Electro House, Progressive House, Dubstep and Glitch Hop producer/DJ

Bookings, remixes or anything music related contact Brad at mantis@tampabay.rr.com

My sound: Swedish House Mafia meets Skrillex. :)

DJ BRAD SMITH (AKA MR. SMITH) WINTER/SPRING SHOW DATES:
(Electro House/Progressive House unless noted):
12/15 Hallucination Before Christmas, Czar, Tampa, Fl. (Dubstep)
12/21 End Of The World Party, Social, Tampa, Fl.
12/31 Charlotte's, Tampa, Fl.
01/11 88.5 FM, Zentripz Live
01/25 The Social, Tampa, Fl.
01/29 Turbo Tuesday, St Pete, Fl. (Dubstep)
02/02 Vixen, Orlando, Fl.
02/08 Bakeracted, Tampa, Fl. (DNB as Praying Mantis )
02/16 Cornerstone, Tampa, Fl.
02/23 Cornerstone, Tampa, Fl.
03/08 Fusion, Longwood, Fl.
03/09 TruSkool 1, Cornerstone, Tampa, Fl.
03/11 ZentripZ Fund-raiser, Manhattan, Tampa, Fl.
03/17 St Patty's Day Bash, Flight, Tampa, Fl.
03/22 @, G-Bar, Tampa, Fl.
03/23 Red Eye Saturday, Flight, Tampa, Fl.
03/28 Post WMC Party w/Superstar DJ Keoki, Level III, Tampa, Fl.
04/06 Cornerstone, Tampa, Fl.
04/12 88.5 FM, ZentripZ Live
04/13 Red Eye Saturday w/ Agent K, Flight, Tampa, Fl.
05/03 Mangroves, Tampa, Fl. (Tech House set)
05/26 Rewind, G-Bar, Tampa, Fl. (Once a year old school breaks set)
06/21 G-Bar, Tampa, Fl.

Bookings contact: mantis@tampabay.rr.com
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DJ BRAD SMITH
Crescent Records
ShiftAxis Records
Roja Records
Juice Recordings
Digital recordings
Streetbeat Records
Panadisc Records
ZentripZ Radio Resident

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Soundcloud:  https://soundcloud.com/djbradsmith
Beatport DJ:  http://dj.beatport.com/djbradsmith
Youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/djbradsmith
Mixcloud: https://mixcloud.com/djbradsmith

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BRAD SMITH names:

DJ BRAD SMITH - Electro House and Progressive House

Retired aliases:
SPIT 'N' BLOOD (retired name) - Dubstep
SLEVEN (retired name) - Tech House, Techno, House
MR. SMITH (retired name) - Bootleg breakbeat and house remixes
MANTIS (retired name) - House, Progressive House
PRAYING MANTIS (retired name)- Drum & Bass

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Brad Smith Beatport Chartings:

Progressive House Top 100 Releases
#18 Vila Roel - Survive This World (DJ Brad Smith Remix) 2013

Progressive House Top 100 Tracks
#18 DJ Brad Smith - "I See The Light" (06 Remix Drumapella) 2006
#23 DJ Brad Smith - "My Body" 2007
#79 DJ Brad Smith - "Praise You" 2006

Electro House Top 100 Releases
#23 Electro House releases - Vila Roel - Survive This World (DJ Brad Smith Remix) 2013

Electro House Top 100 Tracks
#66 DJ Brad Smith - "Change" 2006

House Top 100 Tracks
#25 DJ Brad Smith - "Twisted Love" 2006
#34 DJ Brad Smith - "My Body" (Drumapella) 2007
#39 DJ Brad Smith - "Yo Quiero" 2006
#44 DJ Brad Smith - "Change" (Drumapella) 2006
#44 DJ Brad Smith - "I See The Light" (06 Remix) 2006
#46 DJ Brad Smith - "Dance 2 The Music" 2006
#59 DJ Brad Smith - "If You Feel It" 2006
#80 DJ Brad Smith - "Love Me" 2006
#93 DJ Brad Smith - "Inca Gold" 2008

DNB Top 100 Tracks
#06 DJ Brad Smith - "Eb and Flow" (Praying Mantis Remix) 2006
#09 DJ Brad Smith - "Imagine" (Praying Mantis Remix) 2006
#19 Praying Mantis - "Let The Games Begin" 2007
#29 DJ Brad Smith - "The Bad Man" (Praying Mantis Remix) 2006 
#31 DJ Brad Smith - "Cuban Cigar" (Praying Mantis Remix) 2006 
#42 DJ Brad Smith - "Para Mi Almar" 2006
#47 Praying Mantis - "Back Of Your Mind" 2007
#52 DJ Brad Smith - "Follow" (Praying Mantis Remix) 2006 
#53 Praying Mantis - "Meltdown" 2008
#78 DJ Brad Smith and DJ Dread - "Victims" 2006

Dubstep Top 100 Tracks
#35 Spit 'n' Blood - "Fall Back" 2011

Breakbeat Top 100 Tracks
#40 DJ Brad Smith - "Bounds Of Reality" 2006
#49 DJ Brad Smith - "Don't Fall Asleep" (Nu Skool Remix) 2006
#62 DJ Brad Smith - "What A Bitter Place 2 Start" 2006

Psy-Trance Top 100 Tracks
#37 Osiris - Far From Earth 2006

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BIOGRAPHY:

Brad Smith is one of the founding fathers of Electronic Dance Music in Florida since its very beginning. He is the owner of the underground label, Crescent Records. He has been DJing since 1992, playing over 1000 DJ gigs under the aliases DJ Brad Smith, Mr. Smith, Spit 'n' Blood, Sleven and Praying Mantis. Also, he has been producing his own music since 1992 and releasing tracks since 1996 with over 350 releases under his belt and has charted numerous tracks on the Beatport top 100 charts for Progressive House, Electro House, House and Dubstep.

