Streetbeat, WNUR-FM 89.3: streetbeat.wnur.org: DJs

Streetbeat Active Electronic staff:

Applique	Disco, Minimal, Electro	Applique finally abandoned all other genres of music when he came to WNUR in the fall of 2006 to apprentice with DJ Sangre. His show, Rewriteable, started in the winter of 2007 and has since evolved into a bi-weekly review of the best new house releases. Applique and DJ Jaims alternate in the 11 pm Monday slot.
DJ Dolly DeBauche	Mash-ups, Electroclash, Electropop, House, Indietronica, Hip-hop	Dolly is the latest inheritor of the Late Show, on a bi-monthly basis. She apprenticed on the Late Show with DJ Stabby from October 2005 to March 2006, where her eclectic tastes were not only encouraged, but cultivated. Coming of age in the glorious nightlife of Miami Beach and South Beach exposed her to all different sorts of electronic music styles and kickstarted her love of a great dance tune. If you just want to hear fun music that is awesome to get your dance on to, and get other things on to, then this is the show for you. You will hear all sorts of things, new and old, from across genres. So explore some different music while she feels out her style. She'll get your monday night party pumping.
Andy Farley	House, Tech-house, IDM, Minimal	Apprenticed with Ian Lesperance from March - June 2005. Andy Farley became a DJ because of his severe lack of social/dancing skills. Making terrible electronic music since the 7th grade, his musical tastes have both broadened and deepened with a faster internet connection and compulsive collecting habits. His musical influences vary widely from John Tejada’s minimal techno blips to The Chariot’s brutal hardcore breakdowns. The focus of his show, DropB, is to present music that sounds like Chicago house played through a broken Super Nintendo...or something like that. Andy was also the Streetbeat Electronic Producer from June 2006 - September 2006.
Kevin Greene	House	Kevin Greene moved from Los Angeles to Northwestern in Fall of 2005. When he stepped into WNUR, he fell in love with Streetbeat and decided to apprentice on DJ Sangre's show, The Fringe, from September 2005 until March 2006. The station led him to discovering all kinds of electronic music, but Kevin especially fell in love with House. His favorite kinds are club house, disco house, and french house, and he broadcasts this wondeful music on his show, Blended on WNUR FM.
James Hassel aka DJ Jaims	Intelligent Drum N' Bass, UK Garage, Disco House	Jaims has always had a flavor for the forgotten tastes in electronic music. Growing up on an atmospheric drum n' bass foundation, Jaims has added lesser-known genres to his playlists as they peaked during brief stints in the New York scene, including NY garage, speed garage, classic and ragga jungle, and 2-step. In 2001, he began indulging in the UK drill n' bass scene and also developed a liking for IDM. Recently, Chicago has influenced him to spin funky, jazzy, and disco house on a regular basis. He combines all of these styles into his bi-weekly show, Rhythm Mechanics, which first aired March-June 2005 and will continue from September '05-June '06. He apprenticed with the ever talented Roy Shay on BeatChem 110 two quarters prior to his show. DJ Jaims acted as Streetbeat's electronic producer for the 2005 / 2006 and 2006 / 2007 school year and hosted on Monday nights until June 2007.
Jeekoos	Jungle, Breakbeat, Garage, Grime, Dubstep, Dub	Chicago 1998...Jeekoos became actively involved in music by producing hip hop with local artists. With an open mind and heart, he began digging for fresh musical experiences. Shortly before the end of the century, at a party in Rogers Park, he got introduced to jungle and immediately fell in love. In early 2000 he happened upon a jungle and breakbeat-oriented college radio show hosted and mixed by DJ Kee aka Searchl1te. Impressed by his selections of styles and sounds, and glad to have found a consistent source for dnb, Jeekoos became a regular listener. He had been honing his production skills and began sharing some of his original tracks with Searchl1te, who dug them and played them on the show. In late 2001 Jeekoos visited the radio show, which had just taken the name Part Time Sucker Radio. There he met up with the Part Time Suckers, Kee aka Searchl1te, Cringer, and Kat_Zyie. When dubstep caught up with him, with its slower pace but equivalent intensity, gnarly basslines and attention to detail, the incorporation of it into his sets and production style was only natural. As his sound evolves and his skills flourish, Jeekoos stays deeply involved in the Chicago dubstep scene. Respect to tha Wubmaster!
Rocky Jones	Trance, Progressive House, Electro	Rocky spins all types of music as long as it gets his foot tapping. He incorporates many sources of music into his DJ mixes including vinyl, CDs, as well as MIDI instruments and tracks through his Powerbook. A trained classical guitarist for the last 15 years, Rocky likes incorporating forms of improvisation into his sets. He keeps full tracklists and recordings from all his sets on WNUR at rocky-jones.com. If you would are interested in airing a guest mix during his slot, send him an email. Outside the DJ booth, Rocky is suave, a veteran in love, and an outlaw in Peru. Children trust him. He bakes 30 minute brownies in 20 minutes.
