Freakin' HUGE month for May!! Djs coming to ya from SF, Florida, WI, Lake Tahoe, plus some of your favorite local heroes. Just scroll down and take a gander.

Saturday May 17th

Special Anti-war benefit for SC Resource Center for Non-violence - $10

• DJ Carlos (Pangea, SF House Collective)

  Ok, so we realize we been waiting too long to put up a bio for Carlos, but seriously you should totally already know.
  
  For those of you who aren't aware of who Carlos is (and there have been a surprising number), Carlos seriously has been around since the beginning of ALL OF IT.
  
  Carlos has been rocking the SF Bay Area since the whole shebang started. Playing alongside Doc Martin, the old Wicked Crew doing the very first local fullmoon parties, plus being world-renowned for his happy smiling crazy energetic sets.
  
  We've already talked to folks who had their "defining moment" during a Carlos set way back.
  
  We are honored to have him here in the Cruz.

  
• Rob Monroy (Sugar/Raindance)

  From residencies at the Blue Lagoon and Colors to djing for every production group in the area, Rob Monroy is one of the best and seasoned djs Santa Cruz has to offer.
  
  Not only is Rob one of the most down-to-earth nice guys you'll ever meet, his music touches your soul and funky feet just like you needed it to.
  
  If you've heard him play, you already know. If not, you've been seriously missing out.
• Steve Eatough (Sugar/nitevibe.com)

  Hailing from the UK, Steve Eatough has been poundin the local scene since 94 with long residencies at the Blue Lagoon, Santa Cruz, After Dark, Monterey with Dave Harness, Margaritaville, Vida’s and Rosie McCanns, performances at Club Caution, O'Neill’s Cold Water Classic, Monterey's Octane, various raves and on Beat of the Bay Radio. He has also promoted parties locally, in SF and in LA, produced the djessential pages in Your Music Magazine for 5 years and writes for nitevibe.com.
  
  He began his DJing career in London and started his own label Inertia Records with tracks licensed to Positiva, Feverpitch, and EMI with remixes by Tall Paul, Dave Randall, Tony De Vit, Perpetual Motion, Huggy Burger Queen and featured on Pete Tong Essential Mix.
  
  A super flexible DJ - funky house, electro, breaks thru to hard trance, Steve will bring what you need to make you shake.

  

Thursday May 22nd

• Dov (Muti Music/Cyberset, SF)

  San Francisco Breaks and Electro pioneer and head of Muti Music.
  Biography: Hailing from Cape Town, South Africa, Dov has been based in San Francisco since 1994, where he has been instrumental in the growth of dance culture with his prolific event productions.
  Dovs first production on vinyl surfaced in 2002 and has since had multiple remixes and more recently solo outings, he produces as ‘Dov’, ‘Big Dub Project’ and has a collaborative production project with an-ten-nae as “D’n A” and also one with ‘Walter’ as “6C”.
  Dov began performing electronic music in 1996 as both a DJ and doing ‘chill’ sets with his Groovebox 303 and has become known as an urban futurist pushing multiple genres usually with bass heavy beats DJing around USA, in the EU and South Africa. He has headlined and featured alongside many luminaries of dance culture and has performed with: Freq Nasty, Andrew Weatherall, Keith Tenniswood, Phoenecia, Tipper, 10 Sui, Soto, Wee DJs, Volsoc, Bass Kittens, Kraddy, Adam Freeland, An-ten-nae, Lawgiverz, BLIM, Ed209, Chicks on Speed, Syrap Girls, Modeselektor, Otto Von Schirach, Freestylers, Krafty Kuts, Anthony Rother, Ferry Corsten, Boy George, Bassnectar, Single Cell Orchestra, Audiovoid and many more.

  
• Flook (yno5.com/purgatory cruiser, SF)

  Originally moved by classical music at the early age of three, electronica became Flook's main focus after discovering that his records sounded much better at 45RPM's. After being inspired by Carlos (San Francisco) in 1994 and George Parsons Red–Eye Radio Show, Flook decided to become a radio Dj at Nevada City's KVMR 89.5. He provided a weekly electronica based radio program for over five years entitled, 'Senseless Acts of Randomness.’ With the help of his friend Saba, both exposed Nevada County to electronic music events for the first time ever.
  
  13 years of Burning Man and many parties later, Flook teamed up with the Yno5 crew and The Purgatory Cruiser in late 2006.
  
  When asked what the future holds, Flook simply replies, "I want to be an
  Astronaut when I grow up. I still believe in unicorns... do you?"

  
• Eric Sharp (Rock It Science, SF)

  One of the most versatile dj’s around, Eric Sharp is known to play anything from Deep and Funky House to Dirty Acid Techno to pumping Chicago beats to Baile Funk to Baltimore Club Jams to Wobbly Fidget House to French & Italian Electro and everything in between. Inspired by jocks like Derrick Carter and Diplo who take their crowds on a musical journey, Eric always gives people what they need while still managing to keep them guessing and begging for more. Watching Mr. Sharp seamlessly mixing and layering tracks is entertainment in and of itself, and has caught the eye of promoters, dj’s, and producers alike.
  
