Dionysius, or Josh Payne has been rocking West Coast dance floors for over a decade. With musical styles ranging from bass heavy electronic music like drum n bass and dubstep, to downtempo and psychill but always with a funky twist. He is a founding member of Late Night Productions along with Kevlar. LNP has been providing the Central Coast of California with quality electronic events since 2004. The original music of Dionysius has been in several documentaries and major motion pictures. Currently the studio has been a major focus for him, but you can still find him performing live all over California. Josh’s affiliations are: Late Night Productions, Liquid Mystics, and 805 Bass Militia. He has won Best DJ on the central coast two times in the New Times. He has also shared the stage with many major acts: Bassnectar, Wolfgang Gartner, Eoto, Lee Perry, Rakim, Groundation, Rebelution, 2Live Crew, Harvard Bass, Scotty Boy, and We Bang just to name a few. His music style ranges from roots reggae, dub, dubstep, drum n bass, hiphop, house, indie rock, and everything in between. some of his musical influences are The Doors, Big Bud, Pfm, Simon Posford, The Beatles, Thievery Corperation, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Tosca, Ott, Kasso, Kevlar, Johnny-Rockit, Brian Wilson, Bill Laswell, Robert Moog, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, King Tubby, Lee Perry, Bob Marley, Burning Spear, The Cars, Omni Trio, Aphrodite, Blu Mar Ten, Mark Farina, J Boogie, Quantic, Bonobo, Baby Mammoth, BFE, Caia, DJ Food, Coldcut, The Dust Brothers, The Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Norman Cook, Dzihan and Kamien, Greyboy, Lemon Jelly, Moma Gravey, Mr.Scruff, Nightmares on Wax, Shpongle, GMS, Kox Box, GLO, Tru Thoughts, 33rpm, Pork, Om, G-Stoned, Carlito, EZ Rollers, Greenfly, High Contrast, J-Laze, Makoto, Mos Def, RZA, Guru, Dj Premier, Common, The Roots, Pharcyde, Hieroglyphics, Freestyle Fellowship, Aceyalone, Mef and Red, J5, Quannum, Blackalicious, Dead Prez, Run DMC and Jam Master Jay, Eric B and Rakim, Wu-Tang, Outkast, Moody Blues, Earth Wind and Fire, Zapp and Roger, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Tim Leary, Terence McKenna, Hunter S. Thomson, Opiuo, 3ft Shaman, Sub Focus, Calibre, Pendulum.