James Lauer	House, Progressive	James Lauer spins a wide range of underground house and techno and currently hosts the Diversified Portfolio Radio show alongside an impressive lineup of special guests. The show was started with the help of co-host Andrew Suprenant. As a DJ, James works extremely hard to keep his sound as fresh and diverse as possible and his efforts have consistently earned him bookings at some of the top locations in Chicago as well as a number of other cities around the world. He keeps a full archive of all of his WNUR shows including tracklistings and recorded sets available at JamesLauer.com along with his latest DJ schedule and other antics.
m50	Techno	m50 is Streetbeat's current webmaster. He has hosted etc on Friday nights with pHonaut as a frequent co-host from June 1999 till June 2004 and from January 2005 till the present. He co-hosted Part Time Suckers & Diversified Portfolio during his 2004 hiatus. m50 mentored DJ Xanax. He also acted as Music Director and Electronic Producer; and as Event Co-ordinator for Streetbeat from March 2006 - Nov 2006 for Streetbeat, and as Traffic Director for WNUR. m50 apprenticed for Noomenon & MC Peter Lee from November 1998 till June 1999 and under David Siska from June 1999 till June 2000. m50 has featured guests such as Noomenon, Wormgear, Akili, DJ Peep, Zachary Lubin / Mumtaz, Chris Widman, Marko Katic, Shaka 23, DJ DMan / DJ OP / DJ Operator, Synctank, Craque, DJ Warp, Suprenova / Andrew Suprenant, Timeout Drawer / Someoddpilot, Josh Werner, Proswell, Audiophile, DJ Mani, DJ Skinny, Fiorna, K-Rad, Kra:n:k / Drift E, Gabriel Palomo, Pulz-8, Ray Rod, Charles Adler, Tim Xavier, Matthew Martin, Mercedez Ben, Steve Tang, Mike Rock, Magda, Vina, Josh Deep, Lee Chameleon, Sub K, Machwhat / Mike Whyte, Madom X, Vir Unis, James Johnson, Atomly, De Mi Deejays, Soultek & Jackie Kay / Vivace, Mu Mu James, John Patterson, DJ Testosterone, TRS-80, Warmdesk, Praxis, Matt Nee, Todd Sines, Velocette, String Theory / Thorny Tigers / Touchmaster Infinity, Striz, Peccaui, Protman, Sinjin, Rotten Milk, Reverend Robert Sinewave, Quantazelle, Katz 9, Christina Sheradon / Christina Jane, Cliff Swank, Feminaexmachina, Common Factor, Plastique, Marc Meiotic, DJ T-1000, Frankie Vega, Shadow Huntaz, Jeekoos, Scape One, Burton L, Brad Miner, J_Moody, Taho, Kage, Justin Reed, DJ Continuum, Aspro, P.Toile, Reynold, John Arnold, James Hardway, Aux 88, Grifty McGrift, Yard, DJ Stay In School, Matt MacQueen, Hieroglyphic Being, Arctic Hospital, Jacen Solo, Slava / Pop Terror, Lokua, Nadia, Diskokitty, Gys, Justin Long, Madrid, Sadie Woods, DJ Sad Pants, Billy Dalessandro, Tobias, Ian Hicks, James Anthony, Jrick / Brassworks Agency, Miles Tilmann, Atropa / Penisplusvagina, Nolian Reusse, Daniel Givens, Equulei, Rob Hamilton, Localfields, Riverman, Nate Conrad, Kiddo, Antiphase, The Perfect Cyn, Derek Fisher, Mike Wade, Andy Farley, Mike Corsa, Deluge, Sassmouth, Pipeline, Dr Dillow, David Siska, Jeff Vick, Dylan Drazen, Tzusing, Helen Money, Oleg and Slow Children, and Sangre.
Miwa	House, Electronic	Miwa started her show in the fall of 2006 after apprenticing for Stabby, Kevin Greene and Sara. She plays a high energy mixture influenced by mashup culture and dance dance revolution.
NightDen	Funky House, Club House, Breaks, Trance	DJ NightDen started DJing in 2006. Before that he was a relatively accomplished jazz pianist. While he still loves jazz, he got interested in DJing when he discovered how much fun dancing could be. Beginning his exploration of the DJ world with Ableton Live (a computer-based DJ software), he later incorporated CDJ and Turntable techniques into his mixing style in 2007 when he joined StreetBeat on 89.3FM WNUR. He apprenticed with Miwa Takaki & Kevin Greene. He does not limit his sets to any one style, rather he generally selects his tracks based on how much the melodies move him and the danceable quality of the beats. His favorite styles include Funky House, Club House, Breaks, & Trance."
DJ Ohm aka Ohmz aka Recharge aka Richard Chough	House, Breaks	DJ Ohm (Richard Chough) mixes a variety of music including chillout, breaks, house and trance. He has been hosting Cosmic Sound on WNUR since January 2007, formerly known as Full Circle from March through December 2006 after apprenticing with Rocky Jones in Fall 2005 and Sangre in Winter 2006. He currently holds his show on Tuesday nights at 11PM on 89.3FM WNUR-Streetbeat.
DJ Operator		Starting out as a booty house DJ dropping tracks at local YMCA parties, Tom (Operator) took a listen to WNUR and decided that better, electronic music was yet to be found. Joining the Streetbeat staff in the Fall of 1999, Operator apprenticed during his senior year at Evanston Township High School with Sameer, Dave the Slave and David Siska; the latter two accounting for a strong influence of Detroit Techno. Continuing his commitment to WNUR, DJ Operator held shows every summer from 2000-2005 with one in the Fall of 2001 and regularly subbed for other DJs like it was his job; albeit, a low paying one. When Brendan Cox could not handle to stress of running the Streebeat web site that he designed for a school project, Operator picked up the site to keep Streetbeat on the radar of listeners, record labels and promoters alike. He is referred to as "the guy with the sexy voice" by the ladies and plays an eclectic blend of techno. Check him out at djop.com for more compelling information.
