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Artist
Onionz
12+ albums
HouseAllvocal houseelectronicdeep house
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It's been written that the dj is the storyteller, it's been proven that DJ Onionz crowns the bestsellers list. As an East Coast rave pioneer and beat generator, Onionz tears it up on the 1200's with a style he describes as "a mixture of Grandmaster Flash meets Frankie Knuckles and Sven Vath." It's early 1980 and in Queen's, Onionz stakes an early claim in the intricate life of a musician. Displaying a mature understanding for musical theory, Onionz laid down elaborate Latin bongo lines alongside his father in numerous live performances with the Dave Amaran Quintet. A few years later, as hip-hop began to blow up, Onionz was seemingly drawn to the early b-boy culture of breakbeats, tagging, and windmills on cardboard. Soon after, he was rocking various Queens' sound systems and quickly building up a following. By the end of the eighties and into the early nineties, we find Onionz serving up portions of hip-hop, techno, house, and breakbeats, at NYC clubs such as The Building, Crazy Eddie, and the infamous Limelight. Naturally, when the free-spirited ideals of England's rave scene spread to the East Coast, Onionz was immediately seduced by the vibe. He helped draw the blueprints of the East Coast scene with his unforgettable displays of mixing talent at such pioneer Long Island events like X-Cubed and the Studio series. Nobody conveyed the vibe like Onionz did. He crossed numerous musical bridges by intertwining his spirituality with his no boundaries view on music. Whether i
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Toolroom Knights Mixed by Benny Benassi
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Superstar DJ's Vol. 1
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Turntable Symphony
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Global Underground 38 Black Rock Desert (Mixed By Carl Cox)
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Woman Of The Sun Part 2
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Up All Night Vol. 2 - Dark Room
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Global Underground 38 Black Rock Desert Compiled & Mixed By Carl Cox
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Toolroom Knights Mixed By Joachim Garraud
Global Underground 38 (Mixed By Carl Cox)
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Toolroom Knights vol. 7: Mixed By Benny Benassi
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Nothin But Love feat. Snow
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Matinée Group Compilation Winter 2009 CD1