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Stacy started
djing in 1987 after being amazed by the music he was hearing on
the radio. “I used to try to record mixes off the radio, and
try to mix them together on 2 tape decks. I would also try mixing
them together on one radio with 2 tape players on it. After doing
that for a year I got a good ear for the music and started to buy
records. Now I didn’t own a turntable, but I still was buying
the new records. In 89’ I got a turntable and started doing
it with a tape deck and one turntable. It was quite easy because
I had already been doing it without a pitch on the tape decks, so
having a turntable with one made it easier for me.”
“In 1990
I was invited to a house party where I first played on 2 turntables,
and there is where I met Paul Johnson. Now Paul was a friend of
the guy who invited me to DJ the party. I was playing a lot of unknown
tracks that I had got my hands on from other producers like, Ron
Hardy, DJ Rush, Armando and Farley JM Funk. When I started playing,
Paul approached me as he had some tracks that were also unknown,
and we stared comparing music. I would drop a track and then he
would, back n forth, and it went on for 2 hours like that. After
that we hung out every day working on music together. In 1994 I
did my first record with Paul on Dance Mania Records called "Stacy
Kidd & Pilly P Doing Thangs Vol 1". Now after that release
we did 2 more Vol.’s of that record, Vol 2 & Vol 3, and
then after that I did my first solo recording called "15213
Loomis" on Dance Mania Records 1996.
In that same
year Paul came to me and said "man you need to start doing
some club music and get out of that fast dance mania style of music".
So I said “cool”, and ended putting out 3 Club Records
in the same year on the following labels, Huge Records (Chicago),
Relief Records (Chicago) and Peacefrog Records in London. In 1997
I started travelling with Paul and doing different parties all over
the world. Now this was new to me and I was loving it, so I ended
up focussing on trying to produce more club style music, as it seemed
to be what all the people out of town were loving. In 1998 is where
I really stared making noise around the world - I did 5 records
in this year with the following labels: Dusttraxx Records (Chicago),
Aftermidnight Records (Holland), Riviera Records (France), Daddy
Records sub label of Peacefrog (London) and a remix for Ministry
of Sound Records in London.
In 1999 I continued
travelling a lot more and meeting a lot of DJ’s & Producers
from all over the world. Plus I released more tracks on Riviera
Records, Dusttraxx Records and Moody records in 99’.”
In 2000, Stacy
was on a whole new level, doing more vocal projects and remixes
for more new respected labels. In 2000 Stacy released records for
Yellorange Records, Silk Entertainment Records (Chicago), Tilted
Records (Seattle), Celebrity Records (Minnesota) and Dusttraxx Records
plus doing many more tours and studio sessions with a lot of the
top house producers in the game.
2001 was even
bigger for Stacy Kidd. He continued producing for more labels including
Basement Boys Records (Baltimore), Yellorange Records (New Jersey),
and Riviera Records (France).
In 2002, Stacy
started his new production company "Underground Elements",
which includes female singer "Joi Williams" and male singer
"Matthew Yates", Producer/DJ‘s "Tim Funatik
(Dallas)", Melvin Meeks (Chicago), Scott Payne (Chicago), and
Ice Mike Lataker (Chicago).
In 2003, Stacy
Kidd is "HOT" - he was recognized as one of the versatile
up and coming producers in Chicago by DJ Magazine. He also joined
the Louie Vega and Kenny Dope (MAW) family on their new label "Kenlou
Records". He has released three records so far on the following
labels: Music 101 Records (Chicago), Silk Entertainment Records
(Chicago), Classic Records (London), and has five more coming this
year - two from Bumpin City Records (Chicago), Kenlou Records (New
York), After School Records (LA), Dusttraxx Records (Chicago). Stacy
has DJed all over this year including Russia, Sweden, UK, and a
host of domestic places. So be on the look out for more hot productions
from Stacy Kidd and his Production Company (Underground Elements),
in the near Future, “because I’m not done yet!!!!!!”
Stacy will
be bringing some Chicago to Melbourne:
Saturday August 6
F4 Level 2,
322 Lt Collins St
Melbourne
Visit djstacykidd.com
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