The Delicious Duo / Vancouver, Canada

[Zêus]

DJ Name/Alias
The Delicious Duo

Hometown: Vancouver, Canada
Genre(s): House, Electro, Progressive, Trance
Affiliations: ItsAfter8, Threeway Productions, In-Japan, RedBull Japan Music

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DJ Sets/CD's for Download

http://www.deliciousduo.com/music/fromhere.zip
( September 2007 House Mix, featuring 3 original tracks )
http://www.deliciousduo.com/music/tothere.zip
( September 2007 Trance Mix )

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Website(s)

The Delicious Duo
MySpace.com - Delicious Duo - Vancouver, CA - House / Trance - www.myspace.com/deliciousduo

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Are/Were you a resident DJ, if so where?

The First Club, Tokyo Japan ( Present )
Wall Street House, Tokyo Japan ( Present )
Wall Street Bar, Tokyo Japan ( Present )
Crush, Vancouver Canada ( 01/05/07 - 01/09/07 )
Vibes Lounge, Vancouver Canada ( 01/05/07 - 01/09/07 )
Caprice, Vancouver Canada ( 01/05/07 - 01/09/07 )
Tokyo Lounge, Vancouver Canada ( 01/06/06 - 01/12/06 )
Barcode, Vancouver Canada ( 01/06/06 - 01/09/06 )
Viva, Richmond Canada ( 01/01/05 - 01/06/06 )

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What events have you played at?

Shiver ( 2007 )
Fridgefest 4 ( 2007 )
Lure Boatcruise 4 ( 2007 )
Lure Boatcruise 3 ( 2007 )
Lure Boatcruise 2 ( 2007 )
Lure Boatcruise 1 ( 2007 )
Fridgefest 3 ( 2007 )
Fiji Islander ( 2007 )
Ferry Corsten @ UBC (exclusive after party set)( 2006 )
Fridgefest 2 @ Celebrities ( 2006 )
Fiji Halloween ( 2006 )
Phynn In Vancouver ( 2006 )
John Askew @ Viva ( 2006 )
Fridgefest @ Commodore ( 2005 )
T.K House Festival ( 2005 )
Mizz In Richmond ( 2004 )
Viva Trance Festival ( 2004 )

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Years spinning the decks: 4-5

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What originally hooked you into the DJing scene?

Two separate stories really, one of us ( Zêus ) was a byproduct of the huge rave explosion that happened in Vancouver during the late 90's. We both met at UBC and became close friends due to a mutual love for music. After J-ling was introduced to Dj shows with a performance by Sasha we both agreed that we had found our careers.

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What type of music do you specialise in?

We began as independent artists. Zêus had been playing house in BC for several years now while J-ling focused on Trance. When we combined into a single band we were capable of crossing through multiple genre's to really feed the crowds what they want in any given night. More than anything, we've become well known for very high energy performances.

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Most expensive vinyl that you have paid for? - how much was it?

Anything bought overseas has cost a pretty penny. I think the entire Daft Punk discography was close to 150$.

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What is your most treasured record and why?

Although we use CD decks ( because of the way the industry has evolved ) anytime we enter a club and they have turntables we feel compelled to use them. Nothing can replace the feeling of vinyl on your fingers ... kinda off topic but it'd be too cheesy to say "too many to count".

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Have you got any funny/horrific DJing stories?

Well when we started out in 2002, all the parties we could get gigs at were at UBC. That being said you'd stand behind the decks while slews of people kept screaming for us to play top 40 and rap. So we'd try introducing them to some house and get drinks thrown at us ( or garbage ).
As time went on a lot sets were ruined in the tail end of the vinyl era when we'd jump up and down to get energy from the crowd. Low and behold the needle would just fly right off the record.

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What do you like the most about DJing?

The sheer experience of unleashing energy upon people. The beautiful thing about electronic music is that unlike other club experiences where you see people using the sound as a medium to only grind and flirt with each other, the crowd is enthralled by the beat. The look on an audiences face when all they want to do is hear the next rise and rock out as hard as they can.

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What does your DJ name signify?

The term "delicious" isn't used nearly enough as an adverb in modern language. However beyond foodstuffs it can really describe a sensation, sound, or moment.

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Who are your influences /or shoutouts?

Radiohead, Portishead, Elliot Smith, Gomez, Gorillaz, Goldfrapp, Damien Rice, The Doves, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Jimmy Hendrix, K-Os, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, The Roots, Mos Def, Twalib Kwali, Jill Scott, Lauryn Hill, Dead Prez, Common, A Tribe Called Quest, Heiroglyphics, Slick Rick, Felonios Monk, Ben Harper, Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, Daft Punk, The Freestylers, Ferry Corsten, Donald Glaude, Klass, Krafty Kuts, Stanton Warriors, Bassnectar, Benni Benassi, Carl Cox, Dirty South, DJ Dan, Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Gabriel & Dresden, Above & Beyond, Tiesto, Sasha, Nic Chagall, Christopher Lawrence, Carl Cox, David Guetta, Axwell, Roger Sanchez, Junkie XL, Dirty South, Bob Sinclar, Eurythmics, Mark Norman, 4 strings, Judge Jules, Deep Dish, Starkillers, ATB, Paul Oakenfold, Marco V, and Steve Angello.

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Feel free to add any additonal information about yourself


If you are a manager, promoter, partier in the greater Tokyo area of Japan and are interested in working with us contact deliciousduo@gmail.com

Thanks for visiting :D

[Big R]

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