E.L. Fudge

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Back in the day, in High School, I listened to a lot of heavy metal butt rock type music suck as Fear Factory, Korn, Deftones, etc. I played guitar at the time, and enjoyed just messing around with the effects pedals and interesting ways to push it to the limit. I was really really into that music for about 4 years, and then one of my co-workers introduced me to electronic trance music. I first purchased DJ John Kelley's album "Funky Desert Breaks," and enjoyed that marginally for a period of time. I then purchased Paul Oakenfold's "Transport" album and that got me hooked. It was so psychedelic, and well mixed that it really opened me to new horizons.

Soon afterwards, I went on my trance journey, going to raves in and around the Portland area and other outdoor events. I got into all of the basic artists, and especially the Global Underground albums. Then that co-worker introduced me to one of the best albums of all time, Kid Loco's "A Grand Love Story" album which was equally psychedelic, but in a new way for me.

Soon afterwards, I continued on that journey and when I started at University of Oregon, many of my friends introduced me to new types of music. One friend, Coco, introduced me into all sorts of new downtempo, lo-fi, drum and bass types of music, which really opened me to new horizons. At the same time, I was downloading a lot of live essential mixes and breezeblock mixes that equally opened me up to new genres of music. At that time, I first got into progressive-house; a genre that was similar to trance but wayyy better and darker. I then realized that being a DJ wasn't so hard, it just required a lot of extra work and focus to remain within the industry.

During my junior year at U of O, I started to download lots of music. I went on a field trip for one of my classes and all of my music was stolen, but luckily not my CD player. Most of the music was purchased at that time, and most of it I really got sick of. I vowed to get all that music back, but not by re-purchasing it, but by downloading it (I mean I have the legal right to download what I already previously had, don't I?).

I did get a lot of it back, but very slowly, and I really wasn't focused and didn't care about it...I looked at those CD's getting stolen as a huge loss, something that I have to surpass; and I wanted my new collection of music had to be better than it used to be.

So, since then, I started to expand my tastes from just Progressive-house and a few random downtempo albums, to a complete collection that would be wide ranging in musical taste. A lot of my friends at that time just got into Ninja Tunes, and while I didn't know much about it, I decided to get some if it. I quickly realized that Ninja Tunes was one of the best record labels in the electronic music spectrum, and that I needed more it quickly.

I started a radio show at KWVA at that time, and used that radio show as motivation to expand my collection to a greatness that would parallel many of the Dj's I listened to at the time. I received a lot of my music at the time from the station itself, and from the new albums that continually came into the station. I started to get a lot of feedback about my 6-8am show, and I vowed to get a better timeslot at the station. Almost all of them were taken, and so I had to wait until the summer between my Junior and senior year to get a great timeslot; 8-10pm on Tuesday's.

At my final timeslot there at KWVA, I continually tried to make each show better and better. I had lots of random music from the ambient and sublime to the psychedelic and upbeat. So, I tried to incorporate these varied tastes of music in a continual mix on my show; which started of slow and simple, moving towards more upbeat and progressive downtempo music. For my second hour, I tried to do the same thing, but move into more dance music; much like the progressive-house that I listened to at the time.

I then played at a the street fair at U of O a few times, and got a lot of response from the vendors and students who listened to my set. I decided that it was something that I was serious about, and something that I should get better and better at. So, each week, I spent more and more time preparing for my shows; sometimes spending 12 hours for a 2-hour radio show, just to make it perfect. I started to intuitively getting to know my music and what I was playing and DJing quickly became something that was easy and fun for me.

Now that I am graduated and out of college, I can similarly vow to continue those great DJ sets that I had at KWVA, but to push it to the limit; to push the music to the next level like many of the DJ's that I listen to everyday. Eventually, I hope to get a lot of music equipment, get good at sampling, and maybe eventually make my own tracks for other's to listen to and to DJ themselves.

Favorite Bands

Beta Band, Kid Loco, James Lavelle, Land of the Loops, Air, Black Rebel Motorcycle gang, DJ Shadow, DJ Food, DJ Krush, UNKLE, Deep Dish, Sasha, John Digweed, Q Burns abstract Message, Thievery Corporation, Mark Farina, 16B, Adam Freeland, Afro Mystik, Alpha and Omega, Amalgamation of Soundz, Amon Tobin, Anthony Pappa, Apparat, Baby Mammoth, Boom Bip, Badmarsh and Shri, Beck, Lazy Dog, Ben Watt, Blackstrobe, Blakkat, Boards of Canada, Casino Vs. Japan, Bob Sinclair, Brian Eno, Buddy Holly, Caia, Carbon Based Lifeforms, Brothomstates, Chicken Lips, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Chus and Ceballos, Cinematic Orchestra, Circulation, Coldcut, Controller 7, Fila Brazilia, Daddy G, Massive Attack, Daddy Long Legs, David Holmes, Free Association, Death In Vegas, Nightmares on Wax, Ursula 1000, Dj Vadim, Rockers Hi Fi, Erland Oye, Dr. Kucho, Dzihan and Kamien, Dylan Rhymes, Dubtribe Sound System, LSG, Loop Guru, etc.

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