BIO

Past
Joe Martinez II A.K.A. DJ Aquapimp was born February 4, 1985 in Houston, TX. His Love for music had been strongly influenced by his father, Joe Martinez Sr., Who was a musician since the early 60s when he and his brothers formed the Tejano Band "Little Joe and the Embers."

When Aquapimp was born his father's band had changed names to the "Phantacy Band" which featured Texas wide singles such as "Cu Cu Ru Cu Cu" and was the number one requested song on Tejano stations around Texas. "I am extremely proud of my fathers accomplishments in Tejano Music and even more proud to call myself a Tejano. You see I grew up around it, Its who I am and where I'm from, a Texan of Spanish Descent." -Aquapimp

In the early 90s the "Phantacy Band" had split up which led Joe Martinez Sr. to Mobile DJing. Aquapimp at the time was still only about 9 years old but his interest in music became apparent in 1996 when he joined the school band at his school, Klein Intermediate. After 2 years of playing the trumpet Aquapimp decided that the trumpet wasn't his thing.

In 1998 DJ Aquapimp went to his first mobile DJ gig with his father and it was that day that he found his passion for DJing. So he continued DJing mobile gigs with his father spinning Tejano and Hip hop at weddings Quinceanera's, sweet sixteen's, house parties, and small clubs.

In 1999 Aquapimp was introduced to the wide world of electronic music. He experimented with all genres such as drum & bass, house, tech, breakbeat, and trance until he found that unique blend of electro/tech/trance with a touch of breaks that his fans have come to like best about him

"You can't define what i spin with one word. My sets contain anything from electro house, Breaks, progressive, Tech, and trance." "When I Spin I like to take my listeners on a ride through the music, almost as if I'm telling a story I build my set up to a climax and mellow it out in the end, But i always leave them wanting more" -Aquapimp

In 2005 Aquapimp Decided that he wanted to make a push for something more than mobile DJing. He wanted to reach his goals of being a successful dj/remixer/producer and owning a night club, Which leads us to where we are now.

Present
Nowadays Aquapimp is trying to get his name out in the Houston electronic music scene, He teamed up with All Star Djs, which is owned and founded by his cousin, Pat Salas, also drummer of local band IAMBIK. Together they hope that they can take their music to the next level while promoting parties and bashes that are organized by All Star Djs.

Aquapimp is also currently affiliated with a few upcoming local rappers such as Swangin Sam & High G of Swangin Beats and Phrank Roacha C.E.O. of Ontopa records. in 06 Aquapimp was featured on Swangin Sam and High G's album "Gotta be high" In which he mixed the Screwed version of the album.

"Its just a little something on the side that I like to do with my friends, I still will always be about my trance but its fun to do this hip hop stuff with them" -Aquapimp

In 07 Aquapimp was a finalist in the Houston press Ultra music festival DJ Spin-off. In 08 He was Invited to be a Guest DJ on Houston's leading electronic radio show, The MK Ultra Show on 91.7 KTRU Rice radio. A 3 hour block of Guest DJ sets (1 hour each) that comes on most Fridays unless Rice is broadcasting a game.

Aquapimp Currently Releases Promos Regularly and can be downloaded here at www.djaquapimp.com or from his blogs @ www.myspace.com/djaquapimp249 Adding him to your friends and Subscribing to his blogs is a great way to get updates when new mixes are released and info on upcoming shows and events.

Future
Aquapimp's next step is to produce his own trance music, Which he says will take him to the next level

"To Be Successful u have to produce your own music" -Aquapimp