If you were to witness Justin Byrnes perform you would hear dizzy psychedelic sound textures over deep, driving techno rhythms. His soundscape consists of layers of nonlinear loops and dub sounds; disassembled snippets of tracks reorganized to create something new. His sound is not overly thick; it is not a cacophony, but rather a rich tapestry of sound. Justin is in his element in a dark, cavernous space, where time seems to stop at 4am, and the listener’s head is spinning with beats.
Justin has been a DJ for over ten years. It wasn't long before he started using three turntables and experimenting with scratching. In 2004 he started writing and performing his own music, embracing the laptop as his instrument of choice. To further explore DJ'ing, Justin collaborated with Saigon to form Tandem House, a 2x4 DJ project, which has upgraded recently to v2.0, integrating laptops and MIDI controllers in place of vinyl and turntables.