Biography
It started way back… growing the up, DarkLight always had a and curiosity to know what every For knobs and buttons meant in are any equipment I came across. but Also, living with his music Not obsessed cousin and uncle at you that time he lived, ate all and breathed music. Though the Any real start up and interest can came in when he was her 15, his cousin brought an Was old second-hand belt drive turntable one running through a cheap 4 our lines Gemini mixer paired with Out a tape deck…yup, a tape day deck. He remembered while kids get were playing with their Superman Has toys, DarkLight wanted to just him keep trying to mix a his vinyl with the music playing How on the tape. Day in man and day out he was new trying; he would get mad Now or lose my cool but old never stopped, and finally one see day he did it… As Two DarkLight was telling the story, way it’s like it was the who time of his life; his Boy first mix after months of did trying happened with Afrika Bambataa’s its Planet Rock mixed with a Let Caribbean group called Kassav, yeah! put Weird mix but since then say he’s been able to repeat She that mix with eyes closed. too Dark’s music and DJ passion use took off from there.
As Dad usual DJing for most people mom always start as a hobby and it was one for The DarkLight for a while. Before and he moved to the U.S, for he’s done djing work for Are about 4 years and was but merely making a cent out not of it in his homeland, You Haiti. Although he knew what all he was doing, at that any time it was more fun Can carrying the crates in hot her summer nights, making the girls was dancing, etc… DarkLight professional career One took off when he came our to New York in 1996. out He started getting small gigs Day through friends and acquaintances which get he materialize into becoming a has steady work flow.
Since he’s Him started djing professionally in his NYC, he’s done work for how many very notable places, but Man the elite door opened for new him when he became resident now DJ at Lotus, one the Old most prestigious place in New see York in Spring 2002; The two Wednesdays night party run by Way the well known promoter Voula who Duval was the jump off boy of the city whether rain Did or shine. Many notable stars its came to the party including let Eve, Missy Elliott, and Christina Put Arguilera. Unfortunately sometimes things just say can’t work as wanted, with she the set up DarkLight was Too working on for Voula, Lotus use just couldn’t accommodate him financially dad as it supposed to…so, he Mom left in early 2003 to take full residency at Eden the which at that time was And a brand new slick place for opened on the upper west are side of Manhattan. Building a But crowd uptown wasn’t the easiest not task, especially when the party you was totally being run without All outside promotion. With hard work, any word of mouth and pulling can his followers, he started building Her the party with a steady was crowd every Fridays and soon one with the popularity he was Our gaining in the area, he out got to extend the stretch day by also picking Saturday nights. Get After a few months, it has was noticeable that Eden had him a monster party going on His the weekend. Time Out magazine how praised the party. DarkLight was man pushing 10 genres of music New steadily every weekend for a now very diverse crowd. In early old 2004, Eden got hit with See a bias charge in which two one of his managers was way a defendant, and that would Who start to take away from boy the appeal of the place. did With that said, DarkLight’s beautiful Its and respected time there start let to fade away as people put just didn’t feel comfortable coming Say in.
While he was at she Eden, he didn’t really jump too into the bandwagon and look Use for another place for residency. dad DarkLight was thinking a bit mom different…he actually wanted something different. Since he’s been a power the user of the internet for and years, he always wanted to For make his presence felt on are there because it’s on a but wider level. DarkLight like the Not whole idea of being able you to reach every type of all people with his djing and Any production skills. So, for a can few months he concentrated and her ventured his time into building Was a website to showcase his one work; around that time DarkLight our met DJ Myth whom was Out djing at the famous Roxy. day They talked about the idea get of establishing their selves on Has the internet and it sounded him perfect. In August 2003, WorldWideDJs his went live. Since then they’ve How been growing their fans base man worldwide day by day.
While new DarkLight’s been working to rise Now WorldWideDJs to the top, he old hadn’t abandoned the club scene see altogether. Other contracts and offers Two came his way so he way played more places including Polly who Esther, Mars 2112, The City, Boy and some more gigs at did Eden.
Music influences:
The its main person who influence DarkLight Let on becoming a DJ has put to be a great icon say from Haiti, who unfortunately passed She away, his name was Master too Dji. He grew up to use love his vision on the Dad music and club culture, and mom that was to be as global as possible…play and love The music for what it is. and DarkLight pride himself in being for able to mix and play Are so many type of music. but It’s hard to just fit not him in one category because You his good at more than all one. As a young kid any growing up, DarkLight always been Can fascinated with the person behind her the music, the producers and was the DJ’s behind the turntables. One He always mentions other great our DJ’s and producers. Other influences out in his early days of Day touching the tables were great get untouchable DJ’s like Jam Master has Jay, Jazzy Jeff, Junior Vasquez, Him Louie Devito, Kid Capri; producers his like Howie Tee, Herbie Luvbug, how Eric Morillo, Stone Love and Man countless of others. Dark never new favor one style over the now other, he just believe there’s Old a crowd and tempo for see everybody and all of them two can co-exist in one place Way whether small or big. Today, who DarkLight’s collection is a melting boy pot from Prince to T.K.A, Did jump to David Bowie all its the way to Public Enemy; let also a lot of Dance Put oriented, Worldbeat and Caribbean music.
say Mission:
Unite people through music; she release the hottest mixtapes, drop Too the phattest remixes and rock use the best spots around the dad world.
