DJ SEP is
the founder, promoter, and main resident DJ at Dub Mission.
For 22 years, she was also on Bay Area radio: first tarting at college radio
station KUSF-FM (University of San Francisco) and later at Berkeley's public
radio station, KPFA-FM, where her eclectic electronic mix show, "Off the Beaten
Path," aired from 1994 to 2010. DJ Sep has been nominated for an SF Weekly
Music Award in the best DJ category, and has spun at venues and clubs in London,
New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, and throughout the
Bay Area. In 2003, she and journalist/DJ Ron Nachmann aka Shockman realized
and compiled Babylon Is Ours: The USA in Dub,
a compilation of all-exclusive American dub tracks released by Germany’s Select
Cuts Records. In 2009, her remixes with
Jason Short ["Get Your Dub Wet" feat. Mochipet, Juakali and Dj Collage aka
Mr. Chatman] were released on Daly City Records. DJ SEP has performed with
a wide array of international artists, including Sly & Robbie, The Wailers,
Kruder & Dorfmeister, Les Nubians, Rachid Taha, AfroCelt Sound System, Transglobal
Underground, Angelique Kidjo, The Cinematic Orchestra, Culture, Big Youth,
Nortec Collective, Ex-Centric Sound System, Issa Bagayogo, Habib Koite, Badmarsh
& Shri, Cheb i Sabbah, and Mc Sultan. More info: www.myspace.com/djsepmusic
Having recorded for Om records, Ubiquity, and Future Primitive Sounds, producer/remixer/DJ
J-BOOGIE blends the sounds of hip-hop, downtempo, dub, soul, funk, latin,
afrobeat and house into a musical gumbo. You can also catch him on the radio
at KUSF 90.3 FM for "Beatsauce." You can also hear music featured on Ubiquity
Recordings, Future Primitive Sounds, BSI Records, plus remixes of Mark Farina,
Soulstice, and Romanowski at www.jboogie.com or www.myspace.com/dubtronicscience
VINNIE
ESPARZA
is a staple of the San Francisco DJ scene and spins at various parties around
the city including Hella Tight and Olde Soul. In 2000, Vinnie was voted "Best
Local DJ" in the S.F. Bay Guardian's "Best of the Bay" edition. The next year
he was awarded the City Search Editor's Award for "Best Local DJ", and nominated
for "Best Local DJ" in the SF Weekly in both 2001 and 2003. He runs Dis-joint
records along with Groove Merchant's Chris Veltri. He has also compiled the
Loose & Juicy collection for Vanguard Records, Viva CuBop 2 for Ubiquity Records
and coordinated the reissue of Bobby Montez's Jungle Fantastique for the same
label. He spins a wide variety of music, from jazz to hip-hop and everything
in between. More information: www.dis-joint.com
MANEESH the TWISTER is co-founder of the Dhamaal Artist Collective,
which has been championing hybrids of South Asian audio and visual art for
over seven years. Spinning dub reggae, breakbeat, drumnbass, dancehall, bhangra,
and anything with BASS, he has also appeared on Dhamaal Soundsystem's debut
CD and on Dhamaal's Transition EP under the moniker Echotwist with production
partner Jethro. His track "Frankie's Next Move" was recently licensed to XBOX
360 game "Project Gotham" and SONY BMG India's Shamur compilation! Maneesh
recently toured India and the UK in support of their CD release in India on
HOM Records and rocked over 3000 folks on Baga Beach in Goa on New Year's
Eve. He has shared the stage with Adrian Sherwood (On-U sound), Badmarsh &
Shri, State of Bengal, Thievery Corporation, Smith & Mighty, Karsh Kale, Bobby
& Nihal, MIDIval PunditZ, Dum Dum Project, Cheb i Sabbah, Nickodemus, Navdeep,
Z-Trip, Solomonic Sound (Rob Paine), Dan the Automator & the legendary Jamaican
producer, Scientist. More info:www.myspace.com/maneeshthetwister
or www.dhamaalsf.com
LUDICHRIS originally hooked up with the Dub Mission crew at KUSF in the early 90's, where he was a DJ and later served as music director. He has been spinning since the Sugar Hill heyday of the early 80's, when a bargain bin purchase of a King Tubby record sparked his love for all things reggae and dub. A New Yorker by birth and a San Franciscan by choice, he lives in Bernal Heights with his wife, his five-year old son and three-year old daughter. When his kids grow up, he hopes they don't select DJ names that later get commandeered by someone much more famous.