Hypno5ive is a south Florida

Florida

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 alternative dance music dj and designer. He founded the historic Edge in Kendall, Florida in 1990 and helped give rise to the fledgling South Beach dance club scene of the time while promoting EBM

Electronic body music

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 and industrial music

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...

. Additional club work over the last decade includes: the Church, Red Room, Another World, Hell's Kitchen, Noise Unit, The Catacombs at Power Studios, Thrashcan, DarkWave Club, and Marsbar.

Hypno5ive produced extensive promotional work for radio, video and club appearances as well as concert support for Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

, Nitzer Ebb

Nitzer Ebb

Nitzer Ebb is a British EBM group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Vaughan "Bon" Harris , Douglas McCarthy , and David Gooday .-Band name:...

, Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...

, Meat Beat Manifesto

Meat Beat Manifesto

Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens formed in 1987 in Swindon, UK...

, Ministry

Ministry (band)

Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to...

, Ramones

Ramones

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, My Life with the Thrillkill Kult, Gene Loves Jezebel

Gene Loves Jezebel

Gene Loves Jezebel are a gothic rock band from the early 1980s, now two separate bands of the same name, founded by identical twin brothers, Michael and Jay Aston .-Early years: 1980-1989:...

, Front 242

Front 242

Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. They are known for being the premier pioneer of electronic body music and as a major influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.-Formation:...

, Pankow

Pankow

Pankow is the third borough of Berlin. In Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weißensee; the resulting borough retained the name Pankow.- Overview :...

, Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy

Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....

, Cat Rapes Dog

Cat Rapes Dog

Cat Rapes Dog is a Swedish electropunk-, ebm- and heavy metal band, formed in 1984 by Joel Rydström and Magnus Fransson.-History:Cat Rapes Dog started out in the mid 80s with some demo releases...

, Vomito Negro

Vomito Negro (band)

Vomito Negro is a Belgian industrial band formed in 1983. The name is Latin for "black vomit", a phenomenon that arises in the last stage of the disease yellow fever, when the patient throws up his putrefied intestines and ultimately dies.-History:...

, and local Miami industrial music

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...

 bands such as Vociferous Mutes and Another Nation which helped develop alternative music popularity in the region as well as draw national and international attention to the underground music environment in Miami

Miami, Florida

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. In addition to being a frequent contributor to the many alternative press publications, he wrote and published his own alternative music reviews, including the music publication 220 Volts while living in Stockholm, Sweden.

Additional work include studio remixes of Front 242 hits for Miami distributors as well as conceptual artwork on various alternative and industrial band albums.

In the mid 90's, one of Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson (person)

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 and the Spooky Kids first self made promo tapes was discovered among his collection. This find was disputed by some fans as never existing. After an extensive debate by members of the web community and fans the Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat was sold to a collector from Japan.

Today Hypno5ive resides in Miami and works in the graphic design industry, does web development, flash animation, and video editing.

Continuing to work on mixing music, a new series of EBM

Electronic body music

Electronic body music or industrial dance is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic dance music...

 and industrial music

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...

 mixes, labeled psychosis101, were started in 2007. Pychosis101 to date includes Berlin, Moscow, Tokyo, Rotterdam, and Los Angeles mixes.

Early Years, Nice & Nasty / Double Duce

The first exposure to being DJ was in the late 70's and early 80's spinning Punk Rock and New Wave records at parties taking inspiration from the University of Miami's WVUM 90.5 FM radio station before being attracted to early hip-hop.

Attracted to new styles of music Hypno5ive worked under the name Nice & Nasty during the mid to late 80's, first as part of a duo with another DJ from New York then on his own playing a role in a different style of emerging music, the Miami hip-hop / electro

Electro (music)

Electro is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, Moog keytar synthesizers and funk sampling...

 / Miami Bass

Miami bass

Miami bass , is a type of hip hop music, that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Its roots are directly linked to the Electro-funk sound of the early 1980s, pioneered by Afrika Bambataa & The Soulsonic Force and later on by UK-based musician Paul Hardcastle...

 movement. During the developmental years of hip-hop and bass in Miami, Nice & Nasty played at numerous events including jams at local parks, Video Powerhouse, Dade County Youth Fair, Calle Ocho festival, live mixes on air, and brought DJ battles and hip-hop shows to Key West, Florida showcasing local South Florida talent such as DJ Laz, MC Mighty Rock, MC Flex and Beatmaster Clay-D.

Nice & Nasty was member DJ of the group Double Duce, he performed with MC Mighty Rock and recorded scratching effects at Henry Stone

Henry Stone

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's (of TK Records

TK Records

TK Records was an American record label started by record distributor, Henry Stone in Miami, Florida, one of several labels that he founded in the 1960s and 1970s...

 fame) studio in Miami for Amos Larkins production of School Breakdown and later on Fresh Out the Box today considered among the early titles categorized as Proto-Bass contributing to the development of Miami Bass

Miami bass

Miami bass , is a type of hip hop music, that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Its roots are directly linked to the Electro-funk sound of the early 1980s, pioneered by Afrika Bambataa & The Soulsonic Force and later on by UK-based musician Paul Hardcastle...

.

Working with Henry Stone, Paul Klein, and Larry Davis (Instant Funk

Instant Funk

Instant Funk were a 1970s disco band, best known for their disco classic, "I Got My Mind Made Up ".-History:Instant Funk came out of New Jersey consisting of Raymond Earl, Scotty Miller and guitarist Kim Miller. The group was then called The Music Machine and they were very successful as a back-up...

) at Hot Productions, he continued promoting the studio's Miami bass and rap music acts including Gucci Crew II

Gucci Crew II

The Gucci Crew II was a Miami Bass group popular between 1986 and 1994. The group was made up of MC V and TFS , along with Disco Rick, who was their DJ early on.-Debut Single: Gucci Bass:...

, L'Trimm

L'Trimm

L'Trimm was a Miami Bass hip-hop duo composed of Lady Tigra and Bunny D, two women from Kendall, Florida...

, Bose, and comedy rap duo 2 Live Jews

2 Live Jews

2 Live Jews is a comedy hip-hop duo composed of MC Moisha and Easy Irving . Their name is a parody of 2 Live Crew. They are known for songs that mix and spoof hip-hop culture and Jewish-American stereotypes, and the fact that the "members" were purportedly two elderly Jewish men who had recently...

.

Nice & Nasty's exposure as a DJ occurred at Miami's Skylight Express alongside Mohamed Moretta and then independently on weekly radio broadcasts live from the club at the height of the Miami bass

Miami bass

Miami bass , is a type of hip hop music, that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Its roots are directly linked to the Electro-funk sound of the early 1980s, pioneered by Afrika Bambataa & The Soulsonic Force and later on by UK-based musician Paul Hardcastle...

 popularity in the mid 80's.

External links

• The Miami Herald (July 12, 1990) Kendall Nightclub on the Cutting Edge.
• The Miami New Times (June 29, 1994) Swelter 11.
• Wikipedia The Beaver Meat Cleaver Beat.
• Marilyn Manson, Neil Strauss (1998) Marilyn Manson: the Long Hard Road Out of Hell, Plexus Publishing. ISBN 0-85965-277-7
• The Miami Herald (December 14, 1984) Club Scene Gives Teens Everything But Booze
• The Miami Herald (February 22, 1984) Break Your Booty
• Papawheelie. "Miami Bass: The Primer" http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/miami-bass-the-primer.htm
• Joe, Miami Gets Put on the Musical Map, 2003