DJ Micro is an American

United States

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 trance

Trance music

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 DJ

Disc jockey

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 and producer.

History

DJ Micro began on the East Coast, where in 1991 he helped form the Caffeine Records collective in Deer Park, NY. Caffeine began as a weekly club night, and started building a brand. Micro spun at many of Caffeine's parties, specializing in acid breaks. In 1994 he joined with Vicious Vic under the moniker Progression. They obtained massive popularity in the international dance scene after the release of their debut single Reach Further. They were soon commissioned to remix artists such as Paradise 3001, Joe T. Vanelli, Masters at Work

Masters At Work

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, and even the X Files theme.

He recorded two mix albums for Roadrunner

Roadrunner Records

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 in the late '90s, Coast to Coast (1997) and Caffeine: The Natural Stimulant (1998). He later hooked up with Moonshine

Moonshine Music

Moonshine Music was an electronic music record label founded by Steve Levy in Los Angeles in 1992, and later headquartered in West Hollywood, California. Moonshine released over 250 compilations albums, many of which were DJ mixed. Moonshine helped to launch the career of DJ Keoki and his side-kick...

 in 1998. Micro's first release for Moonshine, Micro-Tech Mix (1998), would be followed by a large succession of mix albums, usually one released annually.

DJ Micro aggressively toured the country recording mix albums for Moonshine Music to boost his popularity. Micro slightly changed his style with each album and moved toward trance while maintaining his breakbeat

Breakbeat

In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...

 roots. By the end of the '90s, he had become one of the most popular DJs on the East Coast, considered in the same class of superstar DJs as Frankie Bones

Frankie Bones

Frankie Bones is an American techno and house music disc jockey from New York City. He is best known for bringing the rave culture to the United States after playing at a hangar party in the UK during 1989...

 and Scott Henry. Like them, Micro toured often, particularly on the East Coast.

Albums

• Coast To Coast (1997)
• Caffeine: The DJ Micro Blend (1998)
• Micro-Tech-Mix (1998)
• Micro-Tech-Mix Version 2.0 (1999)
• Tech-Mix 2000 (2000)
• djmixed.com/micro (2000)
• Micro Tech-Mix Live (2001)
• Music Through Me (2002)
• My Frequency 001 (2003)
• Out Through the Input (2005)
• Tech-Mix 5 (2005)
• Direct Konnect (2006)
• Past Present Future, Vol. 2 (2007)

External links

• Official site
• DJ Micro at Discogs
  Discogs
  Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...