Name: Will Azada
Date Born: January 17, 1984
Nationality: American
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Websites: www.willazada.com / www.musicv2.com/artist/agnf / www.myspace.com/willazada

    I don't do third-person bios, as I find them to be a bit on the side of cheese, and I'm an avid non-cheese supporter (unless it's fully aware of its cheesy status or is edible!) With that said, let me give a brief overview of my musical history and DJ/producer history.  Beginning at the age of 12 or so, I was introduced to the "pop" side of electronic music, to artists such as Nine Inch Nails, early Ministry, Prodigy and Depeche Mode from a close friend and funnily enough, MTV. There was just something about the blips and twerks of synthesizers. The grind of guitars or a raging 303. All mixed with the angst-borne and melancholy words, danceable rhythms, or in the best case, both.  A good night and a copy of Music For The Jilted Generation solidified a journey I never imagined I thought I'd embrace.

    With the rise of Napster in late '99 and early 2000, an entire world of unheard music was made available to me, whether or not the talking heads at the major labels liked it or not. I found dozens of previously unknown-to-me artists, spanning from IDM, to industrial/EBM, to trance, techno, trip-hop, and even video game remixes. I was hooked.  Front 242, Infected Mushroom, Autechre, Squarepusher, Paul Oakenfold (fuck off, you liked him once, too), Wumpscut, Portishead, Velvet Acid Christ, Bjork, Lords of Acid and Praga Khan, Aphex Twin, Chemical Brothers...the list could go on, but if it used synths or samples, I was into it.  I loved the music, but I wanted more. I wanted to other people to hear this music. I wanted to make this music.

    I never had the friends or connections to go to raves or clubs at a young age and moving to a smaller city in eastern Tennessee didn't help things. The average music listener fit your typical Anywhere, USA stratification of Backstreet Boys, Blink 182, AC/DC, Limp Bizkit, Counting Crows, 50 Cent, Shania Twain fans. Grim, indeed. Tape decks and a CD burner helped me, help other people. Then I had to go a step further and purchased my very first turntables, mixer, and finally got to crack open and listen to some records I'd had for years. With the help and guidance of the community at DJForums.com and some good friends, I was it was on. And here I am, dropping tracks and sharing the aural-sonic love ;)

    Enough history, let's talk about music. I love to say "I like it all" when people ask me what kind of music, but as the discerning DJ, I've got to make decisions with some consistency. Working some combination of the listener's mind and body is the priority, and I won't hesitate to kick out the jams to make it happen. Deep, minimal or soulful at times, or banging away with peaky disco-funk, raw techno, or gritty electro--I'm on it. If it's innovative or just a quality jacker, it's coming into my headphones and out of my speakers. Electro-dub-funk-tek-house-step-core-crunkaliciousness. Take that DJ Mag!

    My productions, at times, span the gamut like my listening tastes, but you'll find most of my music to fit into the techno, tech-house, or electro archetypes. Modern production and DJ influences include Gui Boratto, Stephan Bodzin, Eric Prydz, Boys Noize, Cobblestone Jazz, James Zabiela (wow that's a lot of Z's!) Digitalism, Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer, Miss Kittin, Steve Bug, Terry Lee Brown, Jr., Matthew Dear, Oliver Huntemann, John Tejada, Oxia, Inland Knights, Mark Farina, Akufen, Bryan Jones, and SO many more. Favorite labels include Turbo, Minus, Kompakt, Pryda, Get Physical, Drumcode, Bpitch Control, Trapez, Boys Noize, Cocoon, Kitsune, Wagon Repair, Spectral Sounds, and Institubes (and of course, many more).

    Enjoy some of my mixes and original productions and remember, I appreciate hearing from my listeners, so feel free to contact me any time with your thoughts or experiences. We can never hope to become better at what we love without the helpful words of others.

Gear and software list:
Technics SL1200 M3D turntables
Pioneer DJM-800 mixer
Macbook Pro
Traktor Scratch + Traktor DJ Studio 3.3 + Audio8 interface
M-Audio Firewire 410 sound interface
M-Audio Radium 49 keyboard midi controller
Akai MPD24 pad midi controller
Novation Bass Station analog rack synth
Event Studio Precision 8 monitors
Ableton Live 6
Sonalksis plug-in suite

1-800 (Original Mix) Audio Type: Track Total Plays: 358 Comments: 1 Currently 4/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

1-800 (Original Mix) Description: Assembled with an assortment of infomercial bullshit spiels and behind the scenes goofs, hard, gritty electro at it's finest. This is the Original mix. 320kbps mp3

1-800 (EZ Intro Mix) Audio Type: Track Total Plays: 274 Comments: 1 Currently 4/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

1-800 (EZ Intro Mix) Description: Assembled with an assortment of infomercial bullshit spiels and behind the scenes goofs, hard, gritty electro at it's finest. This is the EZ Intro mix that neglects to toss in the triplet-heavy percussion until bar 33, for your DJ mix pleasure. 320kbps mp3.

