Keoki Franconi was born in El Salvador but moved to Kihei, Maui, when he was 8.[1] After graduating from Kailua High School he moved to the mainland to study at an airline school in California. When that didn't work, he moved to New York City and got a job with Trans World Airlines in New York, tracking lost luggage[3] while also being a busboy at the city's trendy Danceteria club.[1] It was at Danceteria that he got his start: I kept bugging a nearby club's manager to, please, please, please let me DJ there. I told him I knew how to do it, even though I only had a small collection of records and one turntable at home. He let me play a lounge gig on some of the slower nights. He told me to 'play whatever the fuck you want, so long as they stay,' words I've continued to live by to this day. —DJ Keoki,
It was while DJing at Disco 2000 Alig's party night at the Limelight that one of the biggest myths about Keoki began, the one where Mr Superstar passed out on the turntables while doing a set, "I guarantee you that never fucking happened" states DJ Keoki. [4] The myth is true, however the location is simply incorrect. The club at which Keoki passed out at, on the turn tables, was at Simon's Club in Gainesville, Florida. He also stole the club owner's car and disappeared, which caused him to be banned from DJing at the club. Franconi and Alig both developed expensive drug habits and began to grow apart. Alig's drug use indebted him to Angel Melendez, whom he murdered after an argument over many things including a long-standing drug debt.[5] Subsequently, Alig became a fugitive from the law and Franconi broke all ties with him.
Miami 305 King! DJ Craze was born in Managua, Nicaragua. At the age of 3, in 1980,[1] he fled the country with his family during the war which lasted throughout the 1980s.[2] Craze and his family moved to San Francisco, California, where they lived for a short while, before moving to Miami, Florida, where he currently resides.[3] The style of his music carries many of his past musical influences. Initially influenced by the Miami Bass movement when he was younger, Craze has gone on to incorporate elements of hip-hop, drum n bass, and breaks in his turntable routines. Recently, Craze has shifted his emphasis to DJ'ing and producing drum n bass with his own record label "Cartel".
Adam Goldstein was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania into a Jewish family. As a child, his father verbally abused him, which Goldstein called "unbelievably cruel." He later found out his father was secretly gay and addicted to drugs.[1] His father was sent to jail for committing bank fraud and later died from AIDS.[2] He began taking drugs, so his mother placed him in a treatment center that specialized in “tough love.” When Goldstein was 20 years old, he started deejaying, which he'd been obsessed with since seeing Herbie Hancock do the song “Rockit” at the Grammy Awards. He started going to AA meetings again and distanced himself from friends who were still using drugs. "By then, I was booking jobs at every major club and had started to gain a following," he told Glamour magazine. [3] Goldstein was a member of the rock band Crazy Town, known for their hit "Butterfly". He has also scratched on albums for Papa Roach, Madonna, Will Smith, and Shifty and played concerts with Jay-Z. He has played private events for celebrities like Jim Carrey, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Stiller, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, and Kate Hudson.[4] He had had a one-year contract with Las Vegas' Pure Nightclub inside Caesar's Palace to play at the venue every Friday and to open a nightclub at Caesars Atlantic City called Dusk.[5] Adam Michael Goldstein (March 30, 1973 – August 28, 2009) was an American club disc jockey better known as DJ AM. Goldstein was a former member of the rock band Crazy Town, and scratched on albums for Papa Roach, Madonna, and Will Smith, among others. He collaborated with Travis Barker of Blink-182 at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, and appeared in several television series. Goldstein was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania into a Jewish family. As a child, his father verbally abused him, which Goldstein called "unbelievably cruel." He later found out his father was secretly gay and addicted to drugs.[1] His father was sent to jail for committing bank fraud and later died from AIDS.[2] He began taking drugs, so his mother placed him in a treatment center that specialized in “tough love.” When Goldstein was 20 years old, he started deejaying, which he'd been obsessed with since seeing Herbie Hancock do the song “Rockit” at the Grammy Awards. He started going to AA meetings again and distanced himself from friends who were still using drugs. "By then, I was booking jobs at every major club and had started to gain a following," he told Glamour magazine. [3] Goldstein was a member of the rock band Crazy Town, known for their hit "Butterfly". He has also scratched on albums for Papa Roach, Madonna, Will Smith, and Shifty and played concerts with Jay-Z. He has played private events for celebrities like Jim Carrey, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Stiller, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, and Kate Hudson.[4] He had had a one-year contract with Las Vegas' Pure Nightclub inside Caesar's Palace to play at the venue every Friday and to open a nightclub at Caesars Atlantic City called Dusk.[5]
In todays ever changing face of music Larry McCormick aka Exzakt has carved his own space as an artist and business man from holding down a spot on one of Germany’s most prestigious Techno labels Datapunk, running one of the most influential Electro labels Monotone, to operating various websites like Electrowax Online Record Store and Electro Alliance. Larry has support from some of the top Techno/Electro masterminds such as Dave Clarke, Billy Nasty, and Anthony Rother. Larry was named in Urb Magazines Next 100 as one of the top up and coming performers in electronic music period.
In 2005 Larry moved to Frankfurt, Germany where he jumped into the European DJ circuit playing and in turn being invited back to top notch clubs Fuse, The Loft, and Coppelia 101. He also joined Databooks - Datapunk’s booking / artist management which is a very exclusive and small booking agency rostering the likes of Anthony Rother, Billy Nasty, Funk D Void, and Gregor Tresher. Larry’s DJing skills are undeniably energetic yet deep bridging the many facets of electro while pushing the limit of the sound into other genres. Larry has traveled the U.S. and around the globe reaching hot spots such as Budapest, Brussels, London, Barcelona, Tel Aviv, Madrid, and Frankfurt just to name a few.
As a producer Larry has quite a discography in 6 short years of production releasing 3 full length albums and 25 twelve inch singles/E.P.s on top electro labels Datapunk, Satamile, Psi49net as well as his own Monotone U.S.A. imprint. Larry has also appeared on many compilations from Sony's "This is not the 80's" to "In Electro We Trust" which is a who's who of electro featuring exclusive tracks from The Hacker, Advent, Carl Finlow, Alexander Kowalski, and Johannes Heil. As a live performer Larry has headlined stages with the likes of Karl Bartos, DJ Craze, Anthony Rother, Dynamix II, and Jackal & Hyde.