Biography
Up and coming underground Hip Hop DJ / Producer of Puerto Rican desent from The Bronx, New York took interest in HipHop Culture growing up in the 1980's witnessing street park jams in his neiborhood and Bronx River Projects. 1992 Hektek got his first set of DJ equipment and started out playing music at parties. 1993 getting hired to play music for parties of all occations threwout the New York Tri-State area. Hektek also would record his friends rapping over instrumental music beats on tape soon after forming BluntSquad Productions and rap group Bronxmob. 1997 he began to create beats sampling music working with a drum machine. Spring of 1997 during a short time in Miami, Florida while listening to the radio (91.7fm WJHH) he tuned in to a HipHop radio station that he contacted and was givin his first break to DJ and co host. Summer of 1997 in New York having the honer to be introduced to Afrika Bambaataa music pioneer, Amenra of Hip Hop Culture, and founder of the Universal Zulu Nation.
1998 working with rap group Bronxmob and other local artist recording demo tapes appearing and performing on local cable access T.V programs. Spring of 1998 Hektek was givin his first opportunity to travel on tour to DJ and co host along side Afrika Bambaataa @ clubs in New York and other parts of the U.S. 1999 having the honer to play music overseas on tour for large audiences in Europe being interviewed and photographed by media gaining some international exposure. Fall of 1999 being mensioned in a small artical on New York's Village Voice Newspaper for a DJ set played for the Zulu Nation / HipHop Anniversary party in NYC.
Summer of 2000 Hektek returned back to DJ and co host in clubs and festivals in several parts of Europe and the U.K. In the fall back in the Bronx beginning to produce music working with a synth workstation, also meeting and collaberating with other music artist from Europe living in N.J at the time. 2001 playing music at clubs in several cities in the U.S and a club in Montreal, Canada. 2002 Hektek started to officially produce, arrange, and compose music recording songs for local underground rap artist. 2003 continuing to DJ at party events focusing more on music production in the studio and promoting rap group Bronxmob. The group made apprearences together on radio stations in New York, New Jersey, and South Florida. 2004 after listening to beats created by Hektek was givin the great opportunity and privilage to produce two songs for Afrika Bambaataa's latest Album "Dark Matter moving at the speed of light" on Tommy Boy Records. Summer of 2004 traveling on tour to DJ in Europe and the U.K as well as recording in the studio with artists in Berlin, Germany. 2005 having the opportunity to be a guest on MUN2 TV show "The Roof". Hektek currently guest DJ's on CCNY's 90.3fm WHCR "True School radio show" in New York Tuesdays 8pm-12midnight EST also now broadcasting on two internet radio stations on the World wide web.
Hektek is an accomplished DJ, Producer, Composer, Arranger, Engineer, Webmaster.
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