Saturate 01 Audio Type: Mixset Total Plays: 522 Comments: 0 Currently 3/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Saturate 01 Description: Saturate is my new bi-monthly mix series aimed at elevating the senses (and that ass) with a progressive and intense dose of ear porn techno. This is the first. January 2008. tracklist @ massivecompressed.com/lists/Saturate01Trax.rtf

Live on Faderwave 2007-12-30 Audio Type: Mixset Total Plays: 213 Comments: 0 Currently 1/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Live on Faderwave 2007-12-30 Description: Deep, chill tech-house mix from Faderwave Radio. Last mix of 2007. Part one of two, dig it.

Live on Faderwave 2007-12-30 Part II Audio Type: Mixset Total Plays: 183 Comments: 0 Currently 0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Live on Faderwave 2007-12-30 Part II Description:

Slow Funkin Vol. 1 Audio Type: Mixset Total Plays: 224 Comments: 0 Currently 0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Slow Funkin Vol. 1 Description: A mix made in July 2007 as a demo for a lounge night that never happened. Releasing now for your downtempo listening pleasure just in time for Consumeras 2007 ;) 320 kbps mp3, 46 minutes, enjoy... Tracklist: 1.) Outlines - "I'm In Love" 2.) Hot Toddy - "2000 Records" 3.) Joey Youngman - "Conflict Resolution" 4.) Crazy Penis - "Play It cool" 5.) Spirit Catcher - "Motown Spring" 6.) edIT - "Laundry" 7.) Watch TV & The Primetimes ft. Eddie Lovana - "The Manual" 8.) Outlines - "Waiting In Line" (Instrumental) 9.) Michael Tello - "Black Thought" 10.) Cheb-I-Sabbah - "Alkher Illa Doffor" (Bassnectar Remix) 11.) Blue Boy - "Remember Me" 12.) DJ Regal - "Shock Ya Mind (Take It On Back)" 13.) Free The Robots - "Jazzhole"

Faderwave 2007-12-16 part one Audio Type: Mixset Total Plays: 158 Comments: 0 Currently 0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Faderwave 2007-12-16 part one Description: Part one (two hours) of a four hour double set on Faderwave Radio 12-16-2007.

Faderwave 2007-11-25 Part 1 Audio Type: Mixset Total Plays: 179 Comments: 0 Currently 0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Faderwave 2007-11-25 Part 1 Description: All vinyl house mix from Faderwave.net, part 1 of 2.

(One)TrickPony Audio Type: Mixset Total Plays: 1,093 Comments: 0 Currently 4/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

(One)TrickPony Description: Part 1 of my new three-part mix series, OneTrickPony. This mix, (One)TrickPony, reveals a glimpse of my passion for techno. It consists of mostly newer tracks that I've been enjoying but also a few throwbacks to the past. Check it out. 192kbps mp3 Tracklist: 1.) Dusty Kid - Psika 2.) D. Diggler - Graviton (Johannes Heil Mix) 3.) Giorgos Gatzigristos - Grape & Grey 4.) Martin Eyerer & Stephan Hinz - Tucan (Nic Fanciulli Remix) 5.) Chaim - It Never Ends 6.) Len Faki - Mekong Delta (Adam Beyer Remix) 7.) Chris Liebing - D 8.) Avus - SPNKR / 8a) Avus - SPNKR (Acid Paddle Tool) 9.) Luke Vibert - Meatabix 10.) Baby Ford & The Ifach Collective - Grand Central 11.) The Vision - Detroit: The Experiment 12.) Simian Mobile Disco - Wooden 13.) Dusty Kid - The Kitten 14.) Gregor Tresher - A Thousand Nights 15.) Gui Boratto - Atol 16.) Marc Romboy & Stephan Bodzin - Atlas 17.) Farben - Beautone

Techno Vocals (Will Azada RMX) Audio Type: Track Total Plays: 260 Comments: 0 Currently 0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Techno Vocals (Will Azada RMX) Description: New remix of Marc Houle's minimal techno stomper, "Techno Vocals." This remix twists the pace of the track, starting out on a bit of a minimal trip, but steadily cranks into full-blast with a searing bass lead and a "don't fuck with me" breakdown that'll tweak you into a silly place :D 320kbps mp3, 8 min 11 sec

Offensive Material Audio Type: Mixset Total Plays: 512 Comments: 0 Currently 0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Offensive Material Description: My hot new promo mix that has been garnering shitloads of attention and hundreds of downloads from my site Massivecompressed.com Rated 5-stars on DJ Forums by dozens of members of the harshest audience of all: other DJs. Knoxville cats can't get enough of it. Get it while it's still fresh. It consists of some of my favorite electro, progressive, and tech-house tracks of the latter half of 2006. Hand picked and mixed in one shot, no multitracking or post-editing here. Fuckin' enjoy.

