DJ Bio's

DJ Bio : DJ Sol

DJ Sol (aka Dave Bailey) comes from a background of 3 generations of musician's, so music has always been a very important part of his life. His father, a sax player, was very influential in developing his wide range of musical tastes as during the 70's because he was open to listening to just about everything, including jazz, funk, disco, reggae & soul.

While growing up in the L.A. area, he was always being exposed to the newest forms of music first. And because of his diversity, he was open to anything and everything. In the early 80's he he became interested in two brand new forms of music, punk and hip hop. But it was the newly emerging hip hop music that attracted him to the art of DJ'ing. He was introduced in 1981 to 1983 to artists like The Crash Crew, Afrika Bambaataa, Treacherous 3, Fearless 4, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5. While attending college in Santa Monica, he began collecting DJ records and started DJing at home. He began making mixed tapes and doing small parties with his close friends as a hobby. At this point, his passion for music and DJ'ing had really begun to take hold. However, in his quest for the next big thing, he started leaning his musical ear towards another new form of danceable music, New Wave / Alternative Rock. This included artists such as; Devo, Depeche Mode, New Order, The Clash, The Cure, Duran Duran and The Smiths.

Another change in musical tastes came in 1988 -1992. It was during this time that he moved from LA to San Francisco to further his college education in broadcasting and studio engineering, which also opened up his eyes and ears to the just emerging SF rave music scene. It was here that he was introduced to Techno, Trip-Hop and House at some of the infamous parties that took place during that era like, 'Don't sit on the furniture' and 'Full Moon', which featured some early pioneer's of DJ'ing that type of music like, Doc Martin, Garth and Jeno. So he started aggressively pushing his DJ'ing career in 1995, which is when he started working with DJ friend Sean Evans (aka - DJ Seven), and hasn't looked back since.

The style of music he spins is constantly changing, but always remains cutting edge. He currently spins an eclectic combination of House, Breaks, Hip-Hop, Mash-up's, Reggae & Funk. He has been nominated for the past two years for one of SF's best DJ's on the Nitevibe.com's Dreamteam poll, and was also voted in the top five for SF-Nite.com's Clubby's awards held at Ruby Skye in 2000.

Here's a list of the many different clubs he's played.

(clubs are in SF unless noted):

Amnesia

Backflip

Bas

Big Heart City

Bimbos 365

Blind Tiger