![]() ![]() “In Columbus, if you wanted to be a DJ, no one was booking melodic stuff, so I went under the alias Black Rabbit, where I produced trap, dubstep and some future bass, which I would release on SoundCloud,” recalls Vasquez. But while he was into more melodic, trance-forward music, the sound of Ohio was bass. “Obviously, electronic music is at the core of games like this, and so that would introduce me to tons of different styles of music, like techno, and Happy Hardcore, which I actually hate.”īy the time he was attending Ohio University, Vasquez had been creating tracks with FL Studio and GarageBand for a few years. “The nerd in me hates to admit it, but I used to play a lot of Dance Dance Revolution,” remembers Vasquez. ![]() However, as was the case for many kids growing up in the ’90s, video game soundtracks would become a gateway into the never-ending expanse of dance music. He credits being exposed to electronic music from a young age to his mother’s eclectic taste in music, with such artists as the Crystal Method and Daft Punk frequently emanating from the family’s speakers. With his dad a singer and his mother a multi-instrumentalist, Vasquez was surrounded by music while growing up in Columbus, Ohio. ![]() Since then, his funk- and disco-infused brand of progressive house has permeated the dance floors of Denver, and you'll have two chances to catch him this week, with a show at Meow Wolf on Wednesday, April 4, and at Club Vinyl on Saturday, April 8. Breaking out with a single release on progressive house maven Nora En Pure’s Purified Records, Vasquez found himself on the bill with her at Mission Ballroom for her label showcase. Denver-based producer Chad Vasquez is on a roll with his Discognition alias, playing some of the Queen City’s most lauded venues in only a short period of time since he moved here. ![]()
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