Part Time Suckers	Jungle, Drum N Bass	Part Time Sucker radio started on Wednesday nights in March 2000, moving after a couple years to its current Thursday night timeslot. The show aired on Wednesday nights prior to and in collaboration with the Seminar residency at now defunct Bigwig nightclub. Previous guests on the show include Dylan, Kenny Ken and Fearless, TeeBee, A-Sides, Sage and UFO!, Roni Size, Shy Fx and Skibadee. The show also features local and regional djs and producers. Anyone interested in submitting their original production for airplay or their demo for guest spot consideration, email! Kee apprenticed prior to March 2000 with 3rd Rail on 6 Feet Unda, m50 joined up with PTS in June 2002. Jeekoos is the heart of the weekly show on WNUR, mixing live alongside guest spots from national and international artists.
DJ Sangre	Chicago House	DJ Sangre knew nothing about house music when he moved to Chicago in the Fall of 2003. But as soon as he set foot in it's place of birth, Sangre fell in love with that branch of electronica known as house. Since then he has dedicated his DJing to this addictive genre. He spins everything from spicy latin house to smooth disco house to funky chicago underground to soulful deep house to the screaming club hits of the UK. Known for leaving the booth and dancing with clubgoers, Sangre will play and do whatever he can to take a party to the next level. His favorite labels include: Olive (R.I.P), Soulfuric, Red Hot, Chiltepin Musica, .dotbleep, Defected, OM, and XL. He apprenticed for Ben V from September 2003-June 2004. He also directed Uptown Theatre: Portrait of a Palace and was Streetbeat Music Director for the 2005 / 2006 school year and currently holds the position.
DJ Sicarii aka Matt Medved	House, South African, Latin American	DJ Sicarii AKA Matt Medved is a writer and a world-traveller who strives to incorporate international influences and current news into his mixes to raise awareness. Having journeyed extensively in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sicarii has a penchant for South African house, which he mixes with a wide range of music ranging from goa and psychedelic trance of Middle Eastern origin to Latin American club beats and rock remixes and mash-ups. He got his Streetbeat start while apprenticing for DJ Ohm and now hosts Hellevator Music fortnightly on Wednesdays from 11:30-1:00 am. Sicarii also produces his own music and is the lead singer in the Clovis Points, a Rochester, NY area band.
Yann M	House, Remixes	High school was a musical melting pot for Yann M. Turning to electronic music in early 2003, Yann M. began experimenting with DJing, joining the increasingly large international electronic scene. After apprenticing with DJ Razzi on The Thirteenth Hour in 2007, he knew is was time to give his own show a shot. Strongly influenced by French and Australian electro, Yann M. currently plays house/dance music and remixes, always looking for something to move your body. To find and to share new music is his goal...

Active Hip-Hop Staff:

3rd Rail	Hip-hop	3rd Rail has been a mainstay in the Chicago scene for a decade now. He is currently a Gavin; Hits; Insomniac; and Urban Network reporter.
Deluge	Political hip-hop, Local Hip-hop, Exclusives	Under and Beyond is an Underground hip-hop radio show that I started in late 2000 at WNUR-FM 89.3 in Chicago To this day I continue to do the show, and continue to grow and expand Under and Beyond into bigger and better things. The show originally started out as a laizze fairre program consisting of mostly independent and political hip-hop. Now the show has grown into an integration of local Chicago artists with an infusion of new music and the addition of classic/old school hip-hop, while maintaining the dedication to the shows roots. The show is now broken down into 6 different segments spanning over a 3 hour period: 11pm: The 11 O'Clock Jumpstart consisting of an hours worth of clean/edited hip-hop new and old with a fresh mix of instrumental hip-hop along with political music. 11:30 Showdown This originally started as a concept to put rappers head to head in a battle type setting but eventually I thought that as being counter-productive so it has evolved into a 5-10 minute run down of hip-hop concerts and events in the Chicago area. 12am: Midnight Movement: This is perhaps one of the hottest and freshest segments in radio anywhere. From 12-12:30 every Thursday night/Friday morning only the best new independent hip-hop is spun. Un-cut and Un-censored bangin out world premeirs, exclusive interviews, and breaking previously unheard to the world artists. Since ive always wanted to be in a position to break new music and new artists this serves as the ultimate goal of my show. This is the part of Under and Beyond that I hope everybody tunes into weekly. Furthermore, I accept material from any hip-hop artist trying to get airplay, however I ask that the music be independent in nature and not follow the bullshit trends on radio or in mainstream life, I dont want to hear about money or cars or gold chains in your music or il throw the CD in the trash and thats how the shit goes. 12:30: Chicago's Finest: At this point we transition from purely new music to a set of independent Chicago artists, there have been a ton of new Chicago artists broke on Chicago's Finest, and before the segment we always opened the door to Chicago artists.We will occasionally do in-studio interviews with some of these artists and that will usually go into the next segment into the 1 O'clock hour 1am Backsmack: Simple, the 1am Backsmack is all about takin people back in the day droppin classics and old school joints mainly from the 80's and early to mid 90's. The hip-hop that I grew up with is always in the mix between 1:00-1:30 1:30am: Finishing Touches: Whatever I missed earlier in the show that I wanted to play but didn't have the time I throw on between 1:30 and 2am to put the finsihing touches on Under and Beyond. Though requests are takin throughout the show, most likely this is the time that I will blend them in At the end of the show the playlists are recapped, and thats it.
