Eli Wilkie
Encyclopedia
Eli Wilkie is a DJ
and record producer
from Boston, MA who has been spinning for the past eight years around the nation, shaking up dance floors with his own blend of funky driving house music
. His DJ career began at Boston's underground Hibernia nightclub, in which he DJ'ed alongside the likes of Steve Porter
, Luis Diaz, Paul Rogers
, Chris Reavey, Paul Dailey
, Fernando Bairos and Podje (Ireland). This residency paved the way for gigs in Boston and beyond, as well as for his career as a producer.
For four years now, Eli has been actively involved in production, creating a wide range of house and techno music working alongside his close friend Steve Porter
. Together Eli Wilkie and Steve Porter created the alias Agent001. The upbeat, bouncy and playful tracks under this alias have a unique sound, which was created through fusing the duos influences in music, and their ability to experiment with new ideas and themes. Tracks like 'When Pigs Fly', 'Bubblebath' and 'Daniel Wiggy' have had strong worldwide support by DJs such as Paul Van Dyk, Pete Tong, Sasha & Digweed, Sander Kleinenberg, Lee Burridge, Sandra Collins and James Zabiela. On the solo side Eli produced 2 remixes of 'Impulsive Ray' by producer Emrecan Cakir
Currently Eli has residencies in Boston and New York City, and frequents cities like San Francisco and Montreal. This last 2 years have been busy ones for this DJ; playing alongside Steve Porter, Lee Burridge, Sander Kleinenberg, Danny Howells, Armin Van Buuren, Sean Cusick, Sandra Collins, Dave Ralph, Chris Fortier and DJ Dan playing in such venues as Axis, Avalon and RISE (Boston), Stereo & StereoBar (Montreal), Sullivan Room & Le Souk (NYC), 1015 Folsom (San Francisco) and at a handful of venues at the Winter Music Conference including State. In August 2004, Eli was added to the Balance record Pool, and exclusive pool providing promo records for select DJ's across the US. Eli begins 2005 as the newest resident DJ of Avalon Boston, one of the worlds premier nightclubs until it closed in 2007.
Eli Wilkie
Massholes
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
and record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
from Boston, MA who has been spinning for the past eight years around the nation, shaking up dance floors with his own blend of funky driving house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
. His DJ career began at Boston's underground Hibernia nightclub, in which he DJ'ed alongside the likes of Steve Porter
Steve Porter (producer)
Steve Porter is a music video producer, remixer and DJ originally from Amherst, Massachusetts. Porter, who began producing music at the age of sixteen while attending The Williston Northampton School, was discovered by Chris Fortier in 1999 and was signed to Fortier's Fade Records label...
, Luis Diaz, Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers may refer to:* Paul Rogers , American lawyer and politician* Paul Rogers , professor of peace studies at the University of Bradford* Paul Rogers , English actor...
, Chris Reavey, Paul Dailey
Paul Dailey
Paul Dailey is a Boston based Techno Producer, DJ and Music Journalist. Paul has been DJing professionally since 1987 , and has traveled extensively performing in more than 50 cities and 7 countries including top venues in Philadelphia, Toronto, Santo Domingo, Chicago, Montreal, Minneapolis, and...
, Fernando Bairos and Podje (Ireland). This residency paved the way for gigs in Boston and beyond, as well as for his career as a producer.
For four years now, Eli has been actively involved in production, creating a wide range of house and techno music working alongside his close friend Steve Porter
Steve Porter (producer)
Steve Porter is a music video producer, remixer and DJ originally from Amherst, Massachusetts. Porter, who began producing music at the age of sixteen while attending The Williston Northampton School, was discovered by Chris Fortier in 1999 and was signed to Fortier's Fade Records label...
. Together Eli Wilkie and Steve Porter created the alias Agent001. The upbeat, bouncy and playful tracks under this alias have a unique sound, which was created through fusing the duos influences in music, and their ability to experiment with new ideas and themes. Tracks like 'When Pigs Fly', 'Bubblebath' and 'Daniel Wiggy' have had strong worldwide support by DJs such as Paul Van Dyk, Pete Tong, Sasha & Digweed, Sander Kleinenberg, Lee Burridge, Sandra Collins and James Zabiela. On the solo side Eli produced 2 remixes of 'Impulsive Ray' by producer Emrecan Cakir
Currently Eli has residencies in Boston and New York City, and frequents cities like San Francisco and Montreal. This last 2 years have been busy ones for this DJ; playing alongside Steve Porter, Lee Burridge, Sander Kleinenberg, Danny Howells, Armin Van Buuren, Sean Cusick, Sandra Collins, Dave Ralph, Chris Fortier and DJ Dan playing in such venues as Axis, Avalon and RISE (Boston), Stereo & StereoBar (Montreal), Sullivan Room & Le Souk (NYC), 1015 Folsom (San Francisco) and at a handful of venues at the Winter Music Conference including State. In August 2004, Eli was added to the Balance record Pool, and exclusive pool providing promo records for select DJ's across the US. Eli begins 2005 as the newest resident DJ of Avalon Boston, one of the worlds premier nightclubs until it closed in 2007.
Discography
Agent 001:- Faakson [Opek Music] (June 2003)
- Stinger [Opek Music] (June 2003)
- Acid What? [Mother Tongue] (June 2003)
- Daniel Wiggy [Mother Tongue] (June 2003)
- Tektonic Shift [Reversible Records] (August 2003)
- When Pigs Fly [Reversible Records] (August 2003)
- Zee Lovin [White] (December 2003)
- Bubblebath [Opek Music] (November 2004)
- Jabba Jaw [Blueprint] (April 2005)
- Mystic Disco [Blueprint] (April 2005)
- Secret Ambience [Opek Music] (2005)
- James Taylor 'Shower the People' (Agent001 Remix) [White] (2005)
- DJ Hush & Steve Porter 'Carismo' (Agent001 Remix) [Curvve] (2005)
- Vice Grip [Unsigned]
- Resolution 2005 [Unsigned]
Eli Wilkie
- Crazy feat. Plural [Unsigned]
- Kickin In [Unsigned]
- Emrecan Cakir - Impulsive Ray (Eli Wilkie Remix 1) [Blend] (2005)
- Emrecan Cakir - Impulsive Ray (Eli Wilkie Remix 2) [Blend] (2005)
Massholes
- Breakout [Unsigned]
External links
- http://www.eliwilkie.com/
- http://www.riseclub.us
- http://www.basebookings.com