++++About Brian Knarfield+++++

Producer/DJ/design guy

The Bay Area native and Direct to Earth co-founder wasn't always into Techno or House.
Brian first became interested in DJing watching DJs on BET's 106 and park.
Only being in 6th Grade at the time, Brian set out to Find a record store that had good Rap but instead met Trance and Progressive, soon enough 106 and Park was a distant memory as time after school was sucked away by the record store.

Brian played with production software hours on end throughout High school, College and while writing for his ex-band "Systems Octopus". It wasn't until Brian was 20 that he started listening to Minimal, Techno and Deep House and its influence on him lead him to take beat making more seriously and into a focused setting. Releasing and remixing for labels the likes of Fierce Animals Recordings, Kabutomushi, Istmo Music, Rough Rabbit Recordings, Gynoid Audio and Mizumo Music.

Aside from grinding away in the studio for the last 5 years Brian has been equally dedicated to reveling. His work with fellow artists and Labels to showcase unique underground talent has been instrumental
in the co creation of the Local Event series: Direct To Earth (DtE); Designing Flyers, Managing the Website and maintaining a musical presence as a Resident DJ . Over the years Brian has been billed along side artists such as: Daegon, Tiari, Dave Aju, Max Cooper, C.L.A.W.S., Michael Penman, The Missing Link, Jason Short and Crawlie to name a few.

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-----------Upcoming Shows---------

2/9/12 - Rock Syndicate- Lounge 3411
3411 McArthur Blvd Oakland CA

3/2/12- Macro Bailey- Mighty SF
119 Utah Street San Francisco CA

4/21/12- Octave- Monarch SF
101 6th street San Francisco CA