Diamonds	Hip-hop	Diamonds' first and most distinct memory of hip hop was hearing KRS One's "Sound of the Police" as a pre-schooler during the Los Angeles Riots. Though the political significance of this track went over his head, he immediately developed a love for hip hop as an art form, and later as a social movement. At the center of a vibrant hip hop scene, Diamonds embraced the provocative messages and famous beats of Los Angeles hip hop, developing an affinity for West Coast hip hop as a whole. Thereafter, he expanded his taste to include various artists throughout the nation such as Little Brother and AZ. Diamonds has always tried to communicate the power of hip-hop by exposing its diversity, rotating between a repertoire of classic artists such as Rakim and new talents including Brother Ali. At WNUR, he has been able to further develop his tastes from fellow peers and an electric Chicago hip-hop scene. Given the opportunity to work with apprentices such as DJ Minesweeper and Murder Mandrake, Diamonds has successfully spread his affinity for hip-hop to Northwestern and Chicago at large through the BackBeat Project by strictly playing the most innovate and "hot fire" hip-hop music, producing countless Diamonds in the rough.
Drop6	Hip-hop	Alex came to Northwestern in the fall of 2004 thinking he would be the only one on campus who listened to underground hip-hop. He soon befriended DJ Verbatim (who recently graduated) and was soon apprenticing on his underground hip-hop show "making ends meat" once a week. He finally got FCC certified in the spring and had his own bi-weekly show for all of sophomore year called "The Back Beat Project." Through the network of WNUR he has found many other students who share his love for up and coming rap/hip-hop performers and has grown his collection through associations with a stable of regulars on his show including MC Gurk, Diamonds among many others. Alex looks forward to another successful year in the control room and broadcasting the beat throughout the Chicagoland area.

Inactive Electronic Staff:

Charles Adler	Techno: Detroit, Funky	Playing a mixture of classic and more contemporary material, Charles is focused on promoting a fusion of styles produced over the years within the Techno genre. The subsystence media project has been the fruit of his labors since its inception in 1996. The subsystence program originated as a three hour online webcast back in 1997, with a mission to create a social bond within the Chicago Techno community. With appearances by Steve Tang [emphasis recordings], Jamie Hodge [plus8 records], Josh Werner [antenna recordings] and many other local Chicago talents, the new programming continues to aim for this social bond within the music scene.
DJ Afterthought	Chill, Smooth	Ben acted as Streetbeat's Electronic Producer from September 2004 till June 2005.
Ben Bass		more info to come
Bastian	House	Hosted a Monday night 12-1am show September 1999-June 2000.
Jeremy Coutre & Chris Walsh	Electronica	Chris began his professional DJ career playing at some of Chicago's leading clubs including Shelter, Crobar, and Karma. Then in 1998 Chris teamed up with Chicago's leading club promoter, PURE. It was with PURE that Chris' DJ career really began to take off. Chris began to champion the progressive house and tech house sound in the city that gave birth to house music. He soon became a resident DJ for PURE, and played an integral role in pioneering the much loved sound of deep, rich, funky progressive house in Chicago.When he's not playing records in town, Chris is busy DJing overseas in places like Russia, Ibiza and London. Chris has had the opportunity to share the bill with DJ's such as Sasha, John Digweed, Paul Oakenfold, Dave Seaman and Pete Tong to name just a few. In 2001, Chris saw his first release “Shake” signed to Sony's Playstation game Grand Theft Auto 3 and HBO's hit series Six Feet Under. Chris and Jeremy first starting working together on a remix of Kylie Minogue’s “Butterfly”. Jeremy’s engineering background started at Columbia College Chicago, where he graduated with a degree in sound engineering, and he has since taken music composition classes at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Starting his professional career off as an in-house engineer for Mark! Productions, he has since moved on to Chicago music houses BIG Music and Emoto Music. Their first commercial project together was a remix of Stella Nova’s “Quiet Nights” that was released on Uncommon Trax Records. Since then, they have gone on to remix Hipservice’s “Badaboom Badabing” and Group Therapy’s “My Own Worst Enemy” on Dave Seaman’s Audiotherapy Label; the latter of which will be released on the upcoming mix compilation, this is audiotherapy, mixed by Dave Seaman. Recently, they released their own production featuring singer Holly Bavier entitled “Burn”, that was released on SOG Chrome earlier this year, and will be featured on Paul Van Dyk’s Politics Of Dancing 2 in the fall of 2005. Also on SOGChrome, Chris and Jeremy have completed a remix of Nocando’s “Time Will Tell”, and their follow-up single “Done With Love” is due out early next year. Combining their forces with world renowned DJ Dave Ralph, they began composing tracks under the moniker “High Class Hookers”. Their first collaboration, “Outside” was released on Tall Paul’s label, Duty Free Recordings. Since then, they have completed two other tracks that are signed to R-Factor Recordings.
Brendan Cox	House	Brendan mentored DJ Skinny and Andrew Luckham and acted as Streetbeat producer. He also designed the previous version of this website.
Drea-D	Psychedelic Trance	drea-D got into the the scene six years ago, after repeatedly claiming that he thought electronic music suked. back in the day, he used to listen to angry white boy music. then one fateful night he discovered psychedelic trance and has been a psyhead ever since. mesmerized by the intelligence and depth of the music he danced for about twelve hours, stopping only to giggle with firends. rubbing shoulders with backpackers from all over the world at the outdoor psychedelic raves of his times, he became a full blown hippie. now psytrance is pretty much the only thing he listens to. nowadays you can see him dancing down Sheridan rd between classes and pining for warmer climates. now and then you might even see him surrounded by fire as he dances with poi to the beat of the drum. any questions about the show or its contents, send an email. let the psychedelic expereince take you on one hell of a wild ride, to places where other music genres forgot you were ticklish. new psy releases at psyshop.com and info at psynews.org
DJ Dubious	Jungle	more info to come
Pat Foosheen	Progressive	DJ Pat Foosheen began spinning tech-house and intelligent Drum 'n' Bass in 1996 after obtaining a radio apprenticeship with one of Switzerland's finest, DJ Yoshi. Subsequently, he began spinning at various parties and clubs including several appearances at Chicago's legendary "Warehouse." Foosheen is also involved in the area of music production and has released an E.P. with the legendary Chicago House/Techno pioneers Robert Armani, Lester Fitzpatrick, Alvin Carr (DJ Feedback) and DJ Yoshi. Look for future solo releases by Pat Foosheen and further collaborations with Armani, Fitzpatrick, Carr, and Yoshi. Kit List: Cakewalk pro audio 9, Yamaha EX7, Yamaha AN1x, Korg ER-1, Novation Nova, Two Alesis Nanocompressors, Behringer Eurorack MX2004a, Behringer Ultramizer Pro DSP1400.
