Ep. 30 - DJ Three

The Robot Heart On the Rise of Playa Tech. //  DJ Three is a
name that's been on a lot of lips lately, thanks largely to several
successive years of extremely popular podcasts recorded live at
Burning Man. But this Robot Heart regular, who dismisses, "playa
tech is the new dubstep," discovered dance music about as far from
the Black Rock Desert as you can get, in the Central Florida rave
scene of the early 90s. It was a era that left an indelible mark on
the America rave consciousness, spawning local heroes like Rabbit
in the Moon and Kimball Collins, but also acting as an early port
of call for European DJs such as Sasha and Digweed, and Paul Van
Dyk, for whom cities like Tampa, Orlando and Gainesville were early
ports of entry on their way to the top of the American club scene.
Though he's called New York home for over a decade (with
residencies at Twilo and Output to prove his bona fides), Three's
eclectic brand of trippy four-four music (he once ran a label
called Hallucination, now cleverly updated to Hallucienda) has made
him one of those beloved DJs DJ types, with supporters like Laurent
Garnier, Doc Martin and Damian Lazarus. He's able to speak
intelligently about all shades of techno and house, regardless of
their place of origin, which made him the ideal guest for Episode
30 of Rave Curious.