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Genre: Detroit Techno
Irrational Muzikwerx
Description:
Status: RECON:313
Location: Flint, MI
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DJ Psycho (Dezi Magby) has been repping the streets for the last 25
years of his life, dedicating himself to the art of not only rocking
the crowd, but making a mix that is as complex as his interests. Mike
Banks (UR) himself said, after seeing him for the first time, “Look at
him! Just look at him! He truly doesn’t give a fuck! Records don’t make
him. He makes THEM do what he wants them to do!” He’s been referenced
as being “the split difference between The Wizard and The Tazmanian
Devil”.His live mixes cross boundaries and genres effortlessly, and his
mixes on CD go beyond simply beatmatching records – they tell stories.
Being a DJ is not so much how he makes a living as it is how he lives.
At this stage in the game, he still practices 3-5 hours daily with no
breaks.
Psycho took to the turntables after watching Grandmaster Flash on MTV
in 1981. He had already been taking up guitar, piano and percussion, so
the musical aspect was already there. He also had uncles in Detroit and
Pontiac who introduced him to the game, and by 1983, their training
paid off when he started DJing junior high and high school dances. He
had co-founded a band the same year, Your’z Truly, playing guitar on
stage and various instruments in the studio. In 1987, he met Kevin
Klida (DJ Max Jerome), who ended up helping him secure his very first
club gig at The Mikatam in Genesee, MI. After that first taste of
notoriety, he started smashing everything in sight, touring alongside
Digital Underground, Ice Cube and Naughty By Nature, getting his own
mix show on local radio station WWCK-105 fm, and procuring the Midwest
DMC finals championships 3 years running.
Since then, it’s been a rollercoaster ride, with no breaks in his
popularity and respect amongst his peers. He’s thrown parties in the
Flint area as part of the SPICE crew between ’91 and ’97. As part of
Rev. Right Time (’97-’03), he’s been written up in High Times Magazine,
appeared on the Jenny Jones show and shared stages with
Parliament-Funkadelic, The Time, Roger and Zapp, Fishbone, WAR, Hed
P.E., Coal Chamber and Drowning Pool. As a solo DJ, he’s bumped mixers
with DJ Clue, Green Lantern, Skribble, Boy George, Gianni, Michael
Myers, and Mix Master Mike, as well as Michigan luminaries such as
Punisher, MD!, Billebob, Scan 7, and countless others. He’s also a
supporter of low-power FM, helping launch RADIO FREE FLINT in 1999.
Psyc is currently a member of Funkilinium, a 6-piece R&B/funk
outfit that has been nominated twice for Best Funk Band at the Detroit
Music Awards. Early this past year, Vert Clothing chose him as a
spokesmodel for their new line of street gear and co-sponsored his
“Dissident” club tour for the summer of 2006.
Influenced by a wide range of artists (starting with Prince, George
Clinton, Nile Rodgers of Chic, Thomas Dolby, Yellow Magic Orchestra,
Aerosmith and The Beatles) and DJs (Flash, Jazzy Jeff, Premier, Jeff
Mills, Jam Master Jay, Carl Cox), his goal is to bridge the gap between
what all of these people have meant to him and the future of music,
whether it is manning the turntables, making tracks or stepping on
stage with his band. 25 more years? It could happen……
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