Early life

He was born January 19 in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

, Holland. He grew up there and in Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

 before settling in Houston, Texas (USA

United States

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) in his teens.

Career

As a DJ, he has opened for artists including Massive Attack

Massive Attack

Massive Attack are an English DJ and trip hop duo from Bristol, England consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. Working with co-producers, as well as various session musicians and guest vocalists, they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be of the trip...

, Groove Collective

Groove Collective

Groove Collective is a contemporary jazz group. In 2007 they were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year for the release People People Music Music on the Savoy Jazz label.-Style:Groove Collective was formed in 1990...

, Morcheeba

Morcheeba

Morcheeba are a British band, mixing influences from trip hop, rock, R&B, and pop.They have produced 7 albums since 1995, two of which reached the UK top ten.-Biography:...

, Tricky

Tricky

Tricky is an English musician and actor. As a producer and a musician, he is noted for a dark, rich and layered sound and a whispering sprechgesang lyrical style. Culturally, Tricky encourages an intertwining of societies, particularly in his musical fusion of rock and hip hop, high art and pop...

, Maxwell

Maxwell (musician)

Maxwell , is an American R&B, funk and neo soul musician. He played an important role in the development of the soul sub-genre, neo-soul.-Early life:...

 and Thievery Corporation

Thievery Corporation

Thievery Corporation is a Washington, D.C. based recording artist and DJ duo consisting of Rob Garza, Eric Hilton, and their supporting artists, including current drummer Jeff Franca...

. Locally, he has hosted Soular Grooves on KPFT

KPFT

KPFT is a listener-sponsored community radio station in Houston, Texas, which went on the air on March 1, 1970 as the fourth station in the Pacifica radio family. Larry Lee sold the idea to Pacifica to establish listener-supported radio in Houston as an alternative to main-stream broadcasting. The...

since 1995 and hosts RockSteady Mondays with DJ SUN at The Flat in Houston.

DJ SUN started a radio show in 1995, Soular Grooves on KPFT 90.1 FM, Pacifica Network, which celebrates its 15th year on the air in 2010. The genre of music leans to everything that has the aesthetics of soul and jazz, irrespective of bpm or tempo. The show has embraced anything from drum and bass, to hip hop, to house, and downtempo. DJ Sun fashions DJ sets to include all styles of music, incorporating the above stated aesthetic. DJ Sun started his DJ career in 1993 and keeping to that philosophy has maintained a career during which he has garnered Houston Press DJ of The Year awards 7 times between 1999 and 2009 (the last being again in 2009). He started a recording career during which 2 EPs have been released (http://www.houstonpress.com/2009-02-19/music/dj-sun-para-ep/) and is working on an album due in 2010.

He currently holds down four weekly residencies in Houston (of which RockSteady Mondays is his signature night and has been on-going since 2005) and one bi-monthly in DC (at Eighteenth Street Lounge, home of Thievery Corporation). He often travels to and plays in San Francisco, and New York, as well.

A prolific award-winning DJ and radio show host (Soular Grooves, KPFT 90.1, since 1995), DJ SUN’s style can best be described as varied with a distinct signature for loungey, groove-oriented eclectic music shaped by his exposure to music while living abroad. Houston’s most stylish lounges and bars such as Gravitas’ Side Bar and The Flat, and event producers for the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Neiman Marcus, Neal Hamil Modeling Agency have tuned into DJ SUN’s gift for creating a unique lounging experience and attracting a loyal following of music connoisseurs and taste makers.

In 2007, DJ SUN begins a new musical journey carrying out his lifelong goal to be a full-time producer with the debut of Monday Drive (Alternate Take Records), an EP reflective of his varied background, blending styles and nostalgic aesthetics into a down to midtempo reprieve from the ordinary.
Driven by the positive feedback received from DJs around the world and spins on stations spanning from Atlanta (WRAS) to LA (KCRW) and NY to Paris — DJ SUN continued his work in the studio on Para, a 12” ep which features remixes from DJ Sabo (Sol Selectas), J Boogie (OM), and Genre Jazz (Presto and Mhax Montes) released in November 2008. A full-length LP will be released in 2010.

Discography

• Current Cuts Vol. 1 (2007)
• “Sure” (7"-single format) - Soular Productions (2007)
• “Ten” - Label-less Scion CD 11 (Scion/The Rebel Organization) (2008)
• Monday Drive (2008)
• "Para EP (2009)

External links

• Soular Grooves
• http://www.houstonpress.com/
• http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/15/dj-sun-interview-sxsw-2010/
• http://www.houstonpress.com/2009-02-19/music/dj-sun-para-ep/