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The SticksA Latvian Special -DJ Ai-va HOT MIX ONLY ON FMCS
For Those of you that didn’t know FMCS is based in Latvia then shame on you.
”Shit we thought you guys were based in LA or London”… is the usual reply. But that’s cool, it’s not a well known fact. If you didn’t know the East is the new West then you need to take a trip over here.
Those in the know are looking to the East for inspiration cause we know how to continue to wave the flag of individuality, new youth culture, design and fashion. To kick off some future exposure we will be doing centered around the East in the coming months, let us introduce DJ AI-VA… a one man super mash-up man in the mix.
For DJ Ai-va, the number one priority is musicality. Drawing his influences from Soul, Funk, Rock, Reggae, HipHop, Breakbeats, Baltimore club, hyphy, etc DJ Ai-va extracts the essence of all these styles, blending and arranging them in a way that’s captivating and entertaining to his listeners.
After a few years’ practice at home, in 1991 DJ Ai-va started playing at school parties, small clubs and bars. In the early 90’s DJ Ai-va played only electromagnetic tapes (the most populat format in ex-Soviet Union), later he switched to CD and vinyl. In the late 90’s together with Ozols and Gustavo, he became one of the first and, very few hip hop party DJs in Latvia. At the same time, he began to organize events and, hip hop parties in various clubs in Riga – Pulkvedis, Jim Beam, 4 Love & $ and Ultra.
As a travelling party rocker, he has played in many countries including neighbouring Lithuania and Estonia, as well as USA (Chicago, NYC, California), Canada (Toronto), Sweden and Norway.
DJ Ai-va plays hip hop, r`n`b, funk, soul, breakbeats, baltimore, hyphy, etc…
He has released various mixtapes such as:
Mass DNM mixtape 2006,
Eastern Block 2003,
Beats of the year 2002 - 2005,
European Urban Hiphop 2004,
Converse Your Life 2006
LISTEN TO THE MIX ONLY ON FMCS
Find DJ Ai-va on web:
www.myspace.com/djaiva2
www.djaiva.lv
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