Profile
I have held, as Dj Advent, long term ( 4+ months) weekly or monthly residencies at the following venues in Seattle – Tost, Nectar, Chop Suey, Contour, Last Supper Club, Cobalt Room, Capitol Club, Heaven, and the Mirabeau Room. I played at over 250 events from empty rooms to the nations largest music festivals. From run down industrial warehouses to cutting edge music venues. From boring run of the mill pop events to beautiful outdoor events. I began playing Arabic and South Asian influenced electronica in 1997 after learning how to beat match house and drum and bass. My life revolved around the night life and involved myself with all aspects of promotion and event production. However, in 2008, dj’ing went along the wayside as I began school full time. I am currently in my fourth year of graduate school studying at the University of Oxford.
Over a dozen mixes are available for free download. I created these mixes after retiring from the scene. So, they don’t reflect, entirely, the genre’s I performed publicly. The Orientalism series focus on Arabic and South Asian influenced downtempo, ambient, breakbeats, and experimental sounds. This was my specialty. The dj mixes Heden St. Lounge, Cabaret Le Couer, City Soleil, and Old Time Jukebox, and others are mixes that move outside of what I played out and instead portray downtempo electronic music with elements of jazz, swing, tango, blues, amongst other world instruments.