DJ From Full House	Techno, IDM	Joanna apprenticed for Kate Simko and had a Wednesday evening show.
Naveen G aka Samsara	Progressive	Hosted Culture Shock on Tuesday nights from midnight-1am, September 1999-June 2000.
Thom Goerner	Deep House	Smooth, soulful house. Vocal and deep stuff. Thom is German. He has a web site. Thom apprenticed for Andrew Luckham from September 2000 till June 2002. He then took the reins for Fever and hosted it from June 2002 till June 2004, when he handed it over to Stax. He also acted as Producer for the Electronic format of Streetbeat from January 2003 through May 2004.
Grover	IDM	Hosted Grover's Groove on Tuesday nights 10pm-11pm Fall 1998-June 2001. Apprenticed for David Siska.
Alex Kemmler		This guy is super tall. Apprenticed with Andy Farley during the 2005-2006 school year. Alex has some wicked mad skills. He started hosting The Undersigned in June 2006. He is zany. He can whistle really well. He is also a skilled improvisationalist on the ocarina.
David Kullgren aka Dave The Slave	Techno, Electro, Electro-pop	Dave plays house, techno and tech-house and is currently moving from deeper cuts to what you could call more jackin' cuts. His favorite labels include Purpose Maker, Salo, Underground Resistance, and favorite artists include Christian Morgenstern, Robert Hood, and virtually anything to ever come out of Detroit. He hosted the Education By Numbers show on Wednesday nights.
DJJ		Making the belated though much-celebrated switch to Streetbeat, Justin worked as a DJ on WNUR's Rock show from 2002 to 2004. It was during his second year of djing that Justin had an epiphany and realized that the future was in the synthesizer, not the guitar. Using classic Warp material from Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, LFO, Boards of Canada, and Plaid as a launching pad, Justin broadened his tastes in electronic music, expanding his interest in forms such as IDM, ambient techno, drill-n-bass, and micro-house. As skittery beats and micro-bleeps took over his body, a transformation in Justin occurred. Much like the "man-machine" found in cyberpunk literature and the music of Kraftwerk, Justin slowly changed into DJJ, fusing with the digital and technological. Currently, DJJ feels labels such as Kompakt, Playhouse, Ghostly International and Bpitch Control can do no wrong, and preaches that the minimum is the new maximum. You can catch his show every other Thursday, from 12:30 to 2 AM.
MC Peter Lee	House	Peter Lee hosted a Wednesday night show. He plays sexy house music. He mentored m50.
Ian Lesperance	House	Ian plays house music of all shapes and sizes, from smooth to tracky to deep and funky, anything so long as it has the groove to make you move. Some favorite artists include Basement Jaxx, Ricky Bradshaw, Cassius, Johnny Fiasco, Matthew Herbert, Inland Knights, La Cienda Honduras, Ian Pooley, Sandy Rivera, Swayzak, Swirl People, and Marques Wyatt. Some favorite labels include Astralwerks, Classic, Defected, Doubledown, Drop Music, Guidance, Ink, Loaded, Lowdown, OM, Panhandle, Moody, MAW, Rhetoric, and Soma. Ian acted as Music Director from June 2004 till June 2005.
Alex Lin		Apprenticed for DJ Vina and hosted a show on Monday nights from 9:30-11 between September & December 2002, and on Thursday nights from 11-12:30 from January 2003 till June 2003.
Andrew Luckham aka Adashel	House	He started with Streetbeat in 1997 as an apprentice for Steve aka Sir K, alongside Dave Kullgren who was also apprenticing for Steve at the time. Andrew hosted Fever starting in March 1998, which initially alternated every other week with other shows. Fever was a weekly show from June 1998 till March of 1999, during which time Andrew mentored Bastian & Brendan Cox. Fever started up again in January of 2000 on Thursday nights, picking up more involvement from Chicago DJs like Paul Johnson, Glenn Underground, Gene Hunt and Boo Williams during 2001. By late 2001 Stax was a semiofficial cohost and in 2002 Thom Goerner began to take a larger role in the show. Andrew left the show to Thom in June 2002 when he moved to California. Andrew now lives in Minneapolis, MN and hosts a weekly podcast show.
