BIO: Kid Kameleon is DJ, promoter, writer, blogger, historian, archivist, and fan of electronic music. He’s been that way for 15 years. He’s from North Carolina, but ended up in New York in the late ’90s and early ’00s. He moved to the Bay Area in 2004, and currently lives in San Francisco. His performances are wild, eclectic, flamboyant, humorous, energetic and passionate, and he is a true believer in the DJ’s unique ability to be a curator and narrator. A prolific mixer, writer and journalist, he keeps one ear tuned to the new and cutting edge and the other to the glories of the past. He spins heads and feet the physical and digital world over.
 

GENRES PLAYED: Hip-hop of every stripe and variety (old school, crunk, hyphy, screwed and chopped, indy), trip-hop, acid jazz, illbient, dancehall (from the 80s through today), dub (both classic and modern), roots music, digi-dub, rave, UK ‘ardkore, jungle, drum and bass, breaks, electronica, 2 step, dubstep, wonky, tropical, Baltimore club music, Boston bounce, bhangra, juke, electro, ambient, drone, electro-acoustic, modern classical, J-pop, IDM, EDM, drill and bass, breakcore, UK funky, 8-bit/chiptunes, baile funk, bassline, mashups, skweee, street bass, jazz, funk, soul, kwaito, banda, and anything else with bass in it.
 

ARTISTS PERFORMED WITH: DJ Spooky, Singe, Verb, I Sound, Criterion, Doily, Badawi, Dr Israel, U-Roy, Kool Herc, Coxon Dodd, Prince Jammy, Anti-Pop Consortium, Talib Kweli, Alec Empire, Richie Divine, Dizzee Rascal, Matthew Dear, Peanut Butter Wolf, Squarepusher, DB, Dara, Reid Speed, The Empress, Pish Posh, Clever, Total Science, Storm, Doomer, Future Prophecies, DJ C, DJ Flack, Wayne and Wax, Ripley, Murderbot, Mochipet, Deceptikon, Forrest Green, Vex’d, Plastician, Kode 9, Pole, Drop The Lime, Math Head, Mad EP, NastyNasty, Eustatian, The Flashbulb, Vytear, DJ Donna Summer, Food for Animals, Ghislain Poirier, Monkeytek, dev/null, Starkey, Dev79,  Aaron Spectre, DJ Small Change, Jason Blackkat, Shadetek, Eiderherd, Warlock, Scheme Boy, Parasite, Baseck, Satamile, Ed209, Asian Dub Foundation, Kid606, Adrian and Mysterious D, DJ Tomas, N-Type, Lazer Sword, Ghosts On Tape, Tycho, Eats Tapes, Secret Agent Gel, Matmos, Joe Nice, Bird Peterson, Todosantos, Eskmo, Kit Clayton, Sutehk, Christopher Willits, Mary Anne Hobbs, Bassnecter, Boreta, Nosaj Thing, Machine Drum, DJ G, Boxcutter, David Last, Tinker and The Slayers Club.
 

PLACES PLAYED: USA, Canada, Mexico, England, Ireland, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, The Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, as well as Chapel Hill, Durham, New York, Philly, DC, Boston, Hartford, Chicago, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Missoula, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Austin, and Black Rock City.
 

SURYA DUB: In January of ’07, a group of like-minded DJs came together to create a San Francisco monthly to focus on the border-less, boundary-less world of bass inspired by Jamaican music of the past 40 years. The crew is Kid Kameleon, Maneesh the Twister, Kush Arora, DJ Ripley, Jimmy Love, DJ Amar, J. Rogers, and the Contact VJs. Guests have included Flying Lotus, The Bug, Warrior Queen, Maga Bo, Mala, The Gaslamp Killer, 2562, dj/rupture, Monkeytek, Sub Swara, Dhruva, Sharmaji, DJ C, Dave Q, Umoja Sound System, Lady Ra, Soul Salaam, Juakali, Badawi, Jason Mundo, Zulu, Zebbler, Headhunter, DJ Collage, Lazer Sword, Eprom, Lud Dub, Ivier, Jah Yser, Irie Dole, DJ Dragonfly, Green B, Daneeka, Fflood, Eskmo, Coop D’Ville, Searchl1te, Vanka, Miss Haze, B-Love, Dub Gabriel, Ribotto, Advance, Ras Gilbert, Bersa Discos, DJ Sep, Stepwise, DJ Arson, DJ Santero, Robert Rankin and Spliff Skankin, J Boogie, DJ Zita, Subtek, Selector Dub U, Breakbeat Buddha, Dov, Ripple, Djunya, Juju, Roomate, Matty G, Roots and Wires, DJ G, Lukeino, Axiom MC, Antiserum, Sam Supa, Nick Argon, Ivry, Tommy Lexxus, and MC Child.
 

JOURNALISM: Kid Kameleon has written for several publications and blogs, and has been a staff writer for XLR8R for 5 years. He wrote XLR8R’s monthly Basic Needs column for 2 years, focusing on bass music of all kinds. Artists he has interview include Cause for Concern, The Bug, Debaser, Ghislain Poirier, 8 Bit Weapon, Hecate, Rotator, Aaron Spectre, Parasite, Broklyn Beats Records, DJ Pinch, Distance, Skream, Mala, Loefah, Blackdown, Appleblim, Kode 9, Jahcoozi, Shir Khan, RQM, Al Haca, Dolphin, Technoist, Disrupt, Randy Baracuda, Beem, Daniel Savio, Bird Peterson, Wireblock, Flying Lotus, Mary Anne Hobbs, Untold, and James Blake.
 

MIXES: The Kid has made over 75 mixes, not including live recordings and taped radio broadcasts. They are archived here. Highlights include Absolutely Shocking and Even More Shocking for Shockout, Mashers without Borders for Mashit, Aim High / Aim Low for Mashit / Spannered, The Dubcast and Synth Tax for the XLR8R Podcast, The End of Dub for Straight Up, Riddim Method for Lemon Red, Raggablogga for Gutterbreakz, The 12 Years Mix for Art of Beats, Make a Second Chance for Make Some Noise, Must Love Loops! for Cock Rock Disco, Rips, Tears, and Jagged Edges for Modyfier-Modifying, The Wonderful World of 150bpm for Memkast, and an Untitled Mix for Overlap / Symbiosis. An Electronic Explorations mix is coming soon.