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A key player in various U.S. music scenes since the early 80’s, he got his start playing in San Francisco bands and has shared the stage with such punk luminaries as the Dead Kennedy’s, Black Flag and Social Distortion. In 1987, he got his fi rst DJ gig, an opening slot for Kurtis Blow in San Jose. |
From there he went on to his now legendary club nights. Manning the decks in countless guest spots Spun has racked up the frequent fl yer miles playing at many world-renowned parties and clubs, among them San Francisco’s Wicked, Organic, Spundae, and End Up. LA’s Unlock the House, New York’s Centro Fly, APT. Passerby and 205, Horsemeat Disco and the Key in London, Frankfurt’s the Omen, Rio, Cookies and White Trash Fast Food in Berlin, BED in Bangkok, Liquid Room and Unit in Tokyo, and Lick and Organic in Sydney. Frequently playing with people like Harvey, the Idjut Boys, Rub n Tug.
Spun, along with partner Ben Cook, founded the trailblazing Rong Music in 2003 as a means of releasing their own style-bending, genre-blending music as well as the output of likeminded friends and peers with a spate of releases from such far afi eld artists as jazz great Chico Hamilton, Mudd, Chicken Lips, Woolfy, and Freeblood.
Currently residing in New York City, Spun is also the curator and organizer of P.S.1/MoMA’s prestigious Warm Up Music Series, acknowledged as NYC’s best Summertime Party, “Warm Up” averages 4000 attendees each Saturday.
He’s also resident at APT. and 205 club with Eric Duncan of Rub n Tug.
Dj Spun
www.myspace.com/therealdjspun
Rong Music
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DJ Spun: Live in Tokyo (2006)
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Recorded live at the
Something Wrong party in the saloon at Unit in Tokyo. DJ Spun plays an
eclectic mix of forward thinking dance music from the 70s to the
present. This was an intimate high energy affair.
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