
Alabama Music Box - Mobile AL
The Hangout Festival - Gulf Shores AL
Limelight Night Club - Nashville TN
Zydeco - Birimingham AL
One Eyed Jacks - New Orleans LA
Republic - New Orleans LA
Club Metronome - Burlington VT
The Asylum - Portland ME
AUSTRALIA
Oxford Art Factory - Sydney
X&Y Bar - Brisbane
The Corner - Melbourne
CANADA:
HI-FI Club - Calgary
Boot Factory - Calgary
Spirit Bar - Nelson
Pawn Shop - Edmonton
Ottawa Blues Festival - Ottawa
The Blitmore - Vancouver
Mack Daddy's - Sun Peaks
Pawn Shop - Edmonton
SOUTH AMERICA:
Parque Eduardo Gomes - Porto Alerge - Brazil
EUROPE:
La Coupole - Biel Switzerland
Trix - Antwerp - BE
Marinaquinerie - Paris FR
Le Grand Mix - Lille FR
Marsatac Festival - Marseille FR
Laiterie - Strasbourg FR
The Rainbow Garden - Birmingham UK
Jazz Cafe - London UK
Sound Control - Manchester UK
The Freebutt - Brighton UK
Leed's University - Leeds UK
Rescue Rooms - Nottingham UK
The Globe - Cardiff UK
Vibraphonic Festival - Exeter UK
Hip Hop Club - Ipswich UK
Thekla - Bristol
Stereo - Glasgow
The Button Factory - Dublin IRE
SHARED THE STAGE WITH:
L.C.D. Soundsystem, Flying Lotus, Major Lazer, Biz Markie, Zakir Hussian, Sun Ra Arkesta, Talib Kweli, Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, The Disco Biscuits, Ween, Rusko, Kool Keith, Thievery Corporation, STS9, Diplo, Method Man, Ghostface, Raekwon, Dieselboy, Caribou, The Glitch Mob, The Clipse, K'naan, Living Legends, Mary Anne Hobbs, Bela Fleck, Mixmaster Mike, Kavinsky, Little Dragon, Gaslamp Killer, Lauryn Hill, Hieroglyhics, Lazer Sword, Daedelus, Plastician, Dj Tipper, EOTO, Girl Talk, King Britt, Mickey Facts, Freestyle Fellowship, Exile, Lyrics Born, Goapele, Rass Kass, plus many more.
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There's a Wormhole in My Bathroom by DNAEBEATS
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