Brad Smith started writing and recording music in 92, being taught by the legendary Rob Intile (Lovecraft's writer, producer, engineer and singer). Brad released his first record in 1996 on his own imprint, Crescent Records. Since then, he has released over 250 tracks, 30 CDs and over 60 remixes on numerous labels: Toolbox(UK), DarkWax (UK), Moonshine, Panadisc, Stickman, Xquisit, Painted Puppy, Streetbeat, Version 3.0 and Breakzlogik Records [to name only a few]. Brad's journey in the studio has lead him in many directions of exploration making House, Tech House, Techno, Progressive House, Minimal, Electro House, Drum n Bass, Trance, UK Hardhouse, Deep House and Breakbeat.

Brad Smith has held residencies at 100's of clubs across the southeast US including The Parthenon, The Abyss, The Edge, 911, Infinity, The Masquarade, Ultraviolet, The Rubb and Luna Lounge (to name only a few).

In 1992, Brad Smith started his career in the underground Acid House and hardcore scene on the radio at WBUL in Tampa, Florida. Later in 1992, Brad began his club DJing career at the infamous "Rave-O-Ween". In his 19 year carrer, Brad has played over 1000 gigs with some the world's biggest stars: The Chemical Brothers (at thier 1st US show ever!), The Prodigy (on their 1st US tour), Orbital (live), Reel 2 Reel (live), Cosmic Baby (live), Utah Saints (live), Banco De Gaia (live), Crystal Method (live), Carl Cox, Moby, Danny Tenaglia, Deepdish, Afrika Bambaataa, Gat Decor, Sasha, Keoki, Kimball Collins, Sandra Collins, Trace, Josh Wink, King Britt, DJ Duke, Doc Martin, Bassbin Twins (live), Ed Rush and Optical, Dara, AK 1200, Xpansion (live), Shades Of Rhythm (live), Demitry (Dee-lite), Ani (Dee-lite), the Smart-E's (live), Three, Monk, Jask, Andy Hughes, All Boxed In(Live), Maradonna (live), Aquanox (live), Luvdup (live), M5 (live), The Cotton Club (live), Red Seal (live), Rebirth (live), Metro (live), Jackal and Hyde (live), Cybersonik (live), Omar Santana, Jim Masters, Cirrus (live), Young American Primitive (live), Angelina (live), Dieselboy, Garth, Dillon and Dickins, Dj Who, Dj Magic Mike, Baby Anne, Vicious Vic, Bad Boy Bill, Lovecraft (live), Deekline, Dj Onionz, Feelgood, Jimmy Van M, Scott Henry, Nick Slater, Eric Davenport, Dream Frequency (Live), Dose (live), Prophecy (live), Q-Burns Abstract Message (live), Rainbow Bridge (Live), Micro, Jon Debo, Dub Tribe (Live), Plummet (live), K5 (live), Guy Oldhams, Stacy Kidd, Soloman, Chang, Uberzone, Simply Jeff, Dj Jeffee, Robby Clark, Chris Harshman, Chris Fortier, That Kid Chris, Juan Kato, Reese, Huggie, Scott Bond, Kelly Reverb, Dave Cannalte, Friction and Spice, Kingsize, Darwin Chamber, Pete "Shaker" Bones, Dj Icey, Rob Base & Dj EZ Rock (live), Young MC (live), The Mix Factory (live).

In 1995, Brad started to expand his musical realms while djing at the infamous Parthenon club in Tampa, Florida; along with fellow dj and mentor Dj John Panapolous. John broaded Brad's mind by educating him in the best of House and Progressive House as well as teaching him about the vinyl market and business of the major record labels and record pools.

In 1997, Brad won his club, Luna Lounge, best dance club of the year. Brad was the only DJ at the venue, playing his legendary 5 hour sets of house, trance and breaks every Saturday for 3 years to a standing room only packed house!

In 1998, under the moniker, DJ Praying Mantis; Brad alongside with Dj Dread and Bamboo started the infamous Stateside collective crew. The outfit was a group of inspiring Drum N Bass artists whom helped pioneer the genre in Florida. In 2000, Brad started his mash-up/remix label, Mr. Smith's DJ Tools, with partner DJ Spice (of Friction and Spice fame). These white-label remixes were a huge success and found their way into record bags across the Globe.

In 2000, Brad created the moniker Mr Smith and his bootleg remixes under this name found world wide success for which he is still known to this day. Most memorable is his remix of Sabotage's "Return To Ibiza" which not only got air play from most of the world's top 100 DJ but also most the world's top 100 Radio stations. The track is still getting played across the globe on the radio 10 years after it's release.

In 2005, Brad created his moniker, Mantis. Under this moniker, Brad had success with his tracks "I See The Light" reached number 18, "My Body" reached number 23 on the progressive House charts and "Twisted Love" reached number 25, "Yo Quiero" reached number 39, "Dance 2 The Music" reached number 46, "Change" reached number 48 and "If You Feel It" reached number 59 on the house charts.

In 2008, Brad adpoted the moniker, Sleven; and has used it to produce underground Tech House, Minimal and Techno. Inspiring many of Florida Tech House DJs of today.

In 2011, Brad began a noter new chapter producing and spinning dubstep under the moniker, Spit 'n' Blood. His firriest release as Spit 'n' Blood - "Fall Back" reached number 23 on the Beatport Dubstep Top 100 singles.

In 2013, Brad's remix of "Vila Roel - Survive This World" debuted at #18 on the Beatport Progressive House Top 100 releases and #23 on the Beatport Electro House Top 100 releases. The rest of the year will see over 10 new Progressive House and Electro House remixes on 9 different labels, making 2013 one of Brad's most productive years to date!!