Biography
The Masked Menace, formerly known as DJ Esi has created an array of Dance music since 2003.
From an early age, he has been influenced by many classic Dance tracks played out on Invicta FM, on a Friday night. It was only by chance that he received a free music making program in a Nestlé pack of cereal (Dance Ejay 4) that he decided he wanted to become a music producer.
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He started producing sampled songs, going through Dance 4, 6, 7 and Techno 4, but still not being able to expand his musical talent, he bought Cubase VST Version 5.
Since starting to work with Cubase VST, he has moved on to Cubase Studio 4. His musical knowledge has increased majorly and his production skills range from many different syles. He started out producing Happy Hardcore and has since branched off into Film Scores, Gabber, Electro, Dubstep and Drum & Bass.
He is influenced to create these songs from dance music to heavy metal. When he listens to songs, he can break them down into parts so he can only hear one instrument playing depending on what he is looking for. There are certain aspects of some songs that captivate him and give him ideas for other styles and other songs.
In 2009 he started DJ’ing online on BlogTv and Underground Exhilaration. Getting better with practice and age, in 2010 he entered the ‘Making a Scene’ DJ competion. He made it to the Finals coming second out of over 100 DJ’s! This has since opened up many opportunities for the Masked Menace, as he is now on the move for bigger and better things! In 2011 he released his first Single on his Digital Label ’Masked Music’ and a few more after that.
In 2012 The Masked Menace gained a residency at Noize Fm DJ’ing out every Tuesday. Along with a scheduled radio slot, Bournemouth got it’s first taste of The Masked Menace behind the decks, with DubbDrop at The Winchester. He’s set to release a album in 2013 which has been in production for most of 2012.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.