Matt MacQueen	Techno: Detroit, Funky	Matt MacQueen co-hosted the Clinically Inclined show with David Siska on Friday evenings until September 2006. Matt has been orbiting WNUR since 1999, always with an emphasis on mixing brand new music with proper classics. His DJ sets highlight the latest in Detroit-flavored Techno and House, with a strong nod to it's roots; the 70's and 80's classics of the pre-techno era like funk, soul-jazz, Italo disco, new wave and first-generation jackin' Chicago house. Digging deep in the crates, Matt makes a concerted effort to mix a wide variety of funky futuristic grooves from ALL genres and years, in the spirit of Detroit's most inspirational and open-minded radio DJ: Electrifyin' Mojo (AKA - Charles Johnson, respect!). You'll hear future/past sounds on labels like: Metroplex, Sound Signature, Transmat, Buzz, UR, Loft/Garage Classics, Red Planet, Warp, 2000 Black, Soul Jazz, A.R.T., Trax, Environ, DJ International, B12, Peacefrog, M-plant, Delsin, Basic Channel, KMS, Rush Hour, Prelude, West End, Fragile, DJ International, Stax, Planet E, Archive, Emoticon, deFocus, KDJ, Prescription, Axis, Clone, R&S, Viewlexx, Network, Music For Speakers, Seventh City, downLow, Fuzz Dance... plus brand new/emerging labels worldwide.
Karl Meier	Techno	more info to come
DJ Nho	Techno, Ghetto-tech	Apprenticed for David Siska around 1997.
nickd	Techno, Tech House, Progressive, 4/4 k-wackosityomfg	I run Hijacked on Tuesdays. To my knowledge, Hijacked is Chicago's only radio-based mash-up between techno, electro, progressive, deep tech-house, and ridiculously hard drill 'n bass played at -50% pitch, uh, on a frequency between 88.7 and 91.5. Yeah, you bet you fear it! My biggest inspirations have absolutely nothing to do with electronic music - they mostly have to do with stupid crap like pretty sunsets and forests and driving down Chicago late at night - so I won't go into them here. Go figure, right? nickd acted as Streetbeat music director and designed this website.
Noomenon aka Graham B Lippsmith	Hard Techno	Noomenon hosted a show on Wednesday nights until June 1999. He acted as WNUR's Program Director from September 1998 till June 1999 and mentored m50 and Jeff Seelbach (who went on to become the Music Director for the Rock format). He currently resides in Los Angeles and does a weekly live mix on WCKS.
NVS aka Stabby	House, Downtempo, Mash-ups, Bastard-ness, Poppy Stuff	The latest Late Show host DJ Stabby draws on influences ranging from Sigur Ros to Naoki Maeda, but his biggest influences are Kid606, 2 Many DJs, and of course DJ Skinny and DJ Zolphin, who taught him everything he knows. His favorite labels are Tigerbeat6, Ninja Tune, Cityrockers, !K7, Warp, Definitive Jux, Ghostly International (Ann Arbor, what?!) and Astralwerks. In short, he’s a masher. Are you tired of having to choose between vapid euro pop tarts and soulless monotonous dubs in your dance music? Wish deep techno had more hot vocalists? Wonder how Erol Alkan keeps getting work despite having a Uwe Boll-like remix resume? Do you think indie hip-hop and Wal-Mart country are not mutually exclusive? Then the Infamous DJ Stabby is your man to fulfill your fluxpop fantasies! Laying down the underground top 40 chaos every Monday night at 11, Stabby spins mostly hip hop and house with bits and pieces of other genres thrown in for kicks. Listeners can expect lots of emotion, sex, violence, revisionist history, and fun! And fun can be overplayed or obscure, for both kinds are coming together this time. To hell with purists, it’s time to tune in and go crazy, baby!
Sara Pecherek aka DJ Traxxy	Disco House	Sara grew up in Chicago listening to Culture Beat, La Bouche, Real McCoy and the Quad City Djs. From dancing awkwardly by herself at her 8th grade dance, to jumping around her room at top volume to Gigi D'Agostino and Basement Jaxx in high school, it cannot be doubted that she has come a long way. Having always dreamt of being a dj, she took advantage of the opportunity to join Streetbeat. She apprenticed under Sangre for two quarters, and now has her own show, every other Tuesday night from 11pm - 12:30 am. She like to play music along the lines of Basement Jax, Deep Dish, Tiga, Daft Punk, Benassi, Goldfrapp, Mylo, Royksopp, Timo Maas and Mynt, just to name a few. Sara was also the acting Streetbeat Music Director from June 2006 - September 2006.
Phonaut	Chillout: Downtempo, House	Supplying Streebeat with an eclectic wind-down period at the end of the week. Phonaut's (usually) downtempo chill-out sets are made up of house, dub, electronic jazz, digifunk, downtempo trance, drone, drift, beatless textures, drummin' space, experimental, abstract, lounge, the list could go on. Point your browser towards his site for more info on the show and links to relevant artists, labels, and releases.
Justin Reed	House, Techno	Hosted a 1-2am Wednesday night show during the summer of 1999. Key member of the illmeasures crew.
Christopher Robin	Progressive House, Breaks, Trance	Hosted a Monday night show from 11-12:30 from September 1995-June 1996
Sameer	Hard Techno	more info to come
DJ Razzi	Trance, Progressive	Exposed to the international club scene at 14, razzi embraced the genre of trance and never looked back. He first took a spin at djing in clubs in India, and then became more serious about it before moving to Thailand, where he spun hard trance and prog for many clubs around Bangkok. His syles range from psychedelic & goa trance to hard & progressive trance, and has been dipping into the realm of deep house in the recent past. razzi does everything he can to spread the love of a good trance party, and this will reflect most of the transmissions from his show, 'The Thirteenth Hour'. Whether high energy and banging basslines or progressive and smooth vocals, razzi knows what he is doing and will rock your socks off. He hosted the Thirteenth Hour on alternating Tuesday evenings from 21:30-23:00 until June 2007.
