$mall ¢hange

$mall ¢hange (aka James Dier) will never stop. A musical addict, he's been collecting and DJing for over 15 years, has 10s of thousands of records, in every conceivable genre and time period. Seriously deep crates in funk, jazz, blues, soul, latin, reggae, dancehall, hip hop, house, breaks, jungle, booty bass, classics, rawk n' roll, punk, vintage RnB, disco, downtempo, ambient, experimental...you get the picture. Some people say they're eclectic--this homeslice lives it, with the skills to mix it all together.

In terms of radio, $¢ has been involved with WFMU, the world reknown freeform station, for over a decade, plus regular sets on AOL's dance station and Giant Step's Jukebox. And one off shows for Dublab in LA, Tim Sweeney's Beats in Space show, WPS1 (PS1's online station), East Village Radio, etc, etc...

Out in clubland $mall ¢hange has played in every conceivable downtown NYC/BK venue you can think of, swank, underground, big, small--but always funky. Places such as APT, Nublu, Hiro, Supreme Trading, Cielo, Pianos, Centro Fly, the list goes on and on and on. And forrays into LA, Berlin, France, Burning Man, Australia, and your mom's basement.

$mall ¢hange has been involved with the legendary Rubulad crew for over 8 years, demented underground BK loft par-tays that go into the wee wee hours. Whether he's spinning or booking, one thing is for certain: Asses are shaken and minds are melted. $¢'s Remove Ya! parties involve 15-20 DJs and live bands in 4 rooms, spinning everything under the sun. Like the scene in Rockers, its a musical takeover, where the bumbaclot DJs are yanked outta the booth and mofos are shown how its done.

In 2001 $m ¢hizzo provided the music soundtrack for a modern dance performance called 'Trance Territory', choreographed by Wally Cardona and his quartet of dancers. The music was mixed live on three decks with multiple effects, and toured in selected parts of the US with a few dates in Mexico.

$mall ¢hange also runs the 'Blackcrack List', an an information / resource / email list about record collecting. Its been running for over four years and has over 250 DJs, collectors and blackbelt crate diggers from around the world. Vinyl is the blackcrack, and $¢ is addicted. How many rekkids? He's lost count. And yes, a few are for sale/trade, so let him know what you got to deal!