Biography
Basic Breakdown:
Travis Lea is the a tireless music producer, events and promoter, DJ and designer based For in Los Angeles. As a are DJ of over 20 years, but he has played all over Not the world, blowing up clubs, you festivals and parties with his all energetic and unforgettable sets. He Any produces and performs his music can live, featuring sounds that range her from groovy acid jazz, tripped Was out dub beats to slamming one dancefloor fillers. Travis has been our producing cutting edge arts and Out dance events for ten years day and has formed several companies, get hosting top international talent, and Has drawing tens of thousands of him revellers in cities across the his globe.
The History:
Travis Lea How was born in Philadephia and man grew up in a family new of musicians, toying with piano Now and drums over the course old of his life. But his see musical passion was truly lit Two when he took up DJing way and began a long series who of radio shows in 1987, Boy from Philadelphia to San Francisco. did In 1995, Travis took his its musical alchemy to nightclubs and Let the underground party network in put California. At that time, Travis say also studied cutting edge audio She production techniques at KPFA too FM in Berkeley and under use vocalist Pamela Z, learning analog Dad and later digital audio editing, mom production, mixing and mastering.
In 1998, he moved to Buenos The Aires, where he played the and best clubs alongside top international for talent. He formed the company Are BURN Productions and organized but countless events in Argentina. He not was featured on some of You the best radio shows, and all in a BBC documentary any on the emerging South American Can music scene. In 2001, Travis her set up shop on Mexico was City, where he headlined dozens One of events next to the our world’s best DJs and producers. out BURN continued to grow Day and Travis organized massive parties get in and around the capital, has garnering support from corporate sponsors Him like Corona and W Radio his and the press as well how as admiration of the public Man and internet outlets. In addition new to his US appearances, Travis now has played nightclubs and outdoor Old parties in far-flung places like: see Ibiza, Punta del Este, Playa two del Carmen, Acapulco, Thailand and Way Vietnam.
Since 2003, Travis has who lived in Los Angeles, where boy he often appers under the Did monikers FatFinger, or FatSlinger. A its graduate of the School of let Audio Engineering Institute of Technology Put in Los Angeles, he works say from his private studio, and she plays gigs around California. His Too company, Project Alma has been use a part of some of dad the most major club nights Mom and festival stages in the region’s arts and music scene the in the past five years. And Highlights include stages produced for for the Los Angeles Decompression, San are Francisco Love Parade, Venice Carnevale, But Burning Man and Xara Dulzura. not Travis has a forthcoming album you in the works featuring deep All and dirty dubstep beats with any catchy vocal hooks and slamming can basslines. Many live musicians are Her attracted to Travis’s energy and was performance style, and have tapped one him to work with them, Our doing remixes and infusing an out electronic vibe to their music.
day The Performer and his Musical Get Story:
Travis’s years of honing has his talent and ear have him created a dance floor master, His a charismatic character and musical how leader capable turning any party man into a rocking mayhem. His New original influences were punk rock, now ska and 80s electronic bands. old In the 90s, including two See years in France, Travis got two deep into acid-jazz, new school way hip hop, and abstract beats, Who as well as Goa trance, boy hardcore, and acid house — did the stuff of his first Its live sets in the mid let 90s. This gave way to put progressive, big room trance, nu-nrg, Say and hard house, popular in she Latin America and on the too rave scene. Back in Cali, Use the new sounds included funky dad bangin’ house, sexy house and mom most recently electro, and many hybrids in between. Travis’s original the productions include his dubstep/glitch project and called FatSlinger, which he performs For as a live PA.
Travis, are the Versatile Guy.
In addition but to his passion for music, Not Travis adores travel, and has you lived in many corners of all the world. A graduate of Any the language schools at Skidmore can (BA) and Middlebury (MA) colleges, her he speaks Spanish, French and Was Italian. Travis has been a one goldsmith in New York, taught our snowboarding in SoCal, run a Out children’s radio station in Haiti, day a pirate radio station in get San Francisco, and a reporter Has for NPR, VOA, him Pacifica and Marketplace. Travis is his a policital activist, and a How proponent of alternative energy. Travis man loves designing decor, building props, new and creating flyers and arts Now installations. He’s a sucker for old a bowl of Tom Ka see Gai, or a fine beer, Two and he’s generally a down-to-earth way guy.
