I began to love artists such as Caspa, Rusko, Bassnectar, Ill Gates, Plastician, Joker, Mt. More melodic and forward-thinking bass music. I began getting drawn to dubstep, but more specifically, sounds that were coming out of the UK dubstep scene. I heard that mix and it just really resonated with me. “I would have to say it was an old Plastician mix that first got me hooked. Quite abruptly, he became interested in electronic music and curious about everything surrounding it. It was just before the move that he came across a dubstep mix from a U.K. Although he is known now primarily for his electronic music, it wasn’t until he turned eighteen that he really fell in love with the electronic scene. Eventually, he moved on to using the program Reason to produce his music, before eventually settling on Ableton. He was only eleven when he started using Fruity Loops to make hip-hop instrumentals and then began rapping over beats that he’d made. During his teenage years, he moved to and from Spokane several times.ĭerrick grew up listening to a variety of hip-hop, classic rock, metal, and reggae. Here’s a little bit of what I’ve learned about him and his experience as a DJ.īefore he was known as Brainfunk, Derrick Locken spent his younger life in a small town outside of Astoria, Oregon, named Westport. Recently, I’ve been talking to Brainfunk over twitter about his life in the music scene. Over the years he has cultivated a well-balanced and gratifying style that ranges from chill and relaxed to heavy and gripping.
He’s made a mark with his aptitude for mixing, and a unique taste for glitch-hop and experimental bass. Brainfunk is a twenty-six-year-old Spokane based DJ who I’ve been pretty excited about recently.
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