Dave Aju

Operating out of San Francisco since the mid 90's, Bay Area innovator and all-round anomaly Marc Barrite records under the guise of Dave Aju, Marc has been storming clubs across the US and beyond with his intense and increasingly in-demand DJ/Live sets, culminating in a performance at this years Mutek festival in Montreal. Over the past 5 years Dave Aju has released his unique brand of jazz-tinged experimental house on Context and most notably 4 EP's through Circus Company out of Paris. Aju's releases with Circus Company have unleashed his unorthodox approach to sonic production on the world. With an audio palate as diverse as it is unique, he seamlessly moulds disparate and eclectic influences to produce works that combine the sensibilities of house, jazz and funk with addictive basslines and hypnotic vocals

Sammy D

Born and raised in Alaska, Sammy D was adopted by Nannook Eskimo's and taught the way of the tundra. As a small child he spent his days building snow forts and fishing for king salmon on the Russian River just north of Alyeska. Samuel grew up in the Christian non-denominational cult known as Gospel Outreach. He was allowed to listen only to Christian music. His early influences were Sandi Patti, The Imperials, Chuck Gerrard, Leon Patillo, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith and Stryper.
Fast forward to 1992 and eat a grip of acid and you have the birth of a new man a changed human. Forgotten was the way of the Christian slow jamz and birthed a new a sound, a rave sound. While tripping on acid (paper) Samuel heard Rave Legend Markum X playing music that he thought was delivered by alien ships to a parking garage in downtown Portland, Or. He describes this music more in depth in his auto biography simply titled "Peaking". Through out the 90's Samuel raved all up and down the west coast replacing his Christian inspiration with the likes of Ritchie Hawtin, Doc Martin, Donald Glaude, DJ Dan, and Bad Boy Bill. Samuel became a dancer a groover a hauser. He specialized in liquid grooving and west coast stomping.
In the fall of 1999 before Y2K hit NorthernMan moved to his present day location called San Francisco. His first year brought many hardships thanks to a unusually cold winter backed by an allergic reaction to fog. Long story short Sammy D is a fucking tight dj who plays hot music that people dance to. Sometimes he plays records at the End Up on [Kontrol] night, but not last month.