Cereal Killaz is an international producer and DJ consisting of Alan Linhart  (Aka zarbizarre - Born August 6, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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 and raised in Bowie, Maryland

Bowie, Maryland

Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...

). The music style of the act is classified as breakbeat

Breakbeat

In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...

 and Nu skool breaks

Nu skool breaks

Nu skool breaks is a term used to describe a sub-genre of breakbeat. The sub-genre is usually characterized by its darker and heavier bass lines that are normally dominant throughout the track...

, and has many other influences including Nu Metal

Nu metal

Nu metal is a subgenre of heavy metal. It is a fusion genre which combines elements of heavy metal with other genres, including grunge and hip hop...

, Florida breaks

Florida breaks

Florida breaks, also referred to as Florida breakbeat, is a genre of breakbeat music which, as the name suggests, is most popular in the areas around the US state of Florida but is recognized as a unique sound around the world. Florida breaks became popular in the club culture of the southeast...

, Drum n Bass, Industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 and Indie Rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

. The Cereal Killaz have been listed by Annie Nightingale

Annie Nightingale

Anne "Annie" Nightingale MBE is an English radio broadcaster. She is most commonly known by the more informal name of Annie...

 of BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

 as one of the movers and shakers in the breakbeat scene.

Biography

The Cereal Killaz began in Orlando

Orlando, Florida

Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...

, Florida

Florida

Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

 in 2005 as a collaboration between Alan Linhart (also known as zarbizarre) and Kenneth Crooks (also known as Kostek). Their first release was a 12" vinyl

Gramophone record

A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

 dual single titled "Reality/Sheshone".

The duo released singles on Mechanoise Records, Trans:verse records, BreaksFM Records, Krispy Beatz Recordings and Inzpired Recordings.

The Cereal Killaz is one of but a few US acts to have performed at the Breakspoll International Breakbeat Awards, with their set from the performance airing on Annie Nightingale's BBC Radio1 radio show., and music by the Cereal Killaz has gone into a regular rotation in her shows. In addition, Cereal Killaz also had a guest mix on Jay Cunning

Jay Cunning

Jay Cunning is a disc jockey, radio presenter, label owner, producer from London, UK. Jay has been collecting records and DJing since 1989 round the world in countries such as Russia, Romania, Canada, New Zealand and Spain....

's Kiss 100 London

Kiss 100 London

Kiss is a UK radio station broadcasting on FM and Digital Radio, specialising in hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic dance music. It also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky and TalkTalk TV...

 radio show, playing a mixed set of original material and remixes.

In addition to original material, Cereal Killaz has produced remixes for dance artists including Mephisto Odyssey

Mephisto Odyssey

Mephisto Odyssey is an American House music group from San Francisco California who have been credited with helping to pioneer the San Francisco house music sound. The group went on to release a number of self released singles until doing tenures at City of Angels and Warner Bros. Records from the...

, Rektchordz, Stormtrooperz, Metachemical, and Likwid Inzpiration

In 2007, zarbizarre & Kostek parted ways, and zarbizarre continued carrying on the name with original productions and remixes after returning to the Washington, DC area, releasing new singles on Scrape Recordings..

Cereal Killaz as a DJ act performs a mixing style called Harmonic mixing

Harmonic mixing

Harmonic mixing or key mixing is a DJ's continuous mix between two pre-recorded tracks that are most often either in the same key, or their keys are relative or in a subdominant or dominant relationship with one another....

, which is a style of DJing that matches the key of a song as well as the beats to create more interesting musical blends and mixes.

Singles

• "Reality"
• "Sheshone"
• "Besieged"
• "Substance D"
• "Dopamarine"
• "No Mercy"
• "Progress Beta"

Remixes

• "Metachemical - Network Psychology (Cereal Killaz Remix)"
• "Likwid Inzpiration - You Were (Cereal Killaz Remix)"
• "Mephisto Odyssey - Watch You Go (Cereal Killaz Remix)"
• "Rektchordz - Lojack (Cereal Killaz Remix)"
• "Stormtrooperz - Devil May Cry (Cereal Killaz Remix)"
• "Stormtrooperz - Spirits (Cereal Killaz Remix)"

External links

(official)

• Scrape Recordings Current Label