The Story So Far: I'd been singing in metal bands throughout the late 80's and early 90's. After about 8 years of it I got kind of discouraged with the business and took a break from bands. I tried to branch out a little musically and started hanging out at nightclub dance parties, specifically Goth/Industrial parties, because that's what most of my friends were into. By that time I was fairly familiar with nightclubs, so I was doing doorman/bouncer type stuff. I began to get really turned onto the late 90's Industrial/EBM scene and the Gothic subculture. New Year's Weekend, 1996, I was at a Science Fiction convention called EveCon, and a guy I used to hang out with was booked to DJ the Ballroom Dance Saturday night. Trouble is, Mentallo and the Fixer were playing downtown and he didn't want to miss the show. So he asked me to cover for him. I knew my way around a mixing board from clubs and singing in bands for the previous 8 years, and I'd been wanting to try the DJ thing. Plus, I just got dumped and I figured it would cheer me up. So I gave it a whirl. Turns out, I didn't do too badly, in fact it was a rush and it was as big a rush as any gig I did as a singer. People said nice things, the promoters asked me back, and the rest is history.

Since then I've spun at over 70 venues in 15 states, including a 9 city midwest Tour in 2002. If you can name a nightclub in Washington DC, I have probably spun a gig there at some point in the last decade. I've had long residencies at a lot of infamous DC Gothic/Industrial parties like Catacomb, Alchemy, BOUND and Resurrection at The Roxy. I have held residencies in Washington DC, Charlotte, North Carolina, Baltimore, Maryland, and toured throughout the Mid-Atlantic and the midwest.

I use Compact Discs to DJ exclusively. No disrespect to vinyl DJs, but I have always loved CDs. Being a child of the 80's, I went through my teenage years building a big pile of cassette tapes and wishing I could afford a bigger pile of CDs. Presently my collection stands at over 1800 CDs with approximately 10,500 tracks, and it's still not big enough.

I've stuck mainly to Nightclub parties for the past decade because I like a good dancefloor, but I'm a Mobile DJ at heart and I've set up at every type of party you can name. As long as there is room for people to dance, I'll spin the party. This is a passion first and a business second, but I pride myself on being a professional. If you're curious, mail me and ask.

I do not DJ weddings. I also do not do filesharing of any kind. Enquiries about any of these will be ignored. All other enquiries are welcome and encouraged.

kangal@djkangal.com