Ruchir Shah aka Ruchone	House, Tech-house, Progressive	more info to come
Roy Shay	Broken Beat	BeatChem 101, a bi-weekly course in beat chemistry on WNUR, hosted by chief alchemist Roy Shay. Roy began experimenting with musical substances as a teenager, broadcasting his innovations live on air through the pirate radio stations of Jerusalem, and as a crew member of the superclub ‘Haoman 17 (where the likes of King Britt, Josh Wink, Plastikman and Derrick May can regularly be found behind the decks). The basic elements which compound during his two-hour show include brokenbeats, discopunk, electro, hip hop and, in fact, any other form of cutting edge music with heart, brains and soul. Additional reading unnecessary, but participation is mandatory.
Aaron Shinn	Broken Beat	more info to come
Kate Simko	Techno	Kate Simko is a classically trained pianist and composer who later expanded into jazz and electronic music production. Some of her past projects have included film scores, written and improvised compositions, as well as live piano and electronic music shows. Kate is continually exploring a dialogue between the classical tradition and underground music -- her two strongest musical influences. Kate released an album on Traum in 2003 as Detalles, with Chilean producer Andres Bucci. Her piano composition "Rhodes Relejadas" was remixed by Thomas Brinkman and also released on Traum in 2004. Her upcoming work includes remixes for Philip Glass and Rebecca Gates, as well as a new Detalles EP. Throughout her career, she has received national and international press in publications such as the LA Times, e/i magazine, New City, Citysearch Chicago, The Wire, URB, de:Bug and XLR8R and has performed beside artists such as Michael Mayer, M83, Four Tet, Ellen Allien and Ulrich Schnauss.
Sir K	Techno, Electro	Apprenticed for David Siska, and then went on to host a Friday night radio show. Also acted as Producer for Streetbeat from September 1998 - June 1999.
Dave Siska	Dub techno, Deep techno	axis-axodya-basic channel-blueprint-burial mix-chain reaction-chocolate industries-clear-dataphysix- din-djax-downwards-drumcode-dynamic tension-ecom-emphasis-environ-ferox-fracture-fragile-fragmented-force inc-gadgets-ground-harvest-i220-ifach-jericho-kanzleramt-klang-kompakt- ladomat 2000-maurizio-meta-metroplex-mille plateau-mosaic-m plant-network- nurture-offshoot-perlon-playhouse-pure plastic-question-reel-schatrax-soma- synewave-th-theory-thule-torema-transmat-tresor-underground resistance-void- warp-xplor-yoshitoshi-zenit Dave mentored Noomenon, Sir K and m50. He acted as Music Director for Streetbeat in the late 90s. He hosted Clinically Inclined until September 2006.
DJ Skinny	Downtempo, House, IDM	DJ Skinny plays chillout music. Anything that gets your head nodding, including downtempo, lounge, ambient, trip-hop, abstract hip-hop, and smooth drum and bass is mixed live on the first and third Monday of each month. Favorite labels include StudioK7, Warp, Ninja Tune, ESL, Melankolic, MoWax, and Good Looking. Artists like Kruder & Dorfmeister, Massive Attack, Coldcut, LTJ Bukem, UNKLE, and Boards of Canada have greatly influenced Skinny's sound. He apprenticed under Brendan Cox throughout 1999, acted as Streetbeat producer from June 2001 till June 2002, and mentored DJ Solus, Ben Bass and DJ Stabby.
Snuggles	Jungle, Drum N Bass	more info to come
Solus	Chillout	Solus plays acid jazz, nu-jazz, jazz-house, trip-hop, ambient, even some idm. Solus plays Kruder & Dorfmeister, Gotan Project, Boards of Canada, Bonobo, Yonderboi, Portishead,Koop., and Peace Orchestra. Solus likes Ninja Tune, !K7, G-stone, Warp, Manifesto, Om. Apprenticed for DJ Skinny.
Stax	House	Also known as Abicah Soul Project, he has nearly 2 decades of DJing experience and releases out on Derrick Carter's Classic label, the Dutch Rushour imprint, and Headphoniq recordings. Stax plays a wide variety of vocal house, broken beat, downtempo and floor tracks, carrying on a show previously hosted by Thom Goerner, Andrew "Adashel" Luckham and founded by Brendan Cox.
The Sun God aka Hieroglyphic Being	Acid House	Hosted a Monday night show from 12:30-2am, September 1995-June 1996.
Andrew Suprenant	House	Andrew Suprenant grew up under the tutelage of DJ Skinny and Pat Foosheen. His current love is smooth music suited to lounging, but his sets contain anything from deep, dark, intelligent grooves to uplifting soulful house. Favorite labels include Fluential, Naked Music, Boxer, and Fire.
Synctank	IDM, Post-Rock, Industrial, Ambient	Perfect_Dark explored the latest and greatest in the genres of Electronica, IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), Post-Rock, Industrial, Ambient, and Experimental electronic music from around the world. Hosted by Synctank, writer and publisher of Purist Online Magazine, and contributing writer to such online magazines as Igloomag, New Empire, and Aural Fixation, Synctank brought his obsession with high-quality electronic music to the air every week, immediately following m50's "etc." show. Synctank has been a regular guest on several WNUR radio shows including "The Late Show with DJ Skinny", m50's "etc.", gdp3's "Hidden Forms", and Marc Flury's "The Space Show", as well as DJing and promoting various club nights and live events around Chicago. Perfect_Dark regularly showcased such music labels as: Morr Music, Neo Ouija, N5MD, Merck, Hefty, Hymen, Defocus, City Centre Offices, Toytronic, Bip-Hop, Couchblip, Shaped Harmonics, Expanding, Pitchcadet, Warp, Skam, Djak-Up-Bitch, Component, Audio Dregs, and many more. This is Perfect_Dark...
