DJ Riff Raff



DJ Riff Raff


Purpose:

Innovate, change, and destroy conventional ways of listing to music, by galvanizing various dj styles and techniques of dj mixing, eq’ing, scratching and trick mixing to create new styles and techniques of djing. At the same time as to not conform or compromise to the status quo or the masses forum of music. Deliver the unique sound of the Underground to those who appreciate music for non-conformist thought.

BIO:

Born in Cleveland Ohio and currently residing in Roseville CA. Ben Andres goes by many different aliases such as Sacrafice Califa, and Hans Gruber. The alias most people know him by is djriffrafff. Ben started out DJing in the Sacramento underground hip hop scene at shows and parties in 1992. Not long after that he started making mixed tapes and C.D.s as well as landing a radio show in 1995 at KDVS 90.3fm.

As a child Ben was always around music that was cutting edge. With a family of ten siblings there was always music playing somewhere in the house, which planted the seeds for his musical taste. His older sisters preferred the new wave European sound with such music groups as Talk Talk, The Cure, Duran Duran, and Kraftwerk, while his older brothers would be listening to soul and early rap pioneers such as Parliament, T La Rock, Mantronix, and The Dazz Band. His father preferred the Beatles.

In his High School years he was heavily influenced by Author Jeff Chang’s college radio shows. Jeff Chang and the SoleSides crew imputed the best hip hop from the early to mid 90’s and sampled Jazz artist from the 60’s and 70’s into their listeners ears. Today his influences stem from all genres of music from Baile Funk, Detroit Techno to Classical music. Having been exposed to vast amount of music genres, DJ Riff Raff incorporates those styles to his mixes like a martial artist does to fighting techniques.

With having been able to build off of the vast influences throughout his life span. He has been able to galvanize all those styles of music and incorporate that into his D.J. sets whether it is a trip hop, neo-soul, down tempo, broken-beat or hip-hop. Currently you can catch him D.J.ing in various cities throughout the United States.

Influences:

Afrika Bambaataa (Bronx NYC, NY)
Duran Duran (Birmingham, UK)
Jeff Mills (Detroit, MI)
Mantronix (New York City, NY)
D-Styles (San Jose, CA)
Kraftwerk (Dusseldorf, DE)
Goldie (London, UK)
Arthur Baker (Boston, MA)
Public Enemy (Long Island, NYC, NY)
John Coltrane (Hamlet, NC)
A Tribe Called Quest (Queens NYC, NY)
J-Rocc (Los Angeles, CA)
Parliament (Plainfield, NJ)
DJ Premier (Brooklyn, NYC, NY)
Derrick May (Detroit, MI)
The Bomb Squad (Long Island, NYC, NY)
DJ Pooh (Los Angeles, CA)
Major Force Posse (Tokyo, JP)
DJ Shadow (Davis, CA)
80’s and 90’s KMEL DJ’s (San Francisco, CA)

The list below displays some of the people and entities that djriffraff has shared the stage with, has performed with, various achievements and affiliates.

Afrika Bambaataa, D.J. Swamp, Mark Farina, DJ Shortkut, D-Styles, J-Rocc, Peanut Butter Wolf, Cerritosallstars.com, Zion I, Heirogliphics, Sage Francis, Eyedea and Abilities, Digable Planets, Cherry Wine, Blackalicious, Pharcyde, The Roots, Crown City Rockers, Lateef the Truth Speaker, Digable Planets, Aceyalone, Legend Magazine, Vapors Magazine, Red Bull North America, Puma, Copeland Sports, Scion, The B.E.A.T tour, Scion, Harrah’s Casino. Co-owner of Sacramento’s First Hip Hop Record shop, former Hip Hop music director at KDVS 90.3fm Davis Ca., 9 years as a Disc Jockey at KDVS, Member of the North Star Chapter of the Universal Zulu Nation, Member of the 12’s D.J. Crew, Extra Tellest, Get Biz Kidz, and Slugworth Chocolate


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