I have been Djing for 14 years nows. I started at the ripe age of 12 and never looked back. I have seen just about it all in the Dj Industry. I started out playing house music when I first got into the scene. Within a few years I got into the Underground music which for me was Hardcore Techno/ Gabber Music. I played that type of music untill the year 2000, which then I started playing slower Techno music. I have played hundreds of gigs in my career ranging from Chicago basement parties to Open Air Pavillion Events in South America with Thousands of people. A few years ago I actually needed to take a break from the music scene. Cut off all contacts and just explored other things in life. But I always kept up with the music and dj scene, just not in the public eye. What really got me very interested in getting back to where I left off is the whole Digital Revolution that has taken over the music scene. You can have so much more new music and promos and dont have to worry about driving to the store for music that you are limited to. It is hard for a techno Dj to be relevant when you are buying music from stores that really only have a ear for house. Iam in Chicago after all.

I also threw alot of techno parties in the 90's bringing out talent such as Dj Hell, Richard Bartz, Joey Beltram, Heiko Laux, Blake Baxter, Diesel Boy, Chris Liberator, Terry Mullan, John Aqcuaviva, Damon Wild, DJ Skull, and many more international acts and Chicago legends. I probaly would be still doing it if the city of Chicago didnt make so hard for us to organize them. This is a very corrupt city, and if they cant get a piece of the action they make it so nobody can.

I also have been producing music for 9 years and am starting to release new music digitally on the mp3 sites within the next few months under the guise ART OF STATE.

ALSO CHECK ME @  myspace.com/louisshaft