DJ Verb	Acid Jazz, Hip-hop, Downtempo	Hosted Adventures In Stereo Monday nights from 11-12pm with Jeffito in the summer of 1999.
Ben V	Atmospheric Trance, Progressive	Ben Villagra grew up just north of Dallas, Texas, and was first introduced to electronic music in the 9th grade. After an unexpected move to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, his love of the music was able to grow in the thriving nightlife of the city. Ben drew inspiration from the dark progressive and psytrance elements prevalent in the more underground clubs and events, while playing trance at local parties. Since relocating to Chicago, he has improved his sound to become more diverse. His sets bring together the best of progressive house, trance, and breaks, while retaining the dark and dreamy aspects that have inspired him throughout the years. Favorite DJs: Hernan Cattaneo, Dave Seaman, Noel Sanger, Paul Oakenfold, Max Graham. Favorite producers: Max Graham, Tim Fretwell, Leama & Andy Moor, Luke Chable, Circulation. Favorite labels: Lost Language, Release, Silver Planet, Electrofly, Vapour. He hosted The Upper Bound alternating weeks at 21:30 until June 2007.
DJ Vina	Techno, Ghetto Tech	Techno and tech-house. If its got a bass line and will get your body moving, don't be surprised to hear it on her show. Vina was Streetbeat Producer as well. She mentored Alex Lin. Vina hosted Transit on Tuesday nights from 9:30-11 in 2002.
Chris Westphal aka Draek		Chris apprenticed for Dave Kullgren from September 1998-June 1999 and hosted Motor City Relay from September 1999 till June 2001.
Xanax	Techno	Xanax has just recently discovered the joys of hard pounding techno, much to the chagrin of her neighbors. She blows your windows out on her show, called All Tied Up. Xanax apprenticed under m50 and acted as Music Director for Streetbeat.

Inactive Hip-Hop Staff:

Kevan Beecham					Time Travel primarily exist with three goals in mind; 1)entertaining the listener with creative and interesting music, 2)educating the listener about the music, the artists, and all the innerworkings of the culture that helped give birth to them, & 3)achieve the first two goals while maintaining a theme of public responsibility & honesty. Since our existence on WNUR 89.3 FM we've exposed the listener to a vast array of virtually unknown artists or rare music from more known artists while also providing a forum for a extensive listing of artists to express their views and music histories. Beyond that, we've done a wide variety of concept show where we've tried to capture the essence of various aspects of the culture (ex: the art of DJing, the human beat box, a 18 week Hip Hop choronology lesson, orgins of the most popular Hip Hop samples, etc....). All in all, Time Travel exist in the present using information from the past to continue to preserve Hip Hop's future...
Frozen and Gebrik					Frozen and Gebrik aka Lukas and Nekoro host the hip hop show Amalgamated. Hailing from both coasts, they will bring a mix of laid back west coast style, gritty east coast flava with an a, songs from the golden age of hip hop and other older classics, as well as supporting your local chicago hip hop artists. Favorite labels include Quannum, Galapagos4, BPD, Def Jux, Stones Throw, Frontline, Fondle 'Em, Uprok, Birthwrite, Rhyme Sayers, old Tommy Boy and Rawkus, Eastern Conference, 75 ark, Mush, Family Tree, Old Maid, Project Blowed and artists, D.I.T.C. crew, and yes, for all you haters out there, Anticon. Apprenticed under Threes.
Jordan					Apprenticed for Akili and did a Monday night show alternating with DJ Deluge
Akili Lee					Akili Lee brings the best underground hip-hop cuts to the airwaves, playing tracks that don't get any other radio play here in Chicago but should. Akili was Streetbeat's first Hiphop producer.
The Lonely Child					The Lonely Child grew up on the west side of Chicago, where she listened to every possible type of music. After hanging out with DJ Deluge and Akili for a couple of years, she became very partial to underground hip-hop. The group that she listens to the most is Jurassic 5. She apprenticed under DJ Deluge.
Molemen					Did a thursday night show from the conclusion of Time Travel until May 2006.
Threes					genres: downtempo hip hop and skratch music. (turntablism ect.) a lot of instrumental songs. focusing more on the beats rather than the emcee. pete rock, dan the automator, dj krush, dj cam, greyboy, d styles, ISP, also local artists. i wanted to bring good conscious music the the radio. a lot of hip hop that many people don't hear, due to the commercial hip hop trend. i also wanted to bring in skratching which is one of my roots. (probably live skratching on air, ect. maybe eventually special guests from local crews to showcase.) in other words, hip hop that focuses on music and not style. Threes apprenticed under Akili Lee and mentored DJ Verbatim, Gebrik and Frozen.
DJ Verbatim					Growing up in St. Louis, the only real hip-hop DJ Verbatim was exposed to were the classics: A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, Eric B. and Rakim, De La Soul, and the like. But upon entering Northwestern University, DJ Verbatim met DJ Deluge and became fully immersed in underground hip-hop. After spending a year apprenticing and co-hosting on "Forefront Hip-Hop Radio", he then decided to go solo and launched "Making Ends Meet", which is now in its third year. Although he grew up in the midwest, DJ Verbatim is partial to west coast hip-hop, especially Hieroglyphics and People Under the Stairs. Some of DJ Verbatim's favorite labels are Rhymesayers, Def Jux, Quannum, Stones Throw, and the newly established Tres Records. DJ Verbatim is also a big fan of instrumental hip-hop, including Prefuse 73 and the legendary DJ Shadow. Alex is the Program Director for WNUR and the Hiphop Producer.