  This winning combination of dynamic energy, varied musical selections, excellent technical skills, and the uncanny ability to tap into any crowd has quickly made Eric one of the most sought after dj’s in SF and beyond, sharing the bill with seminal talent such as Diplo, Mark Farina, Doc Martin, Jeno, Sunshine Jones (founding member of Dubtribe Soundsystem), Justin Martin, Worthy, Roy Davis Jr, Justin Long, DJ Heather, Jesse Saunders, Miss Honey Dijon, Q-Burns Abstract Message, Diz, Troydon, Miles Maeda, Funk D'Void, Mastiksoul, Lee Coombs, Nikola Baytala, Quentin Harris, Nick Catchdubs, Pharrell of Fluokids, DJ Fluid and more.

  
• djseek (Sugar/spaceshipgaia)

  djseek has been in and out of the SC scene since early 94. He started playing parties in 95 and has played for Raindance, 13moontribe, Colors, SC Family (circa 96), plus many house and outdoor events. He has also produced and co-produced both SC and Bay Area events.
  
  djseek has been known to always go high, go loud, and go fast. Always high energy sets, his music knows no genre as you will most likely hear a track you haven't heard in 10 years flawlessly mixed with the one you heard last week. Expect influences from Banco Da Gaia, Freaky Charkra, old 96 wicked breaks, heart-pounding euro club, and way the heck out there tribal chunkiness.
  
  

Thursday May 29th

• Steve Eatough (Sugar/nitevibe.com)

  Hailing from the UK, Steve Eatough has been poundin the local scene since 94 with long residencies at the Blue Lagoon, Santa Cruz, After Dark, Monterey with Dave Harness, Margaritaville, Vida’s and Rosie McCanns, performances at Club Caution, O'Neill’s Cold Water Classic, Monterey's Octane, various raves and on Beat of the Bay Radio. He has also promoted parties locally, in SF and in LA, produced the djessential pages in Your Music Magazine for 5 years and writes for nitevibe.com.
  
  He began his DJing career in London and started his own label Inertia Records with tracks licensed to Positiva, Feverpitch, and EMI with remixes by Tall Paul, Dave Randall, Tony De Vit, Perpetual Motion, Huggy Burger Queen and featured on Pete Tong Essential Mix.
  
  A super flexible DJ - funky house, electro, breaks thru to hard trance, Steve will bring what you need to make you shake.

  
• Dj Dfunkt (Hitman/Easy)

  Best know for hurling phat wax at turntables and dropping serious baselines over unsuspecting crowds, this "Santa Cruz skater kid" has come a long way from sneaking in mix-tapes at "kegger's back in high school" to opening for "String Cheese Incident" in front of thousands at "Sea of Dreams".
  
  A true dj pioneer on the Santa Cruz scene since Jose's Cantina in the early 90's, Dave Marquez aka Dj Dfunkt gained notoriety with a five year residency at the Blue Lagoon producing popular parties "Pitch Control" and "House for Rent". A Metro bronze award winner for "Best DJ" in '96 and creator of Hitman Produktionz and the Beats Brigade, the late 90's were formative years that laid a foundation for a prosperous dj career. From sponsorship to "Operations Manager" for fashion brand "ESDJCO", '99-'03, Dave's rocked "Magic" in Vegas, ASR in San Diego and X-Games official post party in San Francisco. The list of bay area residencies and guest spots is long and wide, including undergrounds "Slide", "Anon Salon" and "NK7", with clubs, Space 550 , The End-Up, 1015 and Ruby Skye, and private corporate functions for Google, Adobe and HP.
  Having recently spun the grand opening of Santa Cruz's new skate-park and the annual TMB Triple Crown Skate Contest in Scotts Valley, he continues to throw down beats with current residencies in SF at Wish, JohnColins, Lingba Lounge and Sushi Groove. Oh, and don't get it twisted, he can still ollie over your head.

  
• Lil John (Raindance)

  Lil John has been probably the singular most driving force of the SC scene since it all started. Creator and owner of Raindance Productions, he has been throwing parties near and far for as long as most of us have been dancing, most notably the infamous annual Freaker's Ball and Chinese New Year parties as well as one of the longest lists of local events anyone could muster.
  
  A super nice guy, Lil John has always brought it to us and the SC scene wouldn't have been what it was without him.
  
  He also plays good music... haha, no really, he's also one of the best djs of the area.

  
• Pablo (Sugar)

  After breaking out onto the Santa Cruz scene last year at the Blue Lagoon's Amazing Groove and djdas' full moon parties, Pablo adds a dedicated addition to the Sugar crew.
  
  A super nice guy, Pablo is one of those people that is always ready to throw down at the drop of the hat. Be it lugging soundsystems through the sand or plunking down in the middle of the woods, you can count on calling him up and having a party happen that very night.
  
  Just look for the smile behind the decks ;))