Beat Penetration Audio Type: Mixset Total Plays: 805 Comments: 0 Currently 0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Beat Penetration Description: I'm pretty proud of this mix.  It's an hour and fifteen minutes of house music, starting off deep with some nice, long mixes and quickly moving into some bangin' funky tracks that are sure to smash the dancefloor.  Tracklist: 1.) Trevor Rockcliffe - Keep On Steppin' 2.) PB & J - Feel It 3.) Apoll - Eimer und Schaufel 4.) DJ Sneak - Hop Skip and a Jump 5.) Mr. G - The After Effect 6.) Bryan Jones & Paul Athony - Frequent Flyer 7.) Circques de Paris - Know You (Erick Morillo Instrumental) 8.) Joey Beltram - Sketched 9.) Bryan Jones & Paul Anthony - Got the Groove 10.) Patrick Alavi (and Harrison Crump Accapella) - 1992 11.) Felix Da Housecat - Tweak 12.) Depeche Mode - A Pain That I'm Used To (Jacques Lu Cont Dub) 13.) Raw Shape - Come Back (Club Mix) 14.) Major Boys ft. Kathy Brown - Time and Time Again (Hott 22 Du 15.) U.D.A. ft Barbara Tucker - Most Precious Love (David Ferrer)

Beat Penetration Vol. 2 Audio Type: Mixset Total Plays: 717 Comments: 0 Currently 0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Beat Penetration Vol. 2 Description: The newest Beat Penetration promo mix.  Compiled and mixed on the fly in one take--no FX, no multitracking, no bullshit--just two decks and a mixer.  Like Vol. 1 it goes from deep to funky with an emphasis on the electro sound this time around.  Some hot new tracks that are just barely out, so get ON IT!  Tracklist: 1.) Kerri Chandler - "Oblivion" 2.) Random Factor - "Without You" (Unreleased Fred Everything Vo 3.) Hydroponic Sound System ft. Chucky Sly & Grand Supreem - "Hy 4.) Inland Knights - "Backseat Driver" 5.) Christian Alvarez - "Say Ooh" (Olav Basoski Remix) 6.) Bryan Jones - "Baby Fever" (Joey Youngman Remix) 7.) Richard Dinsdale ft. Wray - "Don't Feed My Ego" 8.) John Acquaviva & Madox - "Feedback" 9.) MYNC Project - "Something On Your Mind" (Switch Remix) 10.) Macca - "Backtrack" 11.) Green Velvet ft. Walter Phillips - "Shake And Pop" 12.) Bodyrox - "Yeah Yeah" (Electro Mix) 13.) Full Intention - "This Beat" 14.) Hott 22 - "Feel So Good" (Hott 22 Remix)

Aint Gonna Lie Audio Type: Track Total Plays: 132 Comments: 0 Currently 0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Aint Gonna Lie Description: "Ain't Gonna Lie" Funky techno banger with a wicked, addicting bassline and funky trumpet stabs. Free 128kbps mp3 download and stream. Purchase the 320kbps version on my myspace @ www.myspace.com/willazada

No Panties Plz Audio Type: Track Total Plays: 137 Comments: 0 Currently 0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

No Panties Plz Description: No Panties Plz, electro-tech free download. 128kbps mp3. Purchase the 320kbps mp3 @ my myspace for $1.25 www.myspace.com/willazada

Rub A Dub Audio Type: Mixset Total Plays: 45 Comments: 0 Currently 0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Rub A Dub Description: A deep, dubby, tech-house mix. 18 quality tracks.

Wiazlsonada Audio Type: Mixset Total Plays: 52 Comments: 0 Currently 0/5 Stars. 1 2 3 4 5

Wiazlsonada Description: Tracklist: 1.) Closer Musik - One 2.) Two 3.) Three (No Gravity) 4.) Peter Grummich - Another Day 5.) Rootsix - Dragondrop 6.) Minilogue - Animals 7.) Scratch Massive - Make It High (Duoteque Vehni Mix) 8.) Simon Flower - Send In The Clowns (2000 and One Remix) 9.) Tigerskin 10.) Dave DK - Volar (Miss Jools and RenRew Remix) 11.) Johnny D - Soleil 12.) Oliver Klein 13.) Peter J. - Manolo 14.) Franco Cinelli - Mexico Beats 15.) Shlomi Aber - Freakside 16.) Joel Mull - Red Light of Dawn 17.) Patrice Baumel - Roar 18.) Alexi Delano 19.) Tony Rohr - Run 0 20.) Thomas Schumacher - Sleepy Hollow 21.) Rekorder - Rekorder 9.2