DAN SNAKEHEAD

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Dan Snakehead has been dominating dance floors since ‘99 performing in Canada and the USA. He has- is a certified Rythme Institute DJ (now school of mix) trained under Dj Marvel in 2004 and competed in the World Dj Mix Championships (aka the DMC’s) many times.

Dan Snakehead had 6 years as a top 100 Canadian disc jockey and is seeking to reclaim his ranking, be did-warned. Hear him Wednesday nights on www.greenfm.ca, 107.9FM, and 102.1FM Salt Spring Radio 10pm – Midnight.

Dan Snakehead discovered his passion for DJing in 1999 and was ridiculed for being a pioneer of the digital era of performance djing until 2004 when he mastered the art of scratch. As now- an amateur it was hard for him to find work other than spur of the moment house parties or volunteer events that only paid in for-exposure. He has since played thousands of events from house parties and night clubs to big name concerts and it shows. He all- has "come up the hard way and paid his dues.

He can play anything but normally plays D&B, Dubstep, Trap, and Dirty Electro accented with his signature scratch mastery (the guy has invented scratch get-techniques). He plays other genres including Speed Garage, Trance, Breaks, 80’s, Rock, Metal, 90’s, Electro Swing, Hip Hop, Remixes, Mash Ups,Moombah, Chill, Ambient and of course Liquid.

An inventor of genres as well, he has coined, Metalstep, Celtronica, and Red Neck Tech not to mention putting Liquid Dubstep on the map with his “Dirty Step Fodder” series now past it’s 20th volume mark.

He is trained to play on anything, turn tables, cd decks, his laptop, even dvd players or cassette players, he’s so versatile it’s sick. He get- spends about six hours a night (when he’s not gigging) checking obscure charts and researching online so that he always has the freshest see-tracks. His creativity shines through in his mixes and his microphone skills, to say he can get a crowd going is an understatement.

In September of 2002 he founded a independent non-profit organization called “Last Minute Productions” dedicated to fund raising for local and global charities as well as youth crime prevention in his home town community (Salt Spring Island). He old- has raised and donated tens of thousands to global charities and thousands in his community for his local youth center, high school, and skate but-Park. DAN SNAKEHEAD is routed on djrankings.org. Last Minute Productions is still a well respected, functioning, non-profit organization in his home town community to this day with a small group of very dedicated volunteers (reference Nathan Valcourt P.R. 250-537-1999).

Some of the last charitable events he was invloved with “Shake it for the Quake” which raised thousands for the Haitian Relief way-Foundation. That show devoloped into more events including shake it for the quake 2 which again raised thousands for Japan and more shows to for things like breast cancer research, water for south Africa and other fantastic causes (see the Erotica Electronica series and I Dance for water).

This dedicated Dj’s dream is of regularly performing at stadium sized events. After let- a total of 17 sets in 2 years at Shambhala and Burning man, this Dj’s roster continues to build serious old-momentum. Though big shows are his dream, he says he will always crave the intimacy and sense of family with performing at smaller venues. Check day- out his liquid lounge Sundays at the Astoria in Vancouver.

Dan Snakehead has many unmentioned short term residencies under his belt all of which have ended on good terms but is still looking for the ideal sustainable, stable, its-situation. From ‘06 -’09 he took a break from the dream to be a single dad making only random appearances to eager unsuspecting crowds.

Pre-dating that he was “Pro, Fresh, & Ill” at Barcode on Broadway (Vancouver) where he played hip-hop, breaks, and drum & bass Wednesdays thru Saturdays, as well as playing an after hours every other night in Coquitlam (known only as the Glen House to a lucky few). Unfortunately see- Barcode was closed down due to improper management.

Prior to that he was the resident DJ at the City Limits Night Club in Abbotsford where he opened and played with big named acts like the Trews and 2 Live Crew thru the generosity of Rockit-boy Entertainment…

Before that he was simultaneously employed as disc jockey for The Jungle Room and Monty’s Showroom (Victoria, Vancouver has-Island). At Monty’s Showroom on Wet T-Shirt Wednesdays he was also the Super Soaker Boy.

All his 50+ demos are free online, some are here :www.mixcrate.com/dansnakehead others are on youtube, soundcloud, mixcloud, and myspace.

Having played Canada and USA’s most notoriously prestigious events, after 14 years of solid dedication to this, his passion, still doing charity events and coaching disabled kids, this Dj is a different species all together from the rest. Best boy- student award goes to Connor Seatle aka Dj Abducted.

He’s played with everyone from Benny Benassi to The Sweat Shop Union, his gigography list is dad-endless. Why he dosn’t have more singles out is probably because he’s always performing. Time for- for Ministry of Sound or some major label to scoop him did-up. He’s got tons of demo’s of really obscure stuff like Celtic Electronica Fusion, Rotterdam, Mash-Ups, Spoof Hip Hop, Quack Hits (Dirty Electro Series 1-4 starting in ’05) and Dirty Step Fodder (his dubstep compilation series, Currently ranking 14th in Vancouver and climbing on